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St. Thomas SchoolCurriculum for Grade Four
( 2011 Jean W. and Maria C. M. Rioux)
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OPENING FOUR TIMES WEEKLYPrayers and Special IntentionsSaint of the Day (Saints For Young People Vol. 1 &2)
Calculadder(at pace)Grammar With a Giggle (Kiester)
Whole Big Book of Diagrams (Daly)
CATECHISM ONCE WEEKLYJesus Our Guide(Faith and Life 4)
__ Ch. 1: Read,Narrate, and Journal
__ Ch. 2: Read, Narrate,
and Journal__Ch. 3: Read, Narrate,
and Journal__ Ch. 4: Read, Narrate,
and Journal__ Ch. 5: Read, Narrate,
and Journal__ Ch. 6: Read, Narrate,
and Journal__ Ch. 7: Read, Narrate,
and Journal__Ch. 8: Read, Narrate,
and Journal__ Ch. 9: Read, Narrate,
and Journal
__ Ch. 10: Read,Narrate, and Journal
__ Ch. 11: Read, Narrate,
and Journal__Ch. 12: Read,
Narrate, and Journal__Ch. 13: Read, Narrate,
and Journal__Ch. 14: Read,
Narrate, and Journal__Ch. 15: Read,
Narrate, and Journal__Ch. 16: Read,
Narrate, and Journal__Ch. 17: Read,
Narrate, and Journal__ Ch. 18: Read,
Narrate, and Journal
__Ch. 19: Read,Narrate, and Journal
__Ch. 20: Read,
Narrate, and Journal__Ch. 21: Read,
Narrate, and Journal__Ch. 22: Read,
Narrate, and Journal__ Ch. 23: Read,
Narrate, and Journal__Ch. 24: Read,
Narrate, and Journal__Ch. 25: Read,
Narrate, and Journal__Ch. 26: Read,
Narrate, and Journal__Ch. 27: Read,
Narrate, and Journal
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__Ch. 28: Read,
Narrate, and Journal__Ch. 29: Read,
Narrate, and Journal
__ Ch. 30: Read,Narrate, and Journal
NEW TESTAMENT TWICE WEEKLYThe Life of Our Lord for Children(Hunt)Read, narrate, map and journal:
__Ch. 1: The Church is the Kingdom__Ch. 2: Before the King Came (pp. 2-7 para. 1)
__Ch. 2: Before the King Came (pp. 7-10, para 1)
__Ch. 2: Before the King Came (pp. 10-14)
__ Ch. 3: The King Comes (pp. 15-18)
__ Ch. 3: The King Comes (pp. 19-22, para. 2)
__ Ch. 3: The King Comes (pp. 22-26, para 3)
__ Ch. 3: The King Comes (pp. 26-30, para. 1)__ Ch. 3: The King Comes (pp. 30-34, para. 4)
__ Ch. 3: The King Comes (pp. 34-36)
__Ch. 4: The Kingdom of God is at Hand(pp. 37-39, para. 2)
__Ch. 4: The Kingdom of God is at Hand(pp. 39-42, para. 1)
__Ch. 4: The Kingdom of God is at Hand(pp. 42-46, para. 1)
__Ch. 4: The Kingdom of God is at Hand(pp. 46-50, para. 2)
__Ch. 4: The Kingdom of God is at Hand(pp. 50-55)__Ch. 5: The Twelve Begin Their Training (pp. 56-59, para. 5)
__Ch. 5: The Twelve Begin Their Training (pp. 59-63, para. 2)
__Ch. 5: The Twelve Begin Their Training (pp. 63-67, para. 2)
__Ch. 5: The Twelve Begin Their Training (pp. 67-70, para. 3)
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__Ch. 5: The Twelve Begin Their Training (pp. 70-72)
__ Ch. 6: Who the King is (pp. 73-76, para. 5)
__ Ch. 6: Who the King is (pp. 76-79, para.4)
__ Ch. 6: Who the King is (pp. 79-84, para. 3)__ Ch. 6: Who the King is (pp. 84-88, para. 1)
__ Ch. 6: Who the King is (pp. 88-90, para. 7)
__ Ch. 6: Who the King is (pp. 90-94)
__ Ch. 7: The King's Friends and His Enemies (pp. 95-99, para. 1)
__ Ch. 7: The King's Friends and His Enemies (pp. 99- 101, para. 2)
__Ch. 7: The King's Friends and His Enemies (pp. 101-105, para. 3)
__ Ch. 7: The King's Friends and His Enemies (pp. 105-109, para. 2)
__Ch. 7: The King's Friends and His Enemies (pp. 109-113)
__ Ch. 8 The King Prepares to Leave the World(pp. 114-117, para. 1)
__ Ch. 8 The King Prepares to Leave the World(pp. 117-121, para. 3)
__ Ch. 8 The King Prepares to Leave the World(pp. 121-124, para. 1)
__ Ch. 8 The King Prepares to Leave the World(pp. 124- 127, para. 4)
__ Ch. 8 The King Prepares to Leave the World(pp. 127-130, para. 6)__ Ch. 8 The King Prepares to Leave the World(pp. 130-134, para.3)
__ Ch. 8 The King Prepares to Leave the World(pp.134-136)
__Ch. 9: The King Suffers and Dies (pp.137-140, para. 1)
__Ch. 9: The King Suffers and Dies (pp.140-144, para. 2)
__Ch. 9: The King Suffers and Dies (pp. 144-148, para. 1)
__Ch. 9: The King Suffers and Dies (pp. 148-152, para. 1)
__Ch. 9: The King Suffers and Dies (pp.152-154)__ Ch. 10: The Resurrection(pp.155-159, para. 1)
__ Ch. 10: The Resurrection(pp. 159-161)
__ Ch. 10: The Resurrection(pp.162-166)
__Ch. 11: The Kingdom is the Church(pp. 167-168)
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ADDITIONAL BIBLE RESOURCESThe Holy Bible (RSV)
Crusade: Adventures From Our Catholic Heritage (Maryknowll Sisters)Bible Timeline (Our Father's House)
SAINT STORIES ONCE WEEKLYCatholic Tales For Boys and Girls (Houselander)
__Terrible FarmerTimson
__ The EmbroideredCoat
__ The Cure's Guest
__ If I Were You__ Bird on the Wing
__Jack and Jim__ Racla the Gypsy
__ The Shepherd's Coat
__Joseph's Godfather__ The Anchoress
__ A Boy in Siberia__Franz the Server
More Catholic Tales for Boys and Girls (Houselander)
__Inside the Ark__Bernard's Pagan
__ The UncommunistCow
__The Donkey's Legs
__Montague Runs
Away__ The Dancing Bear
__ Loaves and LittleFishes
__The Donkey Boy's
Coat
__ Giving Mr. Oates__ The White Mouse's
Story__Anna Kluyer
__Petook
Additional resources:
Book of Saints (Welborn)
Book of Heroes (Welborn)Fifty Saints for Boys (Windham)
Fifty Saints for Girls (Windham)
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MATHEMATICS THREE TIMES WEEKLYSaxon sMath 54
