Rich with Kids Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Any compiled book lists would be appreciated, as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cajun.classical Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Here's our list of books that we will be formally studying. It does not any include independent reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Ours is what we will be reading with Sonlight Core 6. Also we will be reading The Edge Chronicles book 1,book 2, book 3 Septimus Heap book one Magyk (this will be a read a loud) Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Book one Wolf Brother This is our books so far. We will be adding more as we find more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 We're on the ancients this year, and my son is 10. (LTH is Learning Through History magazine, by the way.) Aesop's Fables Ancient China (Nature Company Discoveries Library) Bible Selections Boy of the Painted Cave Cat of Bubastes Chi’Lin Purse Children’s Homer Cool Facts About the Ancient World D’Aulaire’s Greek Myths Dar and the Spear Thrower Detectives in Togas Eagle of the Ninth Exploring the Ice Age Gilgamesh the Hero Golden Goblet Horrible Histories: Rotten Romans How to Be a Roman Soldier How to Be an Ancient Greek Athlete LTH: Ancient China LTH: Ancient East LTH: Ancient Egypt LTH: Ancient Near East LTH: Mesoamerica (Maya info) Mystery of the Roman Ransom Place in the Sun Tales from China Tales from India The Golden Goblet The Way of Alexander the Great Theras and his Town Top 10 Greek Legends: Zeus on the Loose Tusk and Stone Twenty Jataka Tales Walking the Bible Way of Alexander Well of Sacrifice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Rip Van Winkle and Legend of Sleepy Hollow Age of Fable Anne of Green Gables Robinson Crusoe Hans Brinker Midsummer Night's Dream Puck of Pook's Hill Children of the New Forest Double Life of Pocahontas Poetry from Longfellow, Tennyson and Kipling HTH:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveBaby Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 We will be following MFW Adventures for History/Science. For extra read-alouds we will be reading selections from the Ambleside Online K and yr.1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narrow Gate Academy Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I only have a month of reading planned out, but here's where we're starting. 4th: Pollyanna Tales from Shakespeare Parables of Nature 2nd: Pinocchio The Blue Fairy Book Just So Stories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 For MOH: Dd is reading the Bible The Golden Goblet Mara, Daughter of the Nile Hittite Warrior God King The Trojan War or Iliad and Odyssey for Boys and Girls?? D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths Archimedes and the Door to Science Aesop's Fables Detectives in Togas and Mystery of the Roman Ransom I Marched with Hannibal The Bronze Bow Other Reading: I'm hoping to start some kind of reading club in my homeschool group this year. I'd like to do books made into movies, get together discuss the book, watch the movie, then discuss the differences. I'll have to see how much participation there will be. The City of Ember (entire series, we've finished the first 2) Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix (a favorite author) Still looking for additional reading for this year. I hope I'll find some good ideas here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karensk Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Here's our list of books that we will be formally studying. It does not any include independent reading. I realy like your idea of formally studying fewer works together in order to go into greater depth with each one! I'd like to try doing that, too. I've been working on our formal-study lit list for the year, trying to make it reasonable/doable. One thing that's making this challenging for me is that I've made separate literature lists for my two kids, who are at very different reading levels. Two books are on both lists (read-alouds), but everything else is different. I'm in the process of figuring out what to do with each book. For example, for one book, I'll read it aloud to both kids, we'll have some discussions, and I'll assign written work to ds11 only -- some copywork/dictation and narrations. On another book, I'll have ds read it independently, do some discussions, and have him outline parts of it (or help him outline the whole book). But this feels so weird and kind of vague to not be using a literature guide! What kinds of things will y'all be doing