Homeschool Curriculum – Grade 5 and Preschool
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5th grade Homeschool Curriculum
- Michael Clay Thompson – Town Level
- Writing with Ease
- Paragraph Writing Made Easy
- All About Spelling 1&2, Spelling Power
- English from the Roots Up, Vol. 1
- Reading Detective A1
- Singapore math and supplementing with Math Mammoth
- Life of fred: Fractions
- Elemental Chemistry + lapbooks
- The Story of the World Volume 3: Early Modern Times
- L’art de lire 3
- Mark Kistler’s drawing lessons
We’ll be using Singapore math, MCT, and EFTRU for the first time this year. We’re coming from Saxon math and an assortment of LA. I hope everything will flow better in LA since it’s from one company. I’m looking forward to getting started and breaking open the new shiny books.
Read Aloud Books
- Alice in Wonderland: C. Lewis
- Alice Through the Looking Glass: C. Lewis
- Indian in the Cupboard: Lynne Reid Banks
- The Return of the Indian: Lynne Reid Banks
- From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler: E.L. Konigsburg
- The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: D. Defoe
- The Nutcracker: Hoffman
- The Invention of Hugo Cabaret
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher Stone
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Short Stories
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
- Paul Revere’s Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving
Reading List
- The Cricket in Times Square: G. Selden
- Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang: Ian Fleming
- The Courage of Sarah Noble: A. Dalgliesh
- The Mystery of the Cupboard: Lynne Reid Banks
- The Secret of the Indian: Lynne Reid Banks
- The Key to the Indian: Lynne Reid Banks
- George’s Marvelous Medicine: Roald Dahl
- The Sign of the Beaver: Elizabeth George Speare
- The Incredible Journey: Sheila Burnford
- The Matchlock Gun: W.D. Edmonds
- The Twenty-one balloons: W. Pène Du Bois
- Book of Pirates: Howard Pyle
- Call of the Wild: J. London
- Misty of Chincoteague: M. Henry
- A Lion to Guard Us: C.R. Bulla
- White Fang: J. London
Poetry
Preschool
- Starfall.com
- booklets from 1+1+1=1
- Letter of the week
- Lots of reading