__Lessons 1-2.__Lessons 3-4.__Lessons 5-6.
__ Lessons 7-8.__ Lessons 9-10.
__ Lessons 11-12.__ Lessons 13-14.
__Lessons 15-16.__ Lessons 17-18.__ Lessons 19-20.
__Lessons 21-22.__Lessons 23-24.
__Lessons 25-26.
__ Lessons 27-28.__ Lessons 29-30.__ Lessons 31-32.
__ Lessons 33-34.__ Lessons 35-36.
__Lessons 37-38.__ Lessons 39-40.
__Lessons 41-42.__Lessons 43-44.
__Lessons 45-46.__Lessons 47-48.
__Lessons 49-50.
__Lessons 51-52.__Lessons 53-54.__Lessons 55-56.
__ Lessons 57-58.__ Lessons 59-60.
__Lessons 61-62.__ Lessons 63-64.
__Lessons 65-66.__ Lessons 67-68.__ Lessons 69-70.
__ Lessons 71-72.__ Lessons 73-74.
__ Lessons 75-76.
__ Lessons 77-78.__Lesson 79.__Lesson 80.
__Lesson 81.__Lesson 82.
__Lesson 83.__ Lesson 84.
__ Lesson 85.__Lesson 86.
__Lesson 87.__Lesson 88.
__Lesson 89.
__Lesson 90.__Lesson 91.__Lesson 92.
__Lesson 93.__Lesson 94.
__Lesson 95.__Lesson 96.
__Lesson 97.__Lesson 98.__Lesson 99.
__ Lesson 100.__Lesson 101.
__Lesson 102.
__ Lesson 103.__Lesson 104.__Lesson 105.
__Lesson 106.__Lesson 107.
__ Lesson 108.__Lesson 109.
__Lesson 110.__Lesson 111.
__Lesson 112.__ Lesson 113.
__Lesson 114.
__Lesson 115.__Lesson 116.__Lesson 117.
__Lesson 118.__Lesson 119.
__Lesson 120.__Lesson 121.
__Lesson 122.__Lesson 123.__Lesson 124.
__Lesson 125.__Lesson 126.
__Lesson 127.
__Lesson 128.__Lesson 129.__ Lesson 130.
__ Lesson 131.__Lesson 132.
__ Lesson 133.__Lesson 134.
__Lesson 135.__Lesson 136.
__ Lesson 137.__ Lesson 138.
__Lesson 139.
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__ Lesson 140. __ Lesson 141. __ Lesson 142.GRAMMAR THREE TIMES WEEKLYIntermediary Language Lessons: Part One (Davidson)
__ Lesson 1__ Lesson 2
__ Lesson 3__ Lesson 4
__ Lesson 5__ Lesson 6
__ Lesson 7__ Lesson 8
__ Lesson 9__ Lesson 10
__ Lesson 11__ Lesson 12
__ Lesson 13__ Lesson 14
__ Lesson 15__ Lesson 16
__ Lesson 17__ Lesson 18
__ Lesson 19
__ Lesson 20__ Lesson 21__ Lesson 22
__ Lesson 23__ Lesson 24
__ Lesson 25__ Lesson 26
__ Lesson 27__ Lesson 28
__ Lesson 29__ Lesson 30
__ Lesson 31__ Lesson 32
__ Lesson 33__ Lesson 34
__ Lesson 35__ Lesson 36
__ Lesson 37__ Lesson 38
__ Lesson 39__ Lesson 40
__ Lesson 41__ Lesson 42
__ Lesson 43
__ Lesson 44__ Lesson 45__ Lesson 46
__ Lesson 47__ Lesson 48
__ Lesson 49__ Lesson 50
__ Lesson 51__ Lesson 52
__ Lesson 53__ Lesson 54
__ Lesson 55__ Lesson 56
__ Lesson 57__ Lesson 58
__ Lesson 59__ Lesson 60
__ Lesson 61__ Lesson 62
__ Lesson 63__ Lesson 64
__ Lesson 65__ Lesson 66
__ Lesson67
__ Lesson 68__ Lesson 96__ Lesson 70
__ Lesson 71__ Lesson 72
__ Lesson 73__ Lesson 74
__ Lesson 75__ Lesson 76
__ Lesson 77__ Lesson 78
__ Lesson 79__ Lesson 80
__ Lesson 81__ Lesson 82
__ Lesson 83__ Lesson 84
__ Lesson 85__ Lesson 86
__ Lesson 87__ Lesson 88
__ Lesson 89__ Lesson 90
__ Lesson 91
__ Lesson 92__ Lesson 93__ Lesson 94
__ Lesson 95__ Lesson 96
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__ Lesson 97 __ Lesson 98 __ Lesson 99 __ Lesson 100DIAGRAMING ONCE WEEKLYThe First Whole Book of Diagrams (Mary O. Daly)
__ Subject and Verb__ Articles
__ Adjectives__ Direct Object
__ Subject Complement__ Adverbs
__ Prepositions andUsage
__ Coordinate
Conjunctions__ Auxiliary Verbs
__ Imperative__ Direct Address
__ Subordinate Clauses__ Verbal Forms
__ Intransitive Verbs__ Apposition
__ Prose: pp. 163-166
__ Philosophy: pp.167-169
__ Why Di?, pp.170-173__ Poetry and
Diagrams, pp. 175-180
__ Poetry: pp. 181-183__ Poetry, pp. 187-189
__ Poetry, pp. 190-194
PHONICS TWICE WEEKLYPhonics Workbook D
Unit One__ Pages 1-2.
