jeri Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Do you have an outline of what specific narratives you are using? I have two using WWE year 1/2 and I have the most difficult time coming up with narratives to use! I personally *hate* Lewis Carroll,so although I know that SWB uses a lot of snippets of thhis, I have a hard time working with it. And, since I didn't buy the SM, I need to come up with pieces on my own. So, do any of you who have been this route have suggestions? We have a great home library with all the classics--it's just figuring out what to use with this age level. Thanks in advance! Jeri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen in NS Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Do you have an outline of what specific narratives you are using? I have two using WWE year 1/2 and I have the most difficult time coming up with narratives to use! I personally *hate* Lewis Carroll,so although I know that SWB uses a lot of snippets of thhis, I have a hard time working with it. And, since I didn't buy the SM, I need to come up with pieces on my own. So, do any of you who have been this route have suggestions? We have a great home library with all the classics--it's just figuring out what to use with this age level. Thanks in advance! Jeri I just grab whatever history/science/literature books we have out from the library this week. I quickly flip through for selections that basically meet the criteria for today's assignment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCoffeeChick Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 We've done 7 weeks of WWE 1, here's what we've used so far: Little House in the Big Woods Charlotte's Web The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Alie's Adventures in Wonderland (;) sorry, I know you said you didn't like this one) Secret Garden The Wizard of Oz Aesop's Fables Here is a list of books I have in mind for future weeks: Bible Little House series (any) Narnia series (any) The Adventures of Pinocchio Fairy Tales: The Frog Prince, Rumplestiltkin ... Mary Poppins Peter Rabbit The Trumpet of the Swan Winnie-the-Pooh Tom Sawyer The Velveteen Rabbit A Christmas Carol Charlie & the Charlie Factory Iliad & Odyssey Jungle Book Where the Sidewalk Ends The Littles Little Britches series Swiss Family Robinson Stuart Little A Wrinkle in Time Heidi Caddie Woodlawn Ann of Green Gables The Hobbit Little Women Where the Red Fern Grows The Black Stallion Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH My husband and I are kind of book-aholics, so we actually have most of these books :tongue_smilie: But if we get through these -- or just want something different, I will use this list here. It is a great list of books. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeri Posted October 1, 2009 Author Share Posted October 1, 2009 Thanks for the lists. I guess what stresses me out about these (most of which we have) is that I find it difficult to just pick up a book, open to a good section, and go. Maybe it's because it almost feels "wrong" to extract/excise (both words which describe exactly how I feel!) a very small portion of a book. I pick a section and then think that it's too short and requires more explanation, or that it is too much out of context, or that it's just plain mean to not continue with the story! So maybe it's not that I *can't* find any passages, it's just that it's emotionally difficult to find passages (which implies that I need psychological help, LOL). Jeri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCoffeeChick Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Thanks for the lists. I guess what stresses me out about these (most of which we have) is that I find it difficult to just pick up a book, open to a good section, and go. Maybe it's because it almost feels "wrong" to extract/excise (both words which describe exactly how I feel!) a very small portion of a book. I pick a section and then think that it's too short and requires more explanation, or that it is too much out of context, or that it's just plain mean to not continue with the story! So maybe it's not that I *can't* find any passages, it's just that it's emotionally difficult to find passages (which implies that I need psychological help, LOL). Jeri LOL :lol: Sometimes I think I need help too! It helps that I've read all the books I pick passages from -- I kind of am thinking of a specific section when I dig out the book. Like for the Wizard of Oz I read from the section with Dorothy and the house being lifted in the tornado and the section when they are walking through the field of poppies. I don't have advice for finding the shorter passages. I too have a hard time picking short sections -- but thankfully my ds is a good listener and can answer questions from longer readings. I have read aloud to him and asked him questions afterward since he was very little -- so he has lots and lots of practice. The nice thing about using WWE without the workbook is that you can custom tailor the program to exactly what you need. So if you can't do short sections, don't. It has never hurt a child to listen to his mom read. ;) Also, if you do something like Aesop's Fables, you can read each fable in its entirety -- they are short and there are lots to choose from definitely enough to last through the year. (Or poetry would work this way too.) Here is a link that has the text to more than 655 fables (according the the site's intro). On the plus side -- the books that we used so far that had not been read before hand are now on the list for next to read aloud. They have garnered a lot of interest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Keeper Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 One book that we found very easy to use for numerous assignments was The Aesop for Children, illustrated by Milo Winter. The stories were short enough so that I wouldn't lose my younger son, great for finding main points and learning to condense, and had lots of grammar components (proper names, quotes, etc.). This helped me out a lot when I didn't have the time to look through some other books for certain things to use for dictation/copywork. One of my boys especially enjoyed drawing some illustrations of all the animals to go with this copywork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen in NS Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Thanks for the lists. I guess what stresses me out about these (most of which we have) is that I find it difficult to just pick up a book, open to a good section, and go. Maybe it's because it almost feels "wrong" to extract/excise (both words which describe exactly how I feel!) a very small portion of a book. I pick a section and then think that it's too short and requires more explanation, or that it is too much out of context, or that it's just plain mean to not continue with the story! So maybe it's not that I *can't* find any passages, it's just that it's emotionally difficult to find passages (which implies that I need psychological help, LOL). Jeri Here's your psych help...it's not wrong to take out a section of a book to use for language arts study! LOL. And, just use sections of books your kids have already read - that's what I do most of the time (but that's because I leave the stack of library books for them to browse through during their reading times - chances are they have already read them when I grab-n-go). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy2BeautifulGirls Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I have a typed-out list of narrations that I would be willing to share with you. It's just for year 1, though. And I only have about 12 weeks typed out, but I'm going to be adding more within the next week. PM me if you want me to email you a copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moniksca Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I use the McGuffey 3rd eclectic reader. It's the perfect length that I want. We're on level 1. It's also free - online, which is where I found it. http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsiew Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Honestly, this is why I bought the student book. With everything else I am doing to school 4 kids, I could not add stressing out over narrations to my list. We just would never do it. So, I gave in and ordered the workbook and I have to say, it is one of my better decisions! It's so easy.... I know this doesn't help much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelly in the Country Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I use the McGuffey 3rd eclectic reader. It's the perfect length that I want. We're on level 1. It's also free - online, which is where I found it.http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/results This is a great suggestion, thank you! :001_smile: I love Project Gutenberg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeri Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 It feels so much better (yes, psychologically!) to be able to take a finished story and use that instead of pulling a narrative out of a larger work! And it gives me more for my kids to practice reading! Thanks so much. Jeri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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