Order of Books - MCT Town

[SunnyDays]

We're starting Grammar Town this week. If you've ordered MCT in the past, you know that paper that comes with your package, telling you which books to start with and when to start the next? I can't find my copy of that. Does anyone have it handy and could hit the highlights for me??

 

(I do know about the Powerpoint on the RFWP site, but this is actually different, for some reason...)

 

Thanks!! :)

[Chrysalis Academy]

:bigear:

 

I bought these used, so didn't get the little paper . . . curious though! We've finished GT and have started CE, will be starting Para Town and Prac Town this week. Can't wait!

[MamaJ & BabyK]

The MCT timeline says Grammar Town, Caesar's English, Practice Town, Paragraph Town, Building Poems :)

[dbmamaz]

I dont remember getting a slip like that, but here's the town level schedule from the old MCT yahoo group

 

 

25 Week Town Schedule/Plan

 

(by StephanieZ)

 

Note: Before beginning a book, be sure to look over the Teacher section at the back to note that there are exercises, activities, etc there that might be useful to you. They could be mixed in throughout the corresponding chapters/weeks or done later. It might also be useful to re-read the Teacher Sections a few weeks into the program when you might be more able to glean more insights.

 

 

Week No. // #Grammar Town // CE1 // Paragraph Town // #Building Poems

*1 // pretest (p.114) + GT p. 30 (first half ch1)

*2 // GT through p. 62 (end of ch1)

*3 // GT through p. 78 (end of ch2)

*4 // GT through p. 87 (end of ch3)

*5 // GT through p. 110 (end of ch4) + posttest (p.116)

6 // PT s.5 // CE1 ch1 // **PT 1 // BP pretest (pp. 142-143) + ch1

7 // PT s.10 // CE1 ch2 // PT 2 // BP ch2a

8 // PT s.15 // CE1 ch3 // PT 3 // BP ch2b

9 // PT s.20 // CE1 ch4 // PT 4 // BP Sound TTTA & TTD (pp. 140-141)

10 // PT s.25 // CE1 ch5 // PT 5 // BP 3a

11 // PT s.30 // CE1 ch6 // PT 6 // BP 3b

12 // PT s.35 // CE1 ch7 // PT 7 // BP Meter TTTA & TTD (pp. 140-141)

13 // PT s.40 // CE1 ch8 // PT 8 // BP 4a

14 // PT s.45 // CE1 ch9 // PT 9 // BP 4b

15 // PT s.50 // CE1 ch10 // PT 10 // BP Stanza TTTA & TTD (pp. 140-141)

16 // PT s.55 // CE1 ch11 // PT 11 // BP 5a

17 // PT s.60 // CE1 ch12 // PT 12 // BP 5b

18 // PT s.65 // CE1 ch13 // PT 13 // BP Figures of Speech TTTA & TTD (pp. 140-141)

19 // PT s.70 // CE1 ch14 // PT 14 // BP 6a

20 // PT s.75 // CE1 ch15 // PT 15 // BP 6b

21 // PT s.80 // CE1 ch16 // PT 16 // BP 7a

22 // PT s.85 // CE1 ch17 // PT 17 // BP 7b

23 // PT s.90 // CE1 ch18 // PT 18 // BP Practice Poems (pp. 152-160)

24 // PT s.95 // CE1 ch19 // PT 19 // BP Content Review (pp. 122-125)

25 // PT s.100 // CE1 ch20 // PT 20 // BP Post Test (pp 146-147)

 

* The five weeks for Grammar Town should be easy for students who have had an earlier level of MCTLA (and could be condensed to 4 weeks if desired) and sufficient for students who have a strong background in grammar. Other students might benefit from taking 6 to 8 weeks to go through GT. Remember that mastery of GT content is not needed during the trip through GT. Mastery will come later through the constant reinforcement in Essay Voyage and Practice Voyage.

 

** Don’t just start reading Paragraph Town to the kids (like you did for Grammar Town) until you have previewed the Teacher Section in PT! The 20 PT Lessons are outlined in the Teacher Section and the first ten lessons include the reading of the PT text; the second ten lessons are ‘extended practice’ and also include planned review of the PT text.

 

# Six of the seven Poetry chapters are each divided over two weeks. Divide them among the days/weeks as makes sense to you.

 

*** Ideally, poetry study would also include 20-30 minutes each week reading poems from nice books. Ideally, the child would be involved in choosing the poetry books and would take turns reading aloud. Ideally, read for 5 to 10 minutes several times a week. . . and then, at least once a week take time to look for poetic devices. Don't analyze every poem unless it is child-led (so that reading poetry can be enjoyed for its own sake sometimes and not always be an ‘exercise’. Poetry memorization could also be included if appealing.

 

 

or this one:

Grammar Practice Caesar's Building Paragraph

Town Town English 1 Poems Town

week: pages: sentences: lessons: chapters: lessons:

1 3, 8, 13* - 1 1 -

2 15, 21, 24 - 2 1 -

3 31, 36, 41 - 2 2 -

4 45, 50, 56 - 3 2 -

5 59, 63, 68 - 4 3 -

6 74, 77, 79 - 4 3 -

7 85, 88, 93 - 5 4 -

8 100, 106 - Rev 4 -

9 108 - 6 5 -

10 - 1-4 6 5 -

11 - 5-8 7 6 -

12 - 9-12 8 6 -

13 - 13-16 8 7 -

14 - 17-20 9 7 -

15 - 21-24 10 - 1

16 - 25-28 10 - 2

17 - 29-32 Rev - 3

18 - 33-36 11 - 4

19 - 37-40 12 - 5

20 - 41-44 12 - 6

21 - 45-48 13 - 7

22 - 49-52 14 - 8

23 - 53-56 14 - 9

24 - 57-60 15 - 10

25 - 61-64 Rev - 11

26 - 65-68 16 - 12

27 - 69-72 16 - 13

28 - 73-76 17 - 14

29 - 77-80 18 - 15

30 - 81-84 18 - 16

31 - 85-88 19 - 17

32 - 89-92 20 - 18

33 - 93-96 20 - 19

34 - 97-100 Rev - 20

* For Grammar Town, only the first page number of each day is listed. For example:

'3, 8, 13' means Monday do pages 3-7, Wednesday do 8-12, Friday do 13-14.

[SunnyDays]

Great, thank you both for the information!!