__Pages 3-5.__Page 6.
__Pages 7-8.__Pages 9-10.
__Pages 11-12.
__ Pages 13-14.__Pages 15-16.__ Pages 17-18.
__Pages 19-20.Unit Two
__Pages 21-22.__Pages 23-24.
__Pages 25-27.__ Pages 28-30.
__ Pages 31-32.__ Pages 33-34.
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__Page 38.Unit Three__ Pages 38-40.
__Pages 41-42.__Pages 43-44.
__Pages 45-46.__Pages 47-48.
__Pages 49-50.__Pages 51-53.
__Pages 54-55.__Pages 56-58.
Unit Four
__Pages 59-60.__Pages 61-62.__Pages 63-64.
__Pages 65-66.__ Pages 67-68.
__ Pages 69-70.__ Pages 71-72.
__ Pages 73-75.__Pages 75-76.
__ Pages 77-79.__ Pages 80-82.
Unit Five
__ Pages 83-84.__ Pages 85-86.__ Pages 87-88.
__ Pages 89-90.__Pages 91-92.
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__Pages 93-94.
__Pages 95-96.__ Pages 97-100.
__Pages 101-103.__ Pages 104-106.
__ Pages 107-109.__ Pages 110-111.
__ Page 112.
Unit Six
__ Pages 113-115.__ Pages 116-119.
__ Pages 120-121.__ Pages 122-123.
__Pages 125-127.__ Pages 128-129.
__Page 130.
Unit Seven
__Pages 130-132.__Pages 133-135.
__Pages 136-138.__ Pages 139-141.
__Pages 142-144.
__Pages 145-147.
__ Pages 147-148.
Unit Eight__ Pages 149-150.
__ Pages 151-153.__Pages 154-156.
__ Pages 157-159.__Page 160.
VOCABULARY ONCE WEEKLYWordly Wise 1Study Word List meanings and spellings.Write and illustrate a story using unfamiliar list words in your vocabulary
journal.
__ Word List 1/Journal
__ Word List 2/Journal
__ Word List 3/Journal
__Word List 4/Journal
__Word List 5/Journal
__ Word List 6/Journal
__ Word List 7/Journal
__ Word List 8/Journal
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__ Word List
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__Word List 25/Journal
__ Word List 26/Journal
__ Word List 27/Journal
__ Word List 28/Journal
__ Word List 29/Journal
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LANGUAGE FOUNDATIONS ONCE WEEKLYEnglish From the Roots Up __ Pages 1-2__ Pages 3-4
__ Pages 5-6__ Pages 7-8
__ Pages 9-10
__ Pages 11-12__ Pages 13-14__ Pages 15-16
__ Pages 17-18__ Pages 19-20
__ Pages 21-22__ Pages 23-24
__ Pages 25-26
__ Pages 27-28__ Pages 29-30
__ Pages 31-32__ Pages 33-34
__ Pages 35-36
__ Pages 37-38__ Pages 39-40__ Pages 41-42
__ Pages 43-44__ Pages 45-46
__ Pages 47-48__ Pages 49-50
__ Pages 51-52
__ Pages 53-54__ Pages 55-56
__ Pages 57-58__ Pages 59-60
__ Pages 61-62
__ Pages 63-64__ Pages 65-66
__ Pages 67-68
__ Pages 69-70__ Pages 71-72
__ Pages 73-74__ Pages 75-76
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__ Pages 79-80__ Pages 81-82
__ Pages 83-84__ Pages 85-86
__ Pages 87-88
__ Pages 89-90__ Pages 91-92__ Pages 93-94
__ Pages 95-96__ Pages 97-98
__ Pages 99-100
READ-ALOUDS AND INDEPENDENT READINGFOUR TIMES WEEKLY(One hour of independent pleasure reading daily)__Caddie Woodlawn(Brink)
__ Little Britches(Moody
)
__ Behind Rebel Lines (Relt)__All Sail Set(Sperry)
__ The Great Turkey Walk(Karr)__ Narnian Chronicles (Lewis)
__ Matchlock Gun(Edmonds)
__Cautionary Tales For Children(Belloc)__Wonder Book(Hawthorne)
__ At the Back of the North Wind(MacDonald)
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__ Beautiful Stories From Shakespeare(Nesbitt)
__Shakespeare For Children(Lamb)
__Dragon Slayer(Sutcliff)__Eagle of the Ninth(Sutcliff)
__ Five Children and It(Nesbitt)
__The Treasure Seekers (Nesbitt)
__Golden Key (MacDonald)
__Redwall(series, Jacques)
__Good Master(Seredy)
__Guns for General Washington(Reit)
__Homer Price (McCloskey)
__In Freedom's Cause: a Story of
Wallace and Bruce (Henty)
__ Legend of the Cid(Goldston)
__Harry Potter series (Rowling)
__ Princess and Curdie (series,MacDonald)
__Phoenix and the Carpet(Nesbitt)
__Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow(French)
__Swallows and AmazonsSeries(Ransome)
__Tales From the Arabian Nights(Lang)
__ Tales From Troy and Greece(Lang)
__ Winged Watchman (Stockum)
__ Bantry Bay series (Stockum)
__Freckles__The Outlaws of Ravenhurst
(Wallace)__ Olga De Polga series (Bond)
