Ready to Fly

Doing last minute preparations and getting ready to begin the first year of homeschooling with my amazingly gifted and talented 10 year old daughter, who will begin 5th grade this year.

Our curriculum includes:

Math (5 days/week)

Singapore U.S. Edition 4B (finish in September)

Singapore Standards 5A

Singapore Standards 5B

Singapore Challenging Word Problems 5A and 5B

Science (4-5 days/week)

Real Science -4-Kids Chemistry Level 1 (Middle School)

Real Science -4-Kids Physics Level 1 (Middle School) - will add another supplement (still researching)

Real Science -4-Kids Biology Level 1 (Middle School)

Science Detective (Beginning) from Critical Thinking Co.

Literature (2 days/week) (Following a loosely based CM approach to Classical Literature)

Little Women – Louisa May Alcott

The Poetry for Young People – Emily Dickinson

The Poetry for Young People – Maya Angelou

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Mark Twain

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain

Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens

The Diary of a Young Girl – Anne Frank

Tales from Shakespeare – Charles and Mary Lamb

Grammar/Language Arts (5 days/week)

MCT – Caesar’s English I

MCT – Building Poems

MCT – Grammar Voyage

MCT – Essay Voyage

Critical Thinking (4-5 days/week)

Mind Benders Book 3 (Deductive Thinking Skills) Grade 3-6

Building Thinking Skills Level 2 (Grades 4-6)

Since she has already breezed through the Mind Benders, we are moving into a 7th grade level...ongoing research....

History (2 days/week) (Modern 1850-Present)

Living Books Classical Approach w/ Study of Presidents and Geography Combo

Abe Lincoln: Log Cabin to White House – Sterling North

Always Inventing, Alexander Graham Bell – Tom L. Matthews

The Wright Brothers, Pioneers of American Aviation – Quentin Reynolds

Isaac Newton – John Hudson Tiner

I Have A Dream – The Story of Martin Luther King – Margaret Davidson

Team Moon – Catherine Thimmesh

Our Country’s Presidents – Ann Bausum

Geography (2 days/week)

National Geographic Kids, United States Atlas

Piano (1 lesson per week + practice time)

Competitive Level 5 Gymnastics – practice time 16 hours per week