| Subject |
Suggested
Books or Curricula |
| Bible |
Read through
the KJV Bible using Calvary Chapel's Online Sunday School
Curriculum> Old
Testament | New
Testament
Trial and Triumph (Church History)
by Richard Hannula for older students (5th grade and up)
|
| Math |
Spectrum Math
6 and some Living
Math books |
| Foreign Language |
Begin Latin and
French (Rosetta Stone) |
| Grammar and
Composition |
Review parts
of speech usage using Teaching
Basic English Rules
Begin weekly written narration on either history or literature
readings. Narrations should be 3-5 well-written sentences
(proper capitalization and punctuation.)
Copy Bible verses neatly from Bible study or use prepared
copywork from either a handwriting course or the AOCopywork
Group list.
|
| History and
Historical Tales and Biographies |
The
Story of Mankind by H. Van Loon
Augustus Caesar's World by Genevieve Foster
Story
of the Greeks by H. A. Guerber
Story
of the Romans by H. A. Guerber
Genesis: Finding Our Roots by Ruth Beechick
Never Give In by Stephen Mansfield
|
| Literature |
The Hobbit by
J. R. R. Tolkien
|
| Science |
Albert Einstein
and the Theory of Relativity by Robert Cwiklik
Archimedes and
the Door of Science by Jeanne Bendick
Galileo and the
Magic Numbers by Sidney Rosen
|
| Nature Study |
Continue
with Ambleside Online Nature Study rotation. Keep a
nature journal, practice drawing and sketching from life.
Handbook of Nature Study by Anna
B. Comstock
The Sea Around
Us by Rachael Carson
|
| Geography |
Missionary
Travels
by David Livingstone (dry
and dull) or choose David Livingstone: Man of Prayer
and Action (Christian Liberty Press) instead. |
| Poetry |
Follow
Ambleside Online's Poetry rotation or read through the Oxford
Book of Children's Verse over the course of this year. |
| Special
Studies |
Continue
with Ambleside Online's Artist, Composer, Folk and Hymn rotation.
Read Plutarch following the posted schedule or read through
John White's Boys
and Girls Plutarch here. |
| P.E./Health |
Include
some physical education each week. |
Weekly Schedule
This is our second attempt at getting organized. I
read with interest about how Anne W. and Wendi C. (Ambleside
Advisory) organized a binder and instead of being tied to daily
assignments and time blocks, they were following a more loosely
structured schedule. I was hoping that this method would free me
from the daily work of assigning reading selections and we could
simply check each reading off a master list as we completed it.
These forms were created to follow this method. To see a
description of my Binder, click here.
Daily Schedule - Mondays
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Weekly Schedule for AO Year 6
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Spring Update (Year 6)
As we begin Term 3 and head into our last 12-weeks
of school work, I have made some modifications to our schedule. I
decided to simplify the method above and rather than stick to a
pre-determined block of time (say for Math), just list what
subjects and readings needed to be done each day. I also set our
week to 4 days, leaving Friday's for Art/Music, Special Studies,
and of course, housecleaning! We have been using these forms for 3
weeks and so far I think I like them the best. One caveat: After a
year of using AO, my son likes to do the subjects in his own
order. He also has begged me to create a check-off list for him to
use each day. He feels that it helps keep him on track and
focused. I had hoped that I could reduce some of my workload by
not having to create daily check lists, but he is very adamant
about it and feels that without them, he drifts and doesn't stay
focused. LOL :o)
This new system uses the Year at a Glance files
located in the AO Groups Files section. These helpful AO Year 1-6,
12-week/3-Term schedules were created by Korynn Philpot. Please
visit the Yahoo Group to download this file! The other files are
copyrighted by me and will open as a PDF file.
A Year at a Glance
12-week terms
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Weekly Revised - Schedule
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Daily Checklist
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Copyright 1998-2007. Carol Hepburn.