__Peter Pan(Barrie)
__Pinocchio (Collodi)
__Jungle Book(Kipling)
__My Father's Dragon(Gannett)
__The Borrowers (Norton)
__ Rabbit Hill(Lawson)
__Tough Winter(Lawson)
__ Hank the Cowdog series (Erickson)
__ Understood Betsy (Canfield Fisher)
__ Be a Perfect Person in just Three
Days! (S. Manes)
__ A Certain Small Shepherd(R.Caudill)
__The Librarian and the Robbers(Mahy)
__The Great Piratical
Rumbustification(Mahy)
__ The Half-A-
Moon Inn(Fleischman)__Twenty and Ten(Bishop)
__Child of the Silent Night:The Storyof Laura Bridgman(E. Fisher
Hunter)
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__Humbug Mountain(Fleischman)
__ By the Great HornSpoon(Fleischman)
__Madeleine Takes Command__ The Twenty One Balloons
__Soup Ahoy (Robert Peck)
__Soup and Me (Robert Peck)
__ The Tunnel of Hugsy Goode (Estes)
__ The Witch Family (Estes)
__ The Alley (Estes)
__The Moffat Series (Estes)
__ The White Stag (Seredy)
__Philomena (Seredy)
__ Warrior Cat Series (Hunter, Erin)
__Harold's Tail(Marciano, John
Bemelmans)
__ Rowan of Rin Series (Rodda,Emily)
__ The Pharaohs of Ancient
Egypt(Payne)
__ The Aventures of
Ulysses(Landmark)
__ Alexander the Great(Landmark)
__ Marco Polo(Landmark)__ Genghis Khan(Landmark)
__ The Heroes of Asgard(Keary)
__ Parables From Nature (Gatty)
__ The Story of Roland(Baldwin)
__ When Knights Were Bold(Tappan)
__ Heroes of the Middle Ages(Tappan)
__ Olga Da Polga (Bond)
__ Olga Carries On(Bond)
__ Warrior Cats Series (Books 1-6)(Hunter)
__ Best Loved Fairy Tales__ Greek Myths (DAulaire)
__ Norse Myths (DAulaire)
POETRY ONCE WEEKLYA Child's Garden of Verses
Nature's Wonderful World in RhymeWhere Fish Go in WinterPoems Children Will Sit Still For
The Bad Child's Book of Beasts(Belloc)
Roofs of Gold(Colum)
Where the Sidewalk Ends (Silverstein)Up in the Attic(Silverstein)
Bridled With Rainbows (Brewton)
Harp and the Laurel Wreath(Berquist)
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DICTATION TWICE WEEKLYThe Hobbit(Tolkien)
The Jungle Book(Kipling)Harry Potter(series, Rowling)
Redwall(series, Jacques)
Hank the Cowdog (series, Erickson)
Worlds Famous Speeches
SCIENCE TWICE WEEKLYBuilding Foundations of Scientific Understanding (Nebel)
AThread: Nature of Matter
__A-1:__A-2:
__A-3:
__A-4:__A-5:__A-6:
__A-7:__A-8:BThread: LifeScience
__B-1:
__B-2:__B-3:
__B-4:
__B-5:__B-6:__B-7:
__B-8:__B-9:
__B-10:__B-11:
__B-12:
CThread:Physical Science
__ C-1:
__ C-2:__ C-3:__ C-4:
__ C-5:__ C-6:
__ C-7:DThread:
Earth and Space
Science__ D-1:
__ D-2:
__ D-3:__ D-4:__ D-5:
__ D-6:__ D-7:
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Additional Science Texts/Resources:
Blood and Guts (Linda Allison)
The Body Book(D. Silver and P. Wynne)
(Integrated)
__Skin, pp. 11-20; Body Book: The Skin, pages 39-48__Skin, pp. 11-20, Experiments.
__Bones, pp. 21-30; Body Book: The Skeleton, pp. 49-60,__Bones, pp. 21-30; Body Book: The Long Bones, pp. 66-69
__Teeth, pp. 31-36; Body Book: What's Inside a Tooth, pp. 70-77
__Teeth, pp. 31-36, Experiments.__Muscles, pp. 37-42; Body Book: How Muscles Move Bones, pp. 124-128__Muscles, pp. 42-48; Body Book: The Joints, pp.61-65
__Heart, pp. 49-58; Body Book:The Heart, pp. 108-118__Heart, pp. 49-58, Experiments.
__Lungs, pp. 59-70; Body Book: The Respiratory System, pp. 99-107
__Lungs, pp. 59-70, Experiments.__Cells, pp. 71-74, Read.__Cells, pp. 71-74, Experiments.
__Digestion, pp. 75-82; Body Book: The Digestive System, pp. 88-97__Digestion, pp. 75-82;The Tongue, pp. 14-19
__Kidneys, pp. 83-86; Body Book: The Urinary System, pp. 119-123__Eyes, pp. 87-96; Body Book: The Eye, pp.20-30
__Eyes, pp. 87-96, Experiments.__Ears, pp. 97-104; Body Book: The Ear, pp. 31-38
__Ears, pp. 97-104, Experiments.__Balance, pp. 105-110; Body Book: The Ear, pp. 31-38
__Balance, pp. 105-110, Experiments.
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__Brain, pp. 111-122; Body Book: The Brain, pp. 78-87
