Literature - Novels: Little House in the Big Woods, Velveteen Rabbit, Pinocchio, The Boxcar Children, Henry Huggins
Grammar- Shurley English 2
Writing- IEW (Institute for Excellence in Writing)
Spelling/Vocabulary - Spelling Workout C by Modern Curriculum Press
Critical Thinking - Building Thinking Skills
Math- Saxon 3
Latin- Song School Latin
Science- Weather unit (The College of William & Mary's Center for Gifted Education unit study on Weather) & Noeo Science curriculum Chemistry and Geology as well as reading many books see 2nd grade reading list.
History- Studying New Testament and Ancient Rome & Greece using www.easyclassical.com curriculum which uses Veritas Press and Story of the World reading
Art- Drawing with Children & participating in a local art class
Handwriting- Zaner Bloser Cursive
Bible- We started reading the Bible through last year and
this year we are finishing it up. Also Memory verses we are memorizing
and songs to go with out study.
Art- Drawing with Children & participating in a local art class
Music - Taking private violin lessons.
Keyboarding - Starting to learn the correct fingering of the keyboard using various games and programs online
PE - Participating in UPWARD basketball and baseball for the county.
5th Grade Curriculum
Literature-Reading many novels and for many suing Veritas Press guides. (Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Hobbit, The Secret Garden, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) Also using Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension Program (The College of William & Mary Education Unit)
Grammar & Writing II - Shurley English Level 6 & Institute of Excellence in Writing (2nd semester took an online course at www.veritaspress.com) To make sure he was ready for the next writing and grammar course.
Spelling- Spelling Workout F by Modern Curriculum Press and did use some of Spelling Power
Science-Physical Science using Plato Learning Science Cyber Ed curriculum which focused on: matter, chemistry, energy, and motion. (Okay curriculum ended up not being a favorite for us) He also studied Chemistry and Geology using Noeo Science curriculum and many correlating read alongs with the unit. We liked this curriculum pretty well but it has changed quite a bit since we used it so not sure what it is like as of 2013.
Math- Pre-Algebra We started using Thinkwell Math but ended up not liking it at all. It just wasn't a good fit for my son and the way he thinks so about 1/4 of the way we gave it up and went back to Saxon. He completed Saxon 76 rather quickly and then we just reviewed for the remainder of the year.
Bible- We started reading the Bible through last year and this year we are finishing it up. Also Memory verses we are memorizing and songs to go with out study.
Art- Drawing with Children & participating in a local art class
Music - Continuing his study of the guitar
Keyboarding - Working on correct fingering and the correct way to type using different games and programs
PE- Participating in UPWARD basketball and baseball for the county.
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