with the formal-study books? E.g., will you read all of them aloud to all three children, or will you assign some independent reading from these books? Do you already have some discussion questions in mind, and if so, have you made notes of your discussion questions/outline? Will you assign any written work on the books? If so, how are the assignments different for each child? How many school days do you expect to spend on the formal-study books? I think that it'll be unrealistic for me to work on our top-tier formal-study books on a daily basis with both kids, since they have separate lists. It looks like I'll be able to do it ~2/3 of the time. (Trying to decide on the scope is gettin' to me!) In case it helps for you to see what I'm doing...here are our 3 categories of books on our literature lists: Top-tier formal-study: Works to study with in-depth discussions and written assignments; some will be read aloud, others independently. The only works that both kids will do (as of now) are: Hamlet and The Pied Piper of Hamelin. The remaining works in this category are different for each child. 2nd-tier formal-study: Works to study with brief discussions and written assignments (2nd-tier formal-study); all will be read independently. Informal study (secondary reading): Works to read independently with no planned discussions. I'd love to hear any of your thoughts on this (either here or on your blog)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karensk Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Any compiled book lists would be appreciated, as well. We're doing TOG this year, so some of the selections are from TOG's dialectic & grammar-level literature lists. Ds11's lists: top-tier formal-study list The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle The King of Ireland's Son by Padraic Colum The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Browning various poetry Poetry for Young People: William Shakespeare The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (and selections from the original) second-tier formal-study list Medieval Myths, Legends & Songs (a TOG lit book) Aladdin and Other Tales from the Arabian Nights The Black Arrow by Stevenson Men of Iron by Pyle The Canterbury Tales (retelling) Adam of the Road secondary reading Augustine Came to Kent Beowulf retelling Beorn the Proud The Story of King Arthur and Other Celtic Heroes by Padraic Colum Robin Hood by Green The Lantern Bearers and a few other Sutcliff books Saint George and the Dragon (retelling by Hodges) Otto of the Silver Hand The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang The Green Fairy Book by Lang Grimm's Household Tales Son of Charlemagne If All the Swords in England The Hidden Treasure of Glaston The Red Keep The Lost Baron Ds11 will read other books for history, as well. Dd8's lists: top-tier formal-study list The Cottage at Bantry Bay by Hilda van Stockum The Wheel on the School King of the Wind The Adventures of Pinocchio The Silver Chair The Light Princess by George MacDonald (the tale, not the whole book) The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Browning LLATL-Orange Book -- poetry unit Hamlet: For Kids (and selections from the original) (A Little Princess - tentative) second-tier formal-study list Saint George and the Dragon (retelling by Hodges) The Boy Who Held Back the Sea Brigid's Cloak Leif the Lucky by D'Aulaires Robin Hood by Neil Philip The Minstrel in the Tower The Door in the Wall fairy tales Old Mother West Wind The Sword in the Tree secondary reading Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland Aladdin and Other Tales from the Arabian Nights (DK reader) The Making of a Knight St. Francis by Wildsmith The Squire and the Scroll Marguerite Makes a Book Bard of Avon: The Story of Shakespeare by Diane Stanley Thunderstorm in the Church Caedmon's Song Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess I, Juan de Pareja The Story of St. Patrick The Night Before Christmas: A Visit from St. Nicholas Saint Valentine The Legend of the Persian Carpet Saladin, Noble Prince of Islam by Stanley Chanticleer and the Fox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 We'll end up doing: - 1 per 6 weeks = a longer work together - 1 per 3-4 weeks = for literature, a novel, short story or poetry - 1 per 4-5 weeks = a at-or-below reading level work to go with history Here's our list: Together, in depth: 1. Beowulf (The Great Books study guide) 2. Macbeth (Parallel Text Shakespeare study guide) 3. All Quiet on the Western Front (Spark Notes and Glencoe study guides) 4. Diary of Anne Frank (Portals to Literature study guide) 5. To Kill a Mockingbird (Garlic Press Publishers guide) 6. Windows on the World (IEW's new program on short story literary analysis) -- we will use a little of this each year over 3-4 years of high school 10th grader: (We designed our own lit. course and are calling it "Worldviews in Sci-Fi and Horror") 1. Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Progeny Press guide) 2. Frankenstein (Progeny Press guide) 3. Farenheit 451 (Progeny Press guide) 4. The Giver (Garlic Press publishers guide) 5. Brave New World (Spark Notes; wikipedia) 6. Animal Farm (Spark Notes; wikipedia) 7. selected short stories from Cosmi-Comics 8. A Canticle for Leibowitz 9. Portrait of Dorian Gray (Spark Notes; wikipedia) 10. a unit from the Progeny Press guide on poetry 9th grader doing Lightning Lit 8: - 3 short stories ("A Crazy Tale", "Wakefield", "The Mirror") - 3 units on poetry - Treasure Island - A Day of Pleasure - A Christmas Carol - The Hobbit - My Family and Other Animals (- To Kill a Mockingbird -- will be done above, all together) solo reading: historical fiction to go along with our 20th century history; we will have 8 "units" and they will choose ONE book from each "unit" and so read 8 books on their own that are at or below their reading level; here are the choices: 1 = 1890-1910 - Summer of the Monkeys - The Great Brain - Little Britches - The Good Earth 2 = 1910-1930 - Endurance Shackleton's Incredible Voyage - The Road From Home - Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity 3 = 1930-1940 - Story of the Trapp Family Singers - When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit - Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - Bud, Not Buddy - A Year Down Under 4 = free choice from any "unit" 5 = 1940-1950 - Winged Watchmen - Escape From Warsaw - Endless Steppe - House of Sixty Fathers - Great Escapes of World War II - Farewell to Manzanar - After the War 6 = 1950-1970 - Warriors Don't Cry - I Am David - The Cay - God's Smuggler - Red Scarf Girl 7 = 1970-present - Maniac Macgee - Pushcart War - View From Saturday 8 = free choice from any unit They also tend to have something they're reading at bedtime just for pleasure, but that's not assigned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca in GA Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 For reading aloud, we are finishing Peter and the Shadow Thieves and Peter and the Secret of Rundoon before we decide on our next ones -- we like series. I'm leaning toward Redwall, though. Individually, they will work through: Shiloh My Side of the Mountain Caddie Woodlawn The Hundred Dresses In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson Johnny Tremain Dragonwings Star of Light Little House on the Prairie Henry Huggins Charlotte's Web Sarah, Plain and Tall Li Lun, Lad of Courage Island of the Blue Dolphins Across Five Aprils The Cay Timothy of the Cay A Wrinkle in Time Catherine, Called Birdy Jacob Have I Loved Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry The Cricket in Times Square Call it Courage From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler The Incredible Journey Anne of Green Gables (My boys are ages 7/third grade and 12/seventh grade and my little girl is almost 9/fourth grade. Each chose from a selection, and I didn't separate them according to child in the above list.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 The list for our year (does not include independent reading or read alouds): Gilgamesh the Hero The Golden Goblet DiAulaires Greek Myths Aristotle Leads the Way Pankration Black Ships Before Troy The Wanderings of Odysseus The Aenied for Boys and Girls Detectives in Togas The Mystery of the Roman Ransom Aquila Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bee Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 dd,age 7 grade 2-readers from Sonlight's readers 2 advanced program along with some books from the intermediate list as well. dd,age 12 grade7- (tenatively planned and subject to change depending on availabilty) Beowulf Anno's Medieval World Outrageous Women of the Middle Ages Adam Of the Road Catherine Called Birdy A Proud Taste of Scarlet and Minever Puck of Pook's Hill The Sword in the Stone Matilda Bone Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Bard of Avon The Dark is Rising Sea of Trolls The Shakespeare Stealer The Forestwife Black Horses for the King The Samurai's Tale Tuck Everlasting The Birchbark House Hatchet Where the Redfern Grows The Phantom Tollbooth A Single Shard I, Juan de Pareja Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cajun.classical Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Karen, I