__Brain, pp. 111-122, Experiments.
Lyrical Life Science : Human Body
__ Intro to the Human Body
__ The Skeletal System__ The Muscular System
__ The Nervous System__ The Sensory System
__ The Digestive System
__ The Excretory System
__ The Circulatory System__ The Immune and Lymph Systems
__ The Respitory System__ The Endocrine System
__ "Ologies"
Lyrical Life Science: Volume One
__ The Scientific
Method__ All Living Things
__ Invertebrates__ Cold-blooded
Vertebrates
__ Birds__ Plants: an Intro
__ Algae, Fungi, andNon-vascular Plants
__ Vascular Plants
__ Protozoa__ Genetics
__ Viruses__ Bacteria
Lyrical Life Science
__Mammals, 4-7__ Marsupials, 8-12
__ Monotremes, 13-16__ Carnivores, 17-20
__Pinnepeds, 21-23__Ungulates, 24-28
__ Even-toed Ungulates,28-31
__Ruminants, 31-35__ Primates, 36-41
__Rodents, 42-47__Rodent-like Mammals
48-51__ Bats, 52-55
__Insectivores, 56-59__Toothless
Mammals,60-63__Whales, 64-67
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__Sirenians, 68-71__ Single Family Orders, 72-
77__ Ecology, 78-81__ Ecology 2, 82-85
__ Biomes, 86-90__ Coniferous Forests, 91-95
The Universe in My Hands Mary O. Daly
__ Intro: pp. 1-8Unit One:
__ pp. 9-12__ Page 0: pp. 13-16
__ Page -1: pp. 16-20__ Page -2: pp. 20-26
__ Page -2 cont.__ Page -3: pp.26-33
__ Page -3 cont.__ Page -4: pp. 34--42
__ Page -4 cont.
At Home With Snow:__ pp. 43-46__ pp. 46-49
__ pp. 50-52Unit Two:
__ pp. 53-56
__ pp. 57-60__ pp. 61-64__ pp. 64-68
__ pp. 68-72__ pp. 73-74
__ Review__ Unit Two Test
At Home in theMountains:
__ pp. 81-84__ pp. 84-85 (Paper)
__ pp. 85-88__ pp. 88-90
Unit Three:__ pp. 91-94
__ Research
__ pp. 95-98__ pp. 98-101__ pp. 101-102
__ pp. 103-105__ pp. 105-107
__ pp. 108-109
__ pp. 110-112__ pp. 113-115__ pp. 115-117
__ pp. 117-119__ Worksheet: 120-122
__ Unit Three TestAt Home With The Eye:
__ pp. 125-127__ pp. 128-130
__ pp. 130-132__ pp. 133-136
__ Writing AssignmentUnit Four:
__ pp. 137-139__ pp. 139-140
__ pp. 141-144
__ pp. 144-146__ pp. 147-149__ pp. 149-151
__ Research__ pp. 152-153
__ Review
__ Unit Four TestAt Home in the SolarSystem:
__ pp. 157-160__ pp. 160-163
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__ pp. 164-166
Unit Five:__ pp. 167-169
__ pp.170-172__ pp. 172-173
__ pp. 174-176
__ pp. 177-179
__ pp. 180-183__ pp. 183-186
__ ExercisesAt Home in the
Universe:
__ pp. 189-191
__ pp. 192-195__ pp. 195-197
__ pp. 197-199
For the Beauty of the Earth(Klassen et al)
__ The Heavens: The Stars (ReadOrionp. 1)
__ Questions/Theological Analogies__ Poems/ Copywork pp. 4-8
__ Psalm 89, Psalm 104__ Observe the night sky and make your own celestial map.
__ The Heavens: The Sun(ReadClytiep. 11-12)
__ Questions/Theological Analogies
__ Poems/Copywork pp.13-15__ Psalm 19
__ The Heavens: The Sun(ReadPhaeton and Apollopp. 17-19)
__ Questions/Theological Analogies
__ Poems/Copywork: pp. 20-23__ Psalm 8, Psalm 18, Psalm 148
__ Rev. Ch. 12 (The Woman and the Dragon), Sirach: Ch. 43
__ Make a model of the Solar System__ Make a sundial/Chart sunrise/sunset__ The Earth: Weather Read, Iris, p. 29
__ Questions/Theological anologies__ Rain Poems/Copywork pp. 30, 33, 37-38
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__ Psalm 29, Psalm 46, Psalm 65
__ Wind Poems/Copywork pp. 36, 39__ Make rain gage/weather vane
__ The Earth: ReadMetals by Fabre, pp. 40-43__ Questions/Theological Anologies
__ Poems/Copywork pp. 44-46__ Activities
__ The Earth: Energy Read, The End of Merlin p.47__ Questions/Theological Analogies
__ Excerpt: Old Curiosity Shop?Songs
__ Plants: The Trees (Read The Giving Tree)
__ Questions/Theological Analogies__ Make own Family Tree (p. 53)
__ Mark Ch 4: 26-32__ Poems/Copywork pp. 57-62
__ Presentation: Depict tree in each of the four seasons (Vivaldi)
__ Piano: LearnSomebody Bigger Than You or Ipp. 64-65__ Plants: Flowering Plants (ReadLegend of the Water lilypp. 66-67)
__ Questions/Theological anologies
__ Plants: Read, Peter Rabbit and the Pond Lilies(Burgess)
__ Poems/Copywork pp. 71-74
__ Plants: Wildflowers Read, There is a Differenceby Anderson, pp. 75-76__ Questions/Theological anologies
__ Make Flower Journal pp. 77-80 (Dover: Wildflowers/Common Weeds)__ Poems/Copywork pp. 81-82
__ Make a saint-flower journal: (i.e. Mary-Rose, Marigold, Calendula)
__ Animals: Read, The Story of the Caterpillar by Pyle,pp. 84-85
__ Questions/Theological anologies
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__ Make Caterpillar-Butterfly Journal p. 86
