The Classics Curriculum
Scope and Sequence
| Unit# | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | The Witch of Blackbird Pond |
Johnny Tremain |
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever |
Ben and Me |
Little House on the Prairie |
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
Across Five Aprils |
Old Yeller |
Charlotte's Web |
Mama's Bank Account |
| Author | Elizabeth Speare |
Esther Forbes |
Barbara Robison |
Robert Lawson |
Laura Ingalls Wilder |
Mark Twain |
Irene Hunt |
Fred Gipson |
E. B. White |
Kathryn Forbes |
| Publisher | Dell-Yearling | Dell_Yearling | Harper & Row | Little, Brown & Co. |
Harper & Row | Scholastic | Berkley Pacer | Harper & Row | Harper-Trophy | Dell-Yearling |
| English | Sentences - fragments - declarative - interrogative - imperative - exclamatory - run on Complete subjects & predicates |
Sentences Verbs Adjectives Adverbs |
Capitalization Punctuation |
Nouns - singular - plural - common - proper - possessive |
Verbs & Verb tenses |
Subject/verb agreement Irregular verbs Contractions |
Adjectives Adverbs - proper - common - comparing |
Pronouns Subject pronouns Possessive pronouns |
Subject/ predicate & subject verb agreement Combining subject/ predicate Compound words |
Prepositions Prepositional phrases Conjunctions Interjections |
| Reading | All units cover reading comprehension with activities designed to build and strengthen skills such as main idea, cause & effect, sequencing, inferences, drawing conclusions and predicting outcomes. | |||||||||
| Vocabulary & Spelling |
All units encourage the learner to improve spelling skills and increase vocabulary through various activities. Students may either choose words from their daily writing and independent reading or they may use the vocabulary unit included with the curriculum, which uses pre-selected words taken from the unit novel. Additional activities (designed to make the spelling unit more "hands on" may be found in the Teacher's Tips and in the Big Little Spelling Book of Fun, both of which may be purchased separately. | |||||||||
| Creative Writing |
All units provide a wealth of motivating activities designed to make writing enjoyable, thus encouraging the student to write. All types of writing skills and activities covered. Daily writing and weekly editing are strongly emphasized. Practical teacher help may be found in the Teacher's Tips. | |||||||||
| Critical Thinking |
All units emphasize critical thinking and teach logic& deductive reasoning through puzzles, analogies, following direction exercises and thinking activities. | |||||||||
| History & Geography |
Explorers through the colonization of North America Puritan era |
Colonial America Revolutionary War |
Christmas around the world Origins and celebrations of traditional Christmas customs |
Confederation & constitutional era Foundation of the United States of America |
Westward expansion |
Pre-Civil War era |
Civil War Reconstruction |
Post-Civil War Texas history or history of your state. Cowboys |
Expansion era Manifest Destiny |
World War I The Great Depression |
| Science & Health |
Weather & seasons |
Nutrition First Aid Heat conduction Fire safety |
The Solar System |
Inventors & inventions Magnets & electricity |
Plants and the plant world |
Rocks & caves Layers of the earth |
Heart & circulatory system |
Nervous system The brain |
Animals & insects |
Machines |
| Moral & Ethical Values |
Love thy neighbor Prejudice Being different Dependability |
The effects of pride Patriotism Trust Responsibility Do unto others... |
Reputation Attