First Grade: The Greek Year
Achilles and Ajax Playing a Game, Greek Vase
History, Religion, and Literature Integrated
History and Religion |
Literature |
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Trimester One: Early Greece |
Teacher Texts |
Literature Related to History *Usborne Greek Myths for young children |
Trimester The Virtues of Greek Life |
Teacher Texts *Greek Mythology Activities, Marcia Worth-Baker |
Literature Related to History |
Trimester Art and Politics; Greece at War |
Teacher Texts *The Story of the Greek People (chapter 13), Eva March Tappan *Greek Mythology Activities, Marcia Worth-Baker *The Story of the Greek People (chapters 9, 14, 19, 20), Eva March Tappan |
Literature Related to History *D'Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths, Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire The Glory of Greece, Beth Zemble and John Holdren The First Marathon: The legend of Pheidippides, Susan Reynolds Damon, Pythias and the test of friendship, Retold by Teresa Bateman Literature Related to History Ruler of the Ancient World: Alexander the Great, Andrew Langley The Story of Hanukkah, David Adler |
Literature Related Thematically
Books with Classical Themes to include:
St. George and the Dragon, Margaret Hodges
The Wicked Prince, Hans Christian Anderson
The Clown of God, Tomie de Paolo
Children Book of Heroes, Edited by Bill Bennett
Books, Fairy and Folk Tales, Rhymes, and Verse
English Fairy Tales, Flora Ann Steel
Little Dermot and the Thirsty Stones, and Other Irish Folk Talks, Richard Bennet
The King's Drum and Other Stories, Harold Courlander (African)
The Blue Fairy Book, The Orange Fairy Book, The Green Fairy Book, Andrew Lang
The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter
Mother Goose Rhymes, Traditional
Winnie the Pooh, A.A. Milne
The Wheel on the School, Meindert De Jong
The Velveteen Rabbit, Margery Williams
The Mousehole Cat, Antonia Barber
Time of Wonder, Robert McCloskey
The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
Frog and Toad (series), Arnold Lobel
The Empty Pot, Demi
The House at Pooh Corner, A.A. Milne
Shoemaker Martin, Leo Tolstoy
The blackbird’s nest: saint Kevin of Ireland, Jenny Sch
Picture Books
A variety of picture books are read to the students.
Language Arts
Orton Gillingham
*Spelling/Phonics Book
*Shurley Grammar: English Made Easy (Level 1)
Handwriting
Latin
Living Latin
Level 1: Animalia Ubique / Animals Everywhere
Religion
* Faith and Life/ Image of God
See “History, Religion, and Literature Integrated” above
Nature Studies
Behold and See
The science curriculum is guided primarily by the teacher's thoughtful integration of various resources. There are no textbooks. Anna Botsford Comstock's Handbook of Nature Study contains instructions for the teacher on how to approach nature studies (pp.1-24) as well as lessons and other source material.
Topics
Animals: birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, insects
Plants: wildflowers, weeds, garden flowers, crops, trees
Human body: the senses, the skin, skeletal and muscular systems, the digestive system, respiratory and circulatory systems, nerves and the brain
Mathematics
*Singapore Math Dimensions
Related to Time Period
The History of Counting, Denise Schmandt-Besserat
The Story of Money, Betsy Maestro
What’s Your Angle, Pythagoras? A Math Adventure, Julie Ellis
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth, Kathryn Lasky
Supplemental Texts
Alvin’s Secret Code, Clifford Hicks
The Grapes of Math: Mind Stretching Math Riddles, Greg Tang
One Grain of Rice, Demi
Tiger Math: Learn to Graph from a Baby Tiger, Ann Whitehead Nagda and Cindy Bickel
Wild Fibonacci: Nature’s Secret Code Revealed, Joy Hulme
Anno’s Magic Seeds, Mitsumasa Anno
Domino Addition, Lynette Long, Ph.D
Grandfather Tang’s Story: A Tale Told with Tangrams, Ann Tompert
How Much is a Million, David Schwartz
Marvelous Math: A Book of Poems, ed. by Lee Bennett and Rebecca Davis
Math Curse, Jon Scieszka
Math-terpieces, Greg Tang
On Beyond a Million: An Amazing Math Journey, David Schwartz
Pigs in a Blanket: Fun with Math and Time, Amy Axelrod
Pigs in the Pantry: Fun with Math and Cooking, Amy Axelrod
Pigs Will Be Pigs: Fun with Math and Money, Amy Axelrod
A Remainder of One, Elinor Pinczes
Twelve Snails to One Lizard: A Tale of Mischief and Measurement, Susan Hightower
The Go-Around Dollar, Barbara Johnston Adams
Lewis Carroll’s Games and Puzzles, Lewis Carroll
Math Trek: Adventures in MathZone, Ivars Peterson and Nancy Henderson
Anno’s Math Games, Mitsumasa Anno
Benjamin Franklin and the Magic Squares, A Step into Reading + Math
** Used with approval from St. Jerome Academy in Hyattsville, MD**