Curriculum

Language Arts:

• God’s Gift of Language: A Beka Book
• Spelling Workout: Modern Curriculum Press or All About Spelling: All About Learning Press
• Wordly Wise 3000: Educators Publishing Service
• Zaner-Bloser Handwriting: Zaner-Bloser
• Institute for Excellence in Writing
• Illinois State Writing Standards
• Martha Wilson Latin Primer: Canon Press

Reading:

• Various articles from Readworks
• Ride a Purple Pelican by Jack Prelutsky
• Random House Book of Poetry for Children
• Books to coordinate with History Curriculum
• Ancients –
  • Malu’s Wolf by Ruth Craig
  • Tales of Ancient Egypt by Roger Lancelyn Green
  • The Golden Bull by Marjorie Cowley
  • Gilgamesh by Geraldine McCaughrean
  • Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
  • One Thousand and One Arabian Nights by Geraldine McCaughrean
  • Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman
  • Greek Myths by Olivia Coolidge
  • Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff
  • Wanderings of Odysseus by Rosemary Sutcliff
  • Julius Caesar (No Fear Shakespeare)
  • The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
  • A Single Shard by Sue Linda Park

Mathematics:

• Singapore Primary Mathematics US Edition
• 5-Minute Math Problem of the Day: Scholastic
• Mental Math: Dale Seymour Publications

Geography:

• Maps Globes Graphs: Harcourt Achieve

History:

• The Story of the World by Susan Wise Bauer: Well Trained Mind
• Kingfisher History Encyclopedia: Kingfisher

Science: (Physics)

• The New Way Things Work by David Macaulay: Houghton Mifflin
• Experience Science Light and Electricity: Houghton Mifflin

P.E. – Art – Music:

• Daily bike riding, walking, running, scootering, sledding, and gardening
• Art projects and Music appreciation to accompany history/science units
• Weekly field trips for nature, history, performances, or general knowledge

Language Arts:

• God’s Gift of Language: A Beka Book
• All About Spelling: Learning Press, Inc.
• Working with Words: Pathway Publishers
• Writing with Skill: Well-Trained Mind Press
• Zaner-Bloser Handwriting: Zaner-Bloser
• Institute for Excellence in Writing
• Illinois State Writing Standards

Reading:

• Various articles from Readworks
• Books to coordinate with History Curriculum
• Middle Ages –
  • The Canterbury Tales (McCaughrean)
  • King Arthur (Hadfield)
  • The Door in the Wall (de Angeli)
  • The Trumpeter of Krakow (Kelly)
  • Robin Hood (Pyle)
  • The Song of Roland (Merwin)
  • 1001 Arabian Nights (McCaughrean)
  • Poems of Arab Andalusia
  • Adam of the Road (Gray)
  • Shakespeare Selections and Much Ado About Nothing

Latin:

• Latin Primer: Canon Press

Mathematics:

• Singapore Primary Mathematics US Edition
• 5-Minute Math Problem of the Day: Scholastic

Geography:

• Maps Charts Graphs: Pearson
• Scholastic Atlas of the World: Scholastic

History:

• The Story of the World by Susan Wise Bauer: Well Trained Mind
• Kingfisher History Encyclopedia: Kingfisher
• World History Detective: Ancient and Medieval Civilizations: Critical Thinking Co.
• We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution: Center For Civic Education

Science: (Weather and Chemistry)

• Middle School Chemistry: American Chemical Society
• Science Warm-Ups: Mark Twain Media

P.E. – Art – Music:

• Daily bike riding, walking, running, scootering, sledding, and gardening
• Art projects to accompany history and science units
• Music appreciation of the Middle Ages, piano, singing, instrumental
• Weekly field trips for nature, history, performances, or general knowledge

Language Arts:
God’s Gift of Language: A Beka Books
Spelling Workout: Modern Curriculum Press
Teaching Writing: Structure and Style: Institute for Excellence in Writing
Illinois State Writing Standards
Zaner-Bloser Handwriting: Zaner-Bloser (if necessary)

Reading: Books to coordinate with history curriculum
Early Modern Times – books selected from this list

• The Adventures of Don Quixote by Michael Harrison or Dover Children’s
• The complete Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault
• The Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark
• I, Juan Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
• The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareFarmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
• Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
• The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
• The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: The Way to Wealth
• Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
• The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
• Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
• Amos Fortune: Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
• Zulu Dog by Anton Ferreira
• Spring Pearl by Laurence Yep
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Poetry and Memorization selected from this list

• The Grammar of Poetry: Roman Roads Media
• Favorite Poems by William Wordsworth
• “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
• “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle” by Washington Irving
• “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” by Robert Browning
• “Goblin Market” by Christina Rosetti
• “The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred Lord Tennyson
• “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe
• Renaissance poetry from Donne, Shakespeare, Pope and Milton
• Declaration of Independence
• Preamble to the Constitution
• United States Presidents

Latin

• Latin Primer: Canon Press
• Cambridge Latin Course: Cambridge University Press

Mathematics

• Singapore Primary Mathematics US Edition
• 5-Minute Math Problem of the Day: Scholastic

Computer Science

• Computer Science Discoveries: Code.org

Geography

• Maps Charts Graphs: Pearson
• Scholastic Atlas of the World: Scholastic

History

• The Story of the World Volume 3 by Susan Wise Bauer: Well-Trained Mind
• Kingfisher History Encyclopedia: Kingfisher
• We the People: The Citizen & The Constitution by Center for Civic Education

Science: (Chemistry and Biology)

• Middle School Chemistry: ACS Chemistry for Life
• CK-12 Life Science for Middle School

Art

• Drawing with Children by Mona Brookes
• Krannert Art Museum trips
• Projects to accompany history units: Baroque, Rococo, and Romantic periods

Music

• Music appreciation of the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods
• Concert attendance
• Singing, Piano, Instrumental

Physical Education

• Daily bike riding, walking, running, scootering, sledding, gardening, table tennis
• Presidential Youth Fitness Program