just saw your question. I've been without a computer today. But the good news is that I've got tons more memory now! woohoo! I'll try to answer you after the dinner rush:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 This is some of what we're doing related to history for this year. L's Reading and Writing: Week 1 The Stone Age News Painters of the Caves, P. Lauber Usborne Who were the First People? Usborne Living in Prehistoric Times Prehistoric Peoples, Troll Write paper regarding early mankind Week 2-4 from Ten Kings: Hammurabi The Crystal Pool, pg 18 Bronze Cauldron, pg 1 (Hittite) Cities of Splendour: pg 22 (revisit) Gilgamesh the King, The Revenge of Ishtar, The Last Quest of Gilgamesh, all by Ludmila Zeman (LOVE them) read book about Lugulbanda Write a report on Hammurabi in week 2. In weeks 3 and 4, write a summary of one myth read each week, pointing out some of the literary elements we’re studying. Week 5-6 The Waters of Life, intro pg 4 and pgs 22-25 The Crystal Pool, pg 50 Write about one myth each week, pointing out some literary elements. Library Books: How Would You Survive as an Ancient Egyptian? Jacqueline Morley Secrets of the Mummies, Harriet Griffey Week 7 David’s Songs: His Psalms and Their Story, Colin Eisler, Jerry Pinkney Moses in Egypt, Brad Kessler (Rabbit Ears CD) from Ten Kings: David Young Heroes of the Bible, Kirk Douglas Bronze Cauldron, pg 41 Cities of Splendour pg. 26 Mighty Mountains pg. 16 Write about King David. Library Books: The Flower of Sheba, Doris Orgel, et al Queen Esther the Morning Star, Mordicai Gerstein The Wailing Wall, Leonard E. Fisher Dybbuk: A Story Made in Heaven, Francine Prose King Solomon and His Magic Ring, Edie Wiesel The Hanukkah Story, Marylin Hirsh Week 8 Usborne Stories from Around the World, pg 51 The Waters of Life, pgs 6-9 The Crystal Pool, pg 8 Bronze Cauldron, pg 26, 58 Cities of Splendour pg. 18 Once a Mouse.... Marcia Brown - Liam read Favorite Fairy Tales Told in India, Virginia Haviland Write about Buddha (lit readings). Week 9 The Paper Dragon, Marguerite Davol The Treasure Chest: A Chinese Tale, Rosalind Wang The Junior Thunder Lord, Laurence Yep Usborne Stories from Around the World, pg 77 The Waters of Life, pgs 16-21 Sacred Skies, intro pg 4 and pgs 12-15 The Crystal Pool, pg 41, 115 Bronze Cauldron, pg 71 Mighty Mountains pg. 10 Fabulous Beasts pg 14 Choose one story to write about. Week 10 Usborne Stories from Around the World, pgs 56, 62, 87, 99, 106 The Crystal Pool, pg 57, 71, 82, 102, 107, 113 Bronze Cauldron, pg 121 Ice Mummy, Dubowski Write about the ice mummy. Library Books: Fat Cat: A Danish Folktale, Margaret R. Macdonald Week 11 Nothing.... Do report on Crete (history reading). Week 12 Why Spider Spins Tales, Palazzo-Craig The Hunterman and the Crocodile, Diakite Anansi, Brian Gleeson (Rabbit Ears cassette) Usborne Stories from Around the World, pgs 72, 94 The Crystal Pool, pg 76, 91, 120, 128 Bronze Cauldron, pg 11, 45, 113 Mighty Mountains pg 20 Fabulous Beasts pg 6 Choose one myth to write about. Week 13 Write Like an Ancient Egyptian! The Silver Treasure, pg 103 Write about Egyptian hyroglyphics. Library Books: You Wouldn’t Want to be... David Stewart Week 14 How Would You Survive as an Ancient Egyptian? Ms. Frizzle’s Adventures: Ancient Egypt Write about some aspect of New Kingdom Week 15 A Children's Treasury of Mythology Usborne Stories from Around the World, pg 19 Sacred Skies, pgs 16-19 The Waters of Life, pgs 26-end Beneath the Earth, intro pg 4 and pgs 10-13 The Crystal Pool, pg 67 The Silver Treasure, pg 27, 70 Bronze Cauldron, pg 78 Mighty Mountains pg 6 The First Book of Ancient Greece, Robinson, begin - 9 Write report based on Robinson book read. Week 16 The Arabian Nights, Illus. Jr. Library Arabian Nights CD, Jim Weiss Usborne Stories from Around theWorld, pg 11 Do book report on the Arabian Nights. Week 17 Usborne Stories from Around the World, pgs 28, 45, 112 Sacred Skies, pgs 20-21 The Waters of Life, pgs 14-15 The Crystal Pool, pg 1, 32, 45, 88 Bronze Cauldron, pg 116 Fabulous Beasts pg 18, 24, 26 Cities of Splendour pg 10 Opossum and the Great Firemaker How Night Came to Be: A Story from Brazil Do report on stories in Legend of Lord Eight Deer (lit reading). Library Books: Gods and Godesses of the Ancient Maya, Leonard Everett Fisher The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote, Tony Johnston The Night the Moon Fell, Pat Mora Week 18-19 Tree of Dreams, intro pg 7, and 53 The First Book of Ancient Greece, Robinson, pg 9 - end Archimedes Takes a Bath, Lexau Hercules and Other Greek