School Room
CONTENTS
(Note: Small changes to this page are shown in pink and additions are listed with NEW and date added.)
CURRENT STUDIES - Spring 2008
(Includes composition, spelling and grammar work.)
General
Operas and Concerts
Goal Planning and Achievement
Michelangelo
Women's Land Army of World War II
Nature/Science
Spring drawings
Field Flowers
LifePac Science Grade 4
Study of Bees
Reading Selections
GED - 8 1/2 years old
Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott
Wishbone Classics Series
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GMD - 7 years old
Violet Trivella Books 1-3
Wishbone Classics Series
Grammar
GED&GMD
Easy Grammar - 5th Grade
Composition - Letters,
Poetry, Themed Topics Math GED -
Horizons Math, Grade 4 (Unit 1) GMD -
Horizons Math,
Grade 3 (unit 1)
Mr. Martini's Classroom Math Quizzes
Phonics/Spelling
GED&GMD - The Universal Speller (1929, Phillips & Powell)
50 word spelling list per week - 7th grade words
History/Geography
GED&GMD - The Story of the World: Ancient Times
Earliest People to the Phoenicians
Mozart - life and works
Degas - life and works
Beethoven - life and works
Tchaikovsky - life and work
Monet - life and works
Aesops Fables
One Room Schools
Pioneer Days
The Pony Express
Hannukah
Homemade Gift Crafting
Charles Hodgson (aka Lewis Carroll)
Geography - Major countries of the world
Herbs and edible flowers study
How to create a personal schedule
Letter Writing
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Beatrix Potter
Saving and Investing - time and money
Responsibility and Privilege of Voting
{Note - this list does not include the recreational reading books the girls check out of the library each week.}
GED
Children's Book of Verse
Anne of Green Gables
My Friend Flicka
Charlotte's Web
Pride and Prejudice
Secret Garden
The Caroline Years Series
Sarah, Plain and Tall Series
Millie Keith Books 1-3
Marley and Me by John Grogan
{Note - this list does not include the recreational reading books the girls check out of the library each week.}
GMD
A Little Princess
American Girl - Samantha Series
American Girl - Kirsten Series
American Girl - Kit Series
Sarah, Plain and Tall Series
Little Women
Anne of Green Gables
Little House in Rocky Ridge
Rod & Staff Little Gem Readers
Rod & Staff Poetry for Children Series
Elsie Dinsmore Books 1-3
Rose Wilder Series
Watercolour pictures of gardens.
Pressed leaves from local trees.
Pressed feathers from various birds.
Narratives from watching baby eagles at the Eagle Cam as well as
hand drawn pictures of the eagles and their nest.
Pictures and paragraphs on wild grizzlies from:
Pictures and paragraphs on wild wolves from:
Summer Nature Poetry
Bird Identification
Drawings of local nature trails
Narratives of local flora and fauna
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Use baking quality wax paper.
Preheat iron to high setting - no heat.
Tear off enough wax paper to fold in half and cover specimen with at least 1/2-inch border.
Cover wax paper with cheesecloth or
light kitchen towel.
Press paper with specimen beginning at the crease and moving away.
Repeat this two or three times until wax paper is sealed.
Charlotte Mason
A Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola
Charlotte Mason's Original Homeschooling Series
A Charlotte Mason Education by Catherine Levinson
Nature Journals
Handbook of Nature Study
by Anna Botsford Comstock
Pocketful of Pinecones
by Karen Andreola
Keeping a Nature Journal
by Clare Leslie and Charles Roth
Poetry
A New Treasury of Poetry
compiled by Neil Philip
Children's Classic Poetry Collection published by Smithmark Press
General
Mrs. Sharp's Traditions
by Sarah Ban Breathnach
Mary Frances Series
by Jane Eayre Fryer
(Delightful series for girls who want to learn how to do garden, cook, and do handwork such as knitting, crocheting, and sewing.)
Online Resources
(Charlotte Mason)
(Charlotte Mason)
(Searchable Database)
(Lots of live nature cameras)