__ Poems/Copywork p. 87__ Read, The Butterflys Childrenby Gatty pp. 88-91
__ Animals: Spiders (Read Charlottes Web, Ch. 5)__ Questions/Theological anologies
__ Make a Spider Journal p.92__ Spiders: Read Building the Web, The Lime SnareorThe Hunt by Fabre.
(TM)
__ Poems/Copywork pp. 94-96
__ Animals: Mammals (Selection: Black Beauty, p. 97)
__ Questions/Theological anologies__ Make Food Chain Journal p. 99__ Read excerpt fromThe Bestiaryby L.H. White pp 100-101
__ Poems/Copywork pp. 101-105__ Make Animal Journal p. 108
__ Human Health: The Senses (Read, Hansel and Gretel, pp. 110-114
__ Questions/Theological anologies__ Poems/Copywork115-117__ Activities
__ Human Health: The Emotions (ReadThe Sea Chestfrom TreasureIsland.)
__ Questions/Theological anologies__ Activities
__ Read, The Loveliest Rose in the Worldby Anderson pp. 122-123__ Mt. Ch 6: 19-34
__ Poems/Copywork pp. 125-127__ Human Health: The Will , Read, The Turnipby Grimm pp 128-129
__ Questions/Theological anologies
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__ Poems/Copywork pp. 130-136
__ Make a virtues journal using lived examples (fictional or non-fictional)
__ Prepare and PerformA Thanksgving Playby Klassen.
SCIENCE READING TWICE WEEKLYThe World's Most Daring Explorers (Lambert)
__ Eric the Red, Bjarni, and Lief the
Lucky__ Marco Polo
__ Columbus__ Balboa, Diaz, and Da Gama
__ John Sebastian Cabot__ Magellan
__ Drake__ Tasman
__ Captain Cook__ Bering
__ The Search for the Northwest
Passage, Martin Frobisher, and
John Davis__ Henry Hudson, William Baffin
__ John Franklin__ Bruce and Abyssinia
__ Mungo Pak and the River Niger__ The Secret of the Nile
__ David Livingstone__ On to the North Pole
__ Scott, Shackleton, and Byrd__ Climbing Mount Everest
Parables From Nature (Gatty)
__ A Lesson of Faith
__ The Law ofAuthority andObedience
__ The Unknown Land__ Knowledge not the
Limit of belief
__ Training andRestraining
__ The Light of Truth
__ Waiting__ A Lesson of Hope
__ The Circle of
Blessing__ The Law of the Wood__ Active and Passive
__ Daily Bread__ Not Lost, but Gone
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Before
__ Motes in theSunbeam
__ Red Snow__ Whereunto
__ Purring WhenYoure Pleased
__ The Voices of the
Earth
__ The Master of theHarvest
__ The Deliverer__ Inferior Animals
__ The General Thaw__ The Light of The
Story
__ Gifts
__ Night and Day__ Kicking
__ ImperfectInstruments
__ Cobwebs__ Birds in the Nest
AMERICAN HISTORY ONCE WEEKLYA First Book in American History (Eggleston)
__ The Early Life of Columbus__How Columbus Discovered America
__Columbus After the Discovery of
America__John Cabot and His Son Sebastion__Captain John Smith
__More About Captain John Smith__The Story of Pocahontas
__Henry Hudson__Captain Miles Standish
__ Miles Standish and the Indians__William Penn
__ King Philip__Captain Church in Philips War
__Bacon and His Men
__ Boyhood of Franklin__ Young George Washington
__Washington in the French War
__Washington in the Revolution__The Victory at Yorktown and
Washington as President
__Thomas Jefferson__ Daniel Boone
__Robert Fulton and the Steamboat__ William Henry Harrison
__Andrew Jackson__Morse and the Telegraph
__ How the Telegraph BecameSuccessful
__Early Life of Abraham Lincoln
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__Lincoln in Public Life
__Something About the Great CivilWar
__Something About the Spanish War
__Great Expositions
__The Panama Canal__ How the United States Became
LargerWORLD HISTORY THREE TIMES WEEKLYBritannia (Geraldine McCaughrean)
Read two stories; journal for one:
__Since When Was History True?
__Gogmagog and the Exiles of Troy__ King Leir
__ The Three Plagues of Luds Town__ The Tin Islands
__I Came, I Saw, I Conquered__The Resting Place
__Bodicia the Firebrand__ Running Towards Paradise
__ The Hallelui Victory__Hengist, Horsa and the Lovely
Rowena__The Castle Which Could Not Stand
__ St. David and the Naked Ladies__ Not Angles but Angels
__King Arthur and His Questing
Knights__Fleeting Glory__Offas Shame
__The Kingly Martyr__Alfred and the Cakes
__Dunstan and the Devil
__ London Bridge is Falling Down__Canute Defies the Sea
__MacBeth Does Murder Sleep__ Lady Godivas Shameless Ride
__Swearing on the Bones__Hereward the Wake
__Margarets Prayer__ Who Killed Red Rufus
__The White Ship__ This Turbulent Priest
__ Fair Rosamund__The Troubadour Rescues His King
__ The Three Outlaws__ The Cuckoos
__ Lost in the Wash
__Wrap Me Up in a Cloak of Gold__A Princess Speaks no Word of
English
__ Robert the Bruce and the Spider__The Brawling Scottish Wench
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__The Black Prince Wins His Spurs