Myths The 12 Labors of Hercules, coloring book Hercules and the Greek Gods, coloring book Pegasus, Mayer Usborne Tales of the Trojan War The Iliad, retold by McCarty from Ten Kings: Alexander the Great The Librarian who Measured the Earth, Kathryn Lasky (simple, but we hadn't read it earlier) Write about Archimedes one week and Socrates the next. Also do report on Alexander. Week 20-21 Aesop’s Fables Beneath the Earth, pgs 6-9 Bronze Cauldron, pg 20 Cities of Splendour pg 6 Write about Romulus one week and choose a Roman Myth to write about the next. Week 22-23 Tree of Dreams, pgs 17, 81 The Crystal Pool, pg 95 The Silver Treasure, pg 86 Choose one myth to write about each week, drawing out literary elements. Week 24-25 Tree of Dreams, pg 27, 35, 45, 75 Write about Confucius and choose one myth to write about. Week 26-27 Nothing Write reports each week related to non-fiction readings such as Cavalryman, Legionary, etc. Week 28 Beneath the Earth, pgs 20-23 and 24-end Sacred Skies, pgs 26-end The Silver Treasure, pg 31, 53, 75, 98, 121 Bronze Cauldron, pg 14, 49 Write about Beowulf (lit selection). Week 29-30 The Silver Treasure, pg 51 Write about Jesus (history) and Bronze Bow (lit). Week 31 Tree of Dreams, pg 67 The Silver Treasure, pg 6 Write report on Africa based on history reading. Week 32 Tree of Dreams, pg 59 The Silver Treasure, pg 1, 42, 114 Bronze Cauldron, pg 35, 63, 92 Write report on Enchanted Caribou or Story of Comock (lit selections). Library Books: Pyramid of the Sun, Pyramid of the Moon, Leonard Fisher Land of the Five Suns (Aztecs), Kay McManus Week 33 This Place is Lonely, Vicki Cobb The Biggest Frog in Australia Usborne Stories from Around the World, pgs 6, 32, 123 Sacred Skies, pgs 22-25 Beneath the Earth, pgs 14-17 The Crystal Pool, pg 24, 36, 79 The Silver Treasure, pg 14, 57, 81 Bronze Cauldron, pg 37, 82, 107 Fabulous Beasts, pg 10 Mighty Mountains, pg 26 Choose one myth to write about, bringing out literary elements. Week 34 The Sea Maidens of Japan Usborne Stories from Around the World, pg 118 Tree of Dreams, pg 9 Sho and the Demons of the Deep Beneath the Earth, pgs 18-19 Sacred Skies, pgs 6-11 The Waters of Life, pgs 10-13 The Crystal Pool, pg 61 The Silver Treasure, pg 91 Bronze Cauldron, pg 97 Mighty Mountains, pg 24 Choose one myth and address literary elements. Week 35-36 Usborne Reader: Pompeii Cleopatra: The Queen of Kings, MacDonald Usborne Roman Soldier’s Handbook Write about Cleopatra and about Masada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cajun.classical Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Okay Karen, I hope some of these ideas are helpful to you. When I was a classroom teacher, I discovered the benefits of doing literary study out loud. Even with my high schoolers, I got much better results and was able to assign more difficult works when we read them out loud. I would read out loud, stopping to explain difficult/archaic vocabulary or to point out something important. Then at natural stopping points, I would engage them in discussion. Later, after the book was completed, I would give writing assignments. I had much greater success doing it that way, rather than assigning the reading, expecting them to understand what they read and come prepared to discuss. I would spend so much time making sure that they understood what they read, that we would never get any real discussion. Reading out loud changed all that. When I later moved to teaching elementary, I kept up the practice. It continued to work well and to allow me to assign more difficult works than they could read on their own. In our homeschool, I have continued the practice. I started out trying to do 2 different literature classes, but it was way too time-consuming so I switched to one combined class. I read the book out loud and we discuss. For elementary, I have limited goals for literature study: (1)fill them up with good stories, (2) learn to think about what they are reading, particularly the worldview, (3) introduce very gentle literary analysis: basically plot, character, setting, theme. That's it. We read out loud. Different years I've tried different things. Sometimes, I have a book for each of us and we team-read out loud; other times I read the whole thing out loud. We discuss as described above. I don't assign anything generally. If they can discuss the book with me, that's all I expect. We use CW, so I don't really feel the need to "write across the curriculum" in elementary school. They do have independent reading selections. These are generally at or below their reading level (as opposed to the Studied Literature, which