5th Grade Term 1

This term,  in an effort not to bore you to tears with a lengthy post about  curriculum, I have decided to tell you what we are using based on each child then our together work.  So , our term 1 posts will indeed be 3 posts not one explaining what and why we are using.  You will be probably still be bored but in small doses now.

First up is Madison.  For both children , I decided to go with the free Ambleside Online curriculum as posted on their website.  Jeanne at A Peaceful Day uses it quite successfully with her beautiful daughter  as has Tammy at Aut 2 Be Home in Carolina who is the premier authority on all things Charlotte Mason.  I love the concept behind learning the most by reading lots of living books on the subject.  As scary as it was, I researched and decided to go with AO Year 4 so Madison could continue with colonial America. 

Booklist

History
This Country of Ours by HE Marshall
Trial and Triumph By Richard Hannula
Poor Richard by James Daughtery

Geography

Minn of the Mississippi by Holling C. Holling

Literature

The Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch
The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe 

Free Reading

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
The Lion , The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
The Borrowers by Mary Norton

Math

She will finish her Singapore Book 3B but we will not be going into the next one just yet.  For the rest of the term after she finishes the book, she will work on hammering in her multiplication tables.  She just needs to practice, practice, practice.  She will play Timez Attack , do flashcards and drills.

Bible

She will finish her Awana Book 2.

Narration

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Read  one chapter out loud then do picture narration with 3 sentences.  The picture narration is not necessary but  I use it as her reward for getting her work done since she likes to draw so much.

PE

Dance, dance and more dance.  I don't need to add anything else to that schedule for sure!

I know this looks like a ton of reading for her but some she will read to herself, some we will read a loud and some she will listen to from My Audio School.  It really is a great combination for her.  This is all her independent work.  The rest of her work we do together and that post is still in process!