__Oss! Oss, Wee Oss!__The Garter
__ Dick Wittington__Say Bread and Cheese
__A Little Touch of Harry in theNight
__Hang on the Bell, Nellie__The Princes in the Tower
__A Recipe For Simnel Cake
__The Faery Flag__Tyndales Crime__The Ghost of Anne Boleyn
__Little Jack Horner__ The Flanders Mare
__The Staircase
__Walter Raleigh Salutes the Queen__Frances Drake and a Game ofBowls
__The Long Expected End__ The City of Raleigh
__The Spanish Galleon of Tobermory__The Theatre That Disappeared
__Gunpowder Treason and Plot__ Chicken and Bacon
__Jenny Geddes Strikes a Blow__ The Witchfinder General
__Cromwell and the Goosefeathers
__ The Moonrakers
__The Royal Oak__ The Tyburn Dancer
__The Villiage that Chose to Die__The Great Fire of London
__Colonel Blood Steal the CrownJewels
__ Run For Your Life__Glencoe
__The Lighthouse and the Storm
__ The Bubble Bursts__Makers and Breakers__ Charlie is My Darling
__Give us Back Our Eleven Days__Slave in a Free Country
__Marys Bible
__ England Expects__The Rocket Speeds to Victory__The Ressurection Men
__Victorias Room__Fire Down Below
__ Saving Grace__Rebecca and Her Daughters
__ Father of Nobodys Children__ The Last Train Ride
__Doctor Crippen on the Waves__The First and Last Voyage of the
Titanic
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__ Just Going Outside
__Votes For Women__No Mans Land
__ Derailing the Country__Memories of a Jarrow Marcher
__The Brave Little Boats of Dunkirk
__ Improving on History
__Breaking the Time Barrier__Teaching the World to Sing
__Set in a Silver Sea__ And if you Still Want More Stories
An Island Story (H.E. Marshall)
Read two stories; journal for one:
__The Stories of Albion and Brutus__The Coming of the Romans
__ The Romans Come Again__ How Caligula Conquered Britain
__ The Story of a Warrior Queen(Boadicea)
__The Last of the Romans__ The Story of St. Alban
__ Vortigern and King Constans__The Story of the Coming of Hengist
and Horsa__Hengist's Treachery
__How the Giant's Dance was
Brought to Britain__ The Coming of Arthur__The Founding of the Round Table
__ The Story of Gregory and the
Pretty Children__How King Alfred Learned to Read
__King Alfred in the Cowherd'sCottage
__More About Alfred the Great__Ethelred the Unready
__How Edmund Ironside Fought forthe Crown
__Canute and the Waves__Edward the Confessor
__Harold__The Battle of Stamford Bridge
__The Battle of Hastings
__ William the ConquerorHerewardthe Wake
__ William the ConquerorDeath of
the King
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__The Story of William the Red
__ Henry IThe Story of the "WhiteShip"
__The Story of King Stephen__ Henry PlantagenetGilbert and
Rohesia__ Henry PlantagenetThomas a
Becket__ Henry PlantagenetThe Conquest
of Ireland
__The Story of Richard Coeur de Lion__ The Story of How Blondel Found
the King
__ John LacklandThe Story of PrinceArthur
__ John LacklandThe Story of the
Great Charter__Henry III of WinchesterHubertde Burgh
__Henry III of WinchesterSimon deMontfort
__Henry IIIThe Story of thePoisoned Dagger
__ Edward IThe Little War ofChalons
__ Edward IThe Lawgiver__ Edward IThe Hammer of the
Scots
__The Story of King Robert the Bruce
and Bohun__Story of the Battle of Bannockburn
__Edward III of WindsorThe Battleof Sluys
__Edward III of WindsorThe Battleof Crecy
__Edward III of WindsorThe Siegeof Calais
__Edward III of WindsorThe Battle
of Poitiers__Richard II of BordeauxWat
Tyler's Rebellion
__ How King Richard Lost HisThrone
__ Henry IV of BolingbrokeBattle of
Shrewsbury__The Story of How Prince Hal wasSent to Prison
__ Henry V of MonmouthTheBattle of Agincourt
__ Henry VI of WindsorThe Maidof Orleans
__ Henry VI of WindsorRed Roseand White
__Edward IVQueen Margaret andthe Robbers
__Edward IVThe Story of the
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Kingmaker
__ Edward VThe King Who wasNever Crowned
__ Richard IIITwo Little Princes inthe Tower
__Henry VIIStory of the Make-Believe Prince
__Henry VIIAnother Make-BelievePrince
__Henry VIIIThe Field of the Cloth
of Gold__ How the King became the Defender
of the Faith
__Henry VIIIThe Story of theKing's Six Wives
__ Edward VIThe Story of a Boy
King__The Story of Lady Jane Grey__ How the Princess Elizabeth Became
a Prisoner__Mary IHow a Candle Was Lit in
England__How the Imprisoned Princess
Became a Queen__ElizabethThe Story of a Most
Unhappy Queen__How England was Saved From the
Spaniards
__ElizabethThe Story of Sir Walter
Raleigh__ElizabethThe Story of the Queen's
Favourite__ The Story of Guy Fawkes
__The Story of the Mayflower__ How a Woman Struck a Blow for
Freedom__How the King and the Parliament
Quarreled
__ The Story of How the King wasBrought to His Death
__ The CommonwealthThe
Adventures of a Prince__ The CommonwealthThe Lord
Protector
__How Death Walked in the Streets ofLondon__Charles IIThe Story of How
London was Burne__The Fiery Cross
__The Story of King Monmouth__ The Story of the Seven Bishops
__William the Deliverer__William III and Mary IIBrave
Londonderry__ The Story of a Sad Day in a
Highland Glen
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__AnneHow the Union Jack was
Made__ The Story of the Earl of Mar's
Hunting Party__George IIThe Story of Bonnie
Prince Charlie__ George IIThe Story of Flora
MacDonald__The Story of the Black Hole of
Calcutta