is well above their reading level), read completely independently. Sometimes there are narrations, sometimes not. Just depends. Last year, I required a Book Report a month. This year, I may do 1 per quarter. That's more reasonable. A book report can be a written narration or something about setting or character. I have some specific things that I'm looking for. I don't really assign the independent reading. I have a very long designated shelf and book basket filled with books correlated to history. They chose which they are interested in. They also chose a Free Book (from any genre) to read and a Book Report book that is approved by me. In addition, they are big readers on their own. Their free reading is entirely unrestricted. We are CM-influenced that way. They generally have several books going at once. Our literature approach is really low-stress, but I feel like the benefits are tremendous, and I'm very pleased with the level of discussion. I don't use literature guides, relying instead on Aristotle's Common Topics that were discussed at Circe. We use Socratic discussion so my questions can be applied to any book. Of course, I also have lots of experience teaching literature and I'm pretty good off the cuff, so YMMV. Use lit guides if they give you confidence or try something like Teaching the Classics. Seems like a lot of people like that course and it is the same basic idea that I use. Does that answer your question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karensk Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Thank you, Angelina, for your very detailed description! I think I'll try to do a couple extra read-alouds together for formal study, then. We often have several books going at once, too. One read-aloud book and several independently-read books. I think we can do something like what you do...narrations on the independently-read books. BTW, which Circe speaker talked about the Aristotle common topics? I must have missed that one. (I tried to rep you, but I'll have to spread it around some more first. :)) Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 This is my read-aloud list for my will be 7 and 9 year olds. I allow them to pick their own books for independent reading still. I also plan to read The Tale of Desperaux aloud before we see the movie. Nathan has already listened to it. Five Children and It (Edith Nesbit) The Family Under the Bridge (Natalie Savage Carlson) Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (Margaret Sidney) Mary Poppins (P. L. Travers) Red Sails to Capri (Ann Weil) The Twenty-One Balloons (William Pene Du Bois) The Rescuers (4-book series) (Margery Sharp) Aesop for Children (Milo Winter) The Borrowers (Mary Norton) Our science (vertebrates) and history (SOTW 2) selections are also listed on my blog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narnian Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 So far on the list for my 2nd grader: Chapter Books (Read-Alouds): Babe: The Gallant Pig, Dick King-Smith Little House in the Big Woods, Laura Ingalls Wilder The Little Pilgrim's Progress, Helen Taylor (second part, Christiana's journey -- we read Christian's journey last school year) The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Kate DiCamillo The Princess and the Goblin, George Macdonald Chapter Books Related to History: The Door in the Wall, Marguerite de Angeli Otto of the Silver Hand, Howard Pyle The Sword in the Tree, Robert Clyde Bulla Tales From Shakespeare, Charles and Mary Lamb or The Children's Shakespeare, Edith Nesbit ... and a whole lot of shorter (picture book) read-alouds corresponding to SOTW Middle Ages. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Here is my dd's second grade reading list for the year. I am trying to keep the assigned reading short since my dd reads about an hour each day on her own and I don't want to discourage that. There are other books that we will use for history and literature, but we will be reading and studying those together. Books she is planning to Read: The Phoenix and the Carpet The Enchanted Castle Half Magic (again) Seven Day Magic (again) THe rest of the Little House series Books I scheduled: The Wizard of Oz The Velveteen Rabbit Charlotte's Web McBroom's Wonderful One-Acre Farm Twenty-one Balloons Kildee House Socks Lumber Camp Library Books for the additional reading book basket The Boxcar Children The Cabin Faced West Misty The Secret Garden Pippi Longstocking Winnie the Pooh Peter Pan The Toothpaste Millionaire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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