Mostly used The Well Trained Mind to set this up. I have What your 5th Grader Should Know on order and our states standards to refer to as well.
Logic
60 min MWF Logic Puzzles Mind Benders/Red Herrings
Math
60 min MTWRF Saxon 65/Consumer Math
History
60 min MWF Story of the World
1. Read, outline & timeline
2. Map/library
3. Organize summaries
Ancients (timeline, outline, primary sources & organization) Notebook sections…
1. Outline (find main & supporting ideas)
2. Great Men & Women
3. Wars, Conflicts, & Politics
4. Inventions & Technology
5. Religion
6. Daily Life
7. Cities & Settlements
8. Use/evaluate primary sources
a. What does this source say?
b. Who is the author?
c. What is the writer’s purpose?
d. What does he/she have to lose or gain by convincing others of his/her position?
e. What events led to this piece of writing?
f. What happened asa result of this writing?
9. The Arts & Great Books
Language
Notebook Sections
1. Spelling
2. Word study
3. Grammar
4. Reading
5. Memory Work (3-5)
6. Writing
7. Dictation
Spelling/Word Study
M 30-45 min roots, def & sample sent make root cards & for unfamiliar words
T – R 5-10 min flash cards
F 10 min review, exercises, check
Spelling Workout Vocab from classic Roots
Writing
30-60 min 2-3/wk
Dictation, letters
Reading
30-60 min MTWR
Narration summaries/Reports 1 page
Novel/Story
1. Whom is this book about?
2. What do the central characters want?
3. What keeps them/him/her from getting it?
4. How do they/him/her get what they want?
5. Do they have an enemy or enemies? Is there a villain?
6. What does the villain want?
7. What do you think is the most important event in the story?
8. What leads up to this event?
9. How are the characters different after this event?
10. What is the most important event in each chapter?
11. How many different stories does the writer tell?
Biography
1. What kind of family did the subject come from?
2. What were his parents like?
3. Where did he go to school?
4. What did he want the most as a child? As a grown-up?
5. How did he go about getting it?
6. Name 3 or 4 important people in his life.
7. Did he get married? To whom? When?
8. Did they have children?
9. What was the most important event in his life?
10. Name three other important events in his life.
11. Did he get what he wanted in life? Why or why not?
12. Why do we still remember this person?
Evaluations
1. What was the most exciting part of the book?
2. What was the most boring part of the book?
3. Did you like the characters? Why or why not?
4. Did you hope that she would get what she wanted?
5. Did any part of the book seem particularly real?
6. Did any part of the book seem unlikely to you?
7. Did you hope it would end in another way? How?
8. Would you read this book again?
9. Which one of your friends would enjoy this book?
Tales of the Pharoah’s
The Bible
Moses
Abraham
David
Solomon
Esther
Ruth
Homer
Buddha
Socrates
Greek and Roman Myths
Aesop’s Fables
Plato
Aristotle
Alexander the Great
Roman emperors
Iliad & Odyssey
Egyptian Myths
Indian Folktales
African Folktales
Confucius
Chinese and Japanese Folktales
Ancient Chinese and Japanese Poetry
Cicero
Virgil
English, Irish & Welsh fairy tales
Science
90 min TR
Life Science Notebook
1. Dates
2. Reports
3. Sketches
4. Experiments
a. What questions am I trying to answer?
b. What could the answer be?
c. How will I test the answer?
d. What results did I get?
e. Does this agree with the answer I thought I would get? If not what answer should I give instead?
5. Memory Work
6. Extra Activities
Cells & Classification one week each
Plants & Fungi 4 weeks
Fresh water & saltwater life 4 weeks
Insects/invertebrates 4
Birds 4
Reptiles 2
Mammals 6
Foreign Language
60 min 4/week
Latin Rosetta Stone
Art/music
90-120 min 2/week
week 1 study week 2 application
Biology Sketches Drawing with Children Paint/Sculpt
History artist/musicians, piano, primary, performances/genres etc
Social and Emotional
Girl Scouts/Activity Days
Lessons: piano, horseback
primary
neighbors
work ethic
loving to family and friends
speak kindly
Vocational – prevocational
Craft Fair/Cookie Sales
Garden/Compost
Motor Skills
Swimming
Horseback riding
Girls on the run?
Self Help
Clean & put away clothes
Dishes unload
Shop for & prepare meals
Sewing quilt?
Preparing a menu
Food Storage tour cannery/Bishop’s storehouse
Service
Gardening for the elderly
Spiritual
Faith in God
Learning and Living the Gospel (3)
Serving Others (3)
Developing Talents (3)
Articles of Faith
Primary/Activity Days Tithing, keep the commandments and follow my gospel standards, Honor parents and be kind to family, attend Sunday meetings, Pray twice a day, Study & Illustrate the scriptures
Adventures/Field Trips
Things ... wants to learn
Naomi Ruth Esther Deborah Zebras Gardening Piano Swimming Trip to MT Farming Chickens Goats Cows Sheep Draft Horses Hay Spin art drawing portraits body build a robot gallop 3 barrel race cookies Kentucky Venus Fly Trap Barrel Cactus Pet Store Riding Teacher Cleopatra
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