__ George IIThe Story of HowCanada Was Won
__George IIIThe Story of How
America Was Lost__George IIIA Story of a Spinning
Wheel
__England Expects That Every ManWill Do His Duty
__George IIIThe Battle of Waterloo
__George IVThe First Gentleman inEurope
__William IVTwo Peaceful Victories__VictoriaThe Girl Queen
__VictoriaWhen Bread was Dear__VictoriaPeace
__VictoriaWar__VictoriaThe Land of Snow
__VictoriaThe Siege of Delhi
__VictoriaThe Pipes at Lucknow__VictoriaUnder the Southern Cross__VictoriaFrom Cannibal to
Christian__VictoriaBoer and Briton
__List of Kings from Edward the
Confessor
RESEARCH SKLLS ONCE WEEKLYInformation, Please! Beginning Level(Wesolowski)
__ Page 21
__ Page 22__ Page 23__ Page 24
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__ Page 27__ Page 28__ Page 29
__ Page 30
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LOGIC ONCE WEEKLYMind Benders A-1
__ Examples 1-2__ Examples 3__ Examples 4
__ Examples 5__ Examples 6
__ Examples 7
__ Puzzle 1__ Puzzle 2__ Puzzle 3
__ Puzzle 4__ Puzzle 5
__ Puzzle 6
__ Puzzle 7__ Puzzle 8__ Puzzle 9
__ Puzzle 10__ Puzzle 11
__ Puzzle 12
__ Puzzle 13__ Puzzle 14__ Puzzle 15
Mind Benders A-2
__ Examples 1-2
__ Puzzle 1__ Puzzle 2
__ Puzzle 3
__ Puzzle 4
__ Puzzle 5__ Puzzle 6
__ Puzzle 7
__ Puzzle 8
__ Puzzle 9__ Puzzle 10
__ Puzzle 11
__ Puzzle 12
__ Puzzle 13__ Puzzle 14
__ Puzzle 15
ART ONCE WEEKLYTeaching Art With Books Kids Love (Frohardt)
First Quarter__ Chapter 12: Realism
Books:Grandfather's Journey (Say, Allen)Owl Moon(Yolen,Jane)
Artworks:
Winslow Homer: Snap the WhipJean Francois Millet: The Gleaners
Gustave Courbet:The Corn Sifters__ Chapter 13: ImpressionismBooks:
Linnea in Monet's Garden(Bjork,
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Christina)
Mr. Rabbit and the LovelyPresent(Zolotow, Charlotte)
Grandfather's Journey (Say, Allen)Artworks:
Claude Monet: Wild Poppies, TheArtist'sGarden at Vetheuil, Water
Lilies, Japenese BridgeEdgar Degas: Danseuses Basculant,
Examen de Danse
Mary Cassatt: Mother About to WashHer Sleepy Child, Little Girl inBlue Armchair
Second Quarter__ Chapter 14:Expressionism
Books:
Peppe the Lamplighter(Bartone, Elisa)Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood StoryFrom China (Young, Ed)
Smoky Night(Bunting, Eve)
Artworks:
Edvard Munch: The ScreamVincent Van Gogh: Starry Night
__ Paul Klee: The Artist at theWindow
Third Quarter__ Chapter 15: Surrealism
Books:
Tuesday (Wiesner, David)
Jumanji(Van Allsburg)
Free Fall(Weisner, David)
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs(Barrett, Judi)
Artworks:Salvador Dali: The Persistence of
MemoryKay Sage: I Saw Three Cities
Renee Margrite: Time Transfixed, The
Listening RoomFourth Quarter__ Chapter 16: Naive Style
Books:Swamp Angel(Issacs, Anne
There Was an Old Lady Who
Swallowed a Fly (Tarback, Simms)A Chair For My Mother(Williams,Vera)
Artworks:Henri Rousseau: The Snake Charmer,
The Sleeping GypsyEdward Hicks: The Peaceable Kingdom
Grandma Moses: The QuiltingBee,Hoosick Falls, N.Y., in Winter
Horace Pippin: Domino Players, HolyMountain
__ Chapter 17: Cartoon Style
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Books:
The Cat in The Hat(Dr. Seuss)
Officer Buckle and Gloria (Rathman,
Peggy)
Artworks:
Gary Larson: Far SideCharles Shultz: Peanuts
Artist's Workshop Series (Penny King and Clare Roundhill)
Portraits
__ Looking at Portraits__ Egyptian Effects
__ An Imaginary Journey__ Magnificent Mosaics__ Making a Mosaic Picture
__ Swirls of Color__ Painting a Self-portrait
__ Line and Pattern Portraits__ Line Design
__ Skinny Sculptures__ Wiry Walkers__ Photo Portraits
__ Photo Fitting
Landscapes
__ Looking at Landscapes__ Views of a Volcano
__ Mighty Mountains__ Golden Garden
__ Trees and Flowers__ The Waterlily Pond
__ Woods and Water
__ Spectacular Sunrise__ Sensational Skies
__ A Frosty Forest__ Winter Wonders
__ Happy Houses__ Dreamlike Dwellings
Additional Resources:Masters Then and Now(Sr. Helen
Buening, O.S.B.)
Drawing With Children(Brooks)
Global Art(Kohl)
Cooking Art(Kohl)
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Mudworks (Kohl)
Craft and Construction(Kohl)
Discovering Great Artists
The Great Art Scandal
Art Fraud Detective
Art in Story (Saccardi)
Mommy, It's a Renoir
MUSIC APRECIATION ONCE WEEKLYA Childs Book of Famous Composers (Burch and Wolcott)
__ Palestrina__ Bach
__ Handel__ Gluck
__ Haydn
__ Mozart__ Beethoven
__ Schubert__ Mendelssohn
__ Chopin
__ Schumann__ Liszt
__ Wagner__ Verdi
__ Foster
__ Brahms__ Tchaikovsky
__ Grieg__ MacDowell
__ Debussy
Stories of Favorite Operas (Bulla)
__ The Marriage of
Figaro__ Don Giovanni__ The Magic Flute
__ The Barber of Seville__ Lucia di
Lammermoor__ Tannhauser
__ Lehengrin
__ Tristan and Isolde
__ The Mastersingers ofNuremberg
__ Parsifal
__ Rigoletto__ Il Trovatore
__ La Traviata__ Aida
__ Faust
__ Carmen
__ Manon__ Cavalleria Rusticana__ I Pagliacci
__ La Boheme__ Tosca
__ Madame Butterfly__ Der Rosenkavalier
PIANO PRACTICE FIVE TIMES WEEKLY