Grade 1:  weeks 7-12

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Ancient History:

Text:  The Story of the World vol.1

Week 7:  Chp. 9:  The First Cities of India
               pp. 71-75

               *Supplemental:  Aladdin pp. 37-46

Week 8:  Chp 10:  Ancient China, silkworms,
               pictograms  pp. 77-85           

              *Supplemental:  Aladdin p. 47-54

Week 9:  Chp 11:  Ancient Africa
               pp. 87-96

               *Supplemental:  Aladdin p. 55-64

Week 10:  Chp 12: Egypt: Middle Kingdom
               pp. 99-103

               *Supplemental:  Aladdin p. 65-83

Week 11:  Chp 13:  Thutmose, Hatshepsut
                              Amenhotep
               pp. 105-110

Week 12:  Chp 13 cont'd:  Tut
               pp. 110-114

               *Supplemental:  Tut's Mummy Lost...

Week 7:  Mr. Popper  Chps 11-18
               (2 chapters per day)

Week 8:  Mr. Popper Chps 19-20

               Charlotte's Web Chps 1-4

Week 9:  Charlotte's Web Chps 5-11

Week 10:  Charlotte's Web Chps 12-17

Week 11:  Charlotte's Web Chps 18-22
                      (Summer Days)

Week 12:  Heidi  Chps 1-5
                  

Poetry:  Read one or two poems aloud from
             Favorite Poems Old & New daily.

Reading:  Really Reading:  if finished, review concepts
                Reader:  choose any easy reader and have child
                read aloud for approx 5-10 min a day *remember-
                that too easy is better than too hard!

Phonics workbook:  approx. 2pp a day

(Language Practice 1:  I suggest starting it in January-- good practice for standardized tests)

Spelling:  One lesson per week  (at end of this 6 weeks, you should be
                                                                  finishing lesson 12)

First Language Lessons:  Three lessons per week
                     (at end of this 6 wks you should be finishing lesson 36)

The Burgess Bird Book:  Read one chapter per week
    (Coming next year:  Jack's Insects by Edmond Selous!)

Nature Walk/outing:  Try to do two outings per week. 
     On at least one of the outings, have your student  focus on one particular group of living things (i.e. mammals, insects, birds, flowers, etc)  Briefly read to yourself one or two lessons about that group in the Handbook of Nature Study and share some interesting fact concerning it with your student at some point during the outing. 

    Have your student record observations in the nature notebook, perhaps including one of the appropriate verses found in the Handbook.

Wks 7-12:  Topics

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