Showing posts with label Grade 1. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grade 1. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Classical Education Reading List: Ancient Times

1st Graders should be studying ancient times (5000BC - AD 400). Stories should be read chronologically in order listed below. Read stories and poems by, about, or from the following:

The Bible

Homer:
~Trojan Horse by Clement-Davies
~The Odyssey by McCaughrean
~Black Ships Before Troy by Sutcliffe

Greek and Roman myths:
~The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus by Aliki
~Pandora by Burleigh
~Twelve Labors of Hercules by Cerasini
~King Midas: The Golden Touch by Demi
~Theseus and the Minotaur by Fisher
~Greek Myths (read all 16 tales) by McCaughrean
~Favorite Greek Myths by Osborne

Aesop's Fables
Plato
Aristotle

Egyptian myths:
~The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt (all 13 stories) by Fisher

Indian folktales:
~Folk Tales and Fairy Stories from India by Ghose

African folktales:
~The Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales by Arkhurst

Confucius

Chinese and Japanese folktales:
~The Five Chinese Brothers by Bishop

Ancient Chinese and Japanese poetry
Cicero
Virgil

English, Irish, and Welsh fairy tales:
~Traditional Irish Fairy Tales by Stephens
~One Hundred and One Celtic Read-Aloud Myths & Legends by Verniero

Friday, May 15, 2009

Grammar Grades 1, 2

Topics Covered in Level 1

  • Common nouns (persons, places, things, and ideas)
  • Proper nouns
    • First names
    • Family names
    • Middle names
    • Cities and states
    • Days of week
    • Months of the year
    • Holidays
  • Personal pronouns
  • Action Verbs
  • Seasons
  • Initials
  • Addresses
  • Titles of Respect
  • Dates
  • Sentences
    • Statements
    • Commands
    • Questions
    • Exclamations
  • Capitalization
    • The pronoun ??/li>
    • Proper nouns
    • Titles of works
    • In poetry
  • 6 Poem Memorizations
  • 8 Story Narrations
  • 4 Picture Narrations

Topics Covered in Level 2

Common and proper noun review
  • Pronoun review
  • Action verb review
  • Four types of sentences review
  • State of being verbs
  • Linking verbs
  • Helping verbs
  • Commas in a series
  • Contractions
  • Adjectives
  • Predicate adjectives
  • Interjections
  • Conjunctions
  • Direct quotations
  • Indirect Quotations
  • Adverbs
  • Articles
  • Prepositions
  • Synonyms
  • Antonyms
  • Letter-writing skills
    • Writing thank-you notes
    • Writing postcards
    • Writing a friendly letter
    • Addressing an envelope
  • 4 Poem Memorizations
  • 7 Story Narrations
  • 5 Picture Narrations
  • First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind, Levels 1 + 2 – Paperback

    by Jessie Wise

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