We are back from our annual Roxbury holiday! School is right around the corner. For the next two weeks we'll be going to doctor appointments for both the kids and myself, getting any last minute shopping done for school supplies and getting everything ready for our co op.
Technically we start school next week on the 20th, but all I'm requiring next week is reading time and math review. The reading part is for my son's benefit and the math part is for my daughters benefit!
A10 has been doing plenty of reading this summer, thanks to her Kindle she has read almost all of the Warriors book series... that's a lot of books! I'm so happy she finally learned to appreciate reading on her Kindle!! Ironically, her Kindle broke while we were at Roxbury. She had Grampa's old 2nd generation Kindle, for some reason the digital ink just froze on the screen and then the screen went fuzzy.
When we got back home Dh searched online to see if this had happened to others, and it had. He tried everything but nothing worked. So, we made a decision. I told Dh how important it is for her to have a Kindle for school. A lot of the books she is reading for me this year were on her Kindle. So we decided to buy her a new one. Thank goodness Amazon now has a $79 Kindle that is perfect for her. Yes, I gave up my allowance $ and Dh gave up half of his and we had the $ to get it for her. She had been saving some $ as well and she happily gave it up towards her new Kindle!!
Here is the plan for A10's 5th grade year!
American History: I am going to give the Dear America books another try this year. Last year they were a bit much for her and myself, so we switched to the My America books that we hadn't read the year before. It turned out to be a great decision. I have a feeling she will have no problems with these books this year. She will be doing half of the reading this time around, we'll alternate days. There is a notebooking journal that I created to go along with all the books.
Turn of the Century(1900-1920)
When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer, 1917
A Time for Courage: The Suffrage Diary of Kathleen Bowen, 1917
The Great Depression(1930-1939)
Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, 1932
One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, 1938
World War II (1939-1945)
Early Sunday Morning: The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, 1941
My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, 1941
Biographies- These books will go along with the Dear America books.
Who Was Amelia Earhart?
Who Was Franklin Roosevelt?
The Story of Ann Frank
These Dear America books will probably take us two thirds of the year to read, which is fine.
Civics
Smart About the Presidents (go along with the 2012 elections)
Geography
Speedy Geography by homeschool bits
Science
Exploring Creation with Astronomy
Nature Study
Math
Math U See Epsilon (Fractions)
Life of Fred Fractions
Language Arts
Intermediate Language Lessons Part 1
Writing with Ease 3
Learning to Spell Through Copywork Book B
Vocabulary from Classical Roots
Editor in Chief A1
Handwriting practice both cursive and print
5th gr Reading List (independent reading time)
Strawberry Girl
Mr. Popper's Penguins
The Twenty One Balloons
The Story of Dr. Doolittle
Call It Courage
Plain Girl
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
The Door in the Wall
The Family From One End Street
Breaking Staling's Nose
Listening for Lions
Ginger Pye
Little House books
Roald Dahl books
We will also be doing artists studies, Tchaikovsky and Van Gogh.
Lamppost Co op Reading List
Igrane the Brave
Surviving the Applewhites
Meet the Austins
The Shakespeare Stealer
Gypsy Rizka
The Saturdays
Dealing With Dragons
The Mysterious Benedict Society
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe_ Chronicles of Narnia
History
The Mystery of History Vol 1
Ancient History related read a loud & independent readers;
Discovers and Explores text and journal
The Five Chinese Brothers
Book of Greek Myths
Cleopatra
Detectives in Togas
Pompeii...Buried Alive!
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Aesop's Fables
The Book of Virtues
