Today is our first official day of our 2010-2011 school year. We are 5th grade this year and our curriculum is a variety of things! Here is our complete list, we do not do everything every day. This is what we plan to cover this year:
BIBLE: New Testament Overview from Grapevine Studies
LANGUAGE ARTS:
Reading - Weekly assignments from Reading Street by Scott/Foresman; Read alouds from our 'The Junior Classics' set, starting with Book 1 Fairy Tales and Fables; encouraging them in their personal reading
Spelling - weekly word lists from Handbook of Phonics by Eagle's Wings; enforcing them with activities from Making Spelling Words Stick.
Writing - Handwriting 2 (to perfect their cursive writing) & Write With the Best Volume I
Grammar - Painless Grammar, MadLibs, Gram Slam
MATH:
Math Mammoth Multiplication for review, Math Galaxy Fraction Fun, Math U See (later) Epsilon
SCIENCE: Apologia Astronomy & read alongs on topic
HISTORY: All American History Volume I & read alongs on topic
In addition to this list, we will be trying a word of the day, and maybe a poem of the week. We will also be playing games to reinforce what they are learning.
Starting today! Will check in later and let you know how the day went!
Looks like a great line-up for this year, Christa! You should link up to the Not Back to School Blog Hop over at Heart of the Matter. :)
ReplyDeleteWe started today also. So far so good. It's nice to find another firefighter family on here. Also the Disney lovin' is a plus. :)
ReplyDeleteHappy first day of school!! Hope it was a great one! We started our year back in May and just completed our first quarter Friday--off for August!!
ReplyDeleteWe also use Apologia and enjoy it. I've heard alot about Mammoth Math--how long have you used it and would you mind sharing your thoughts on it with me?
Happy Back to School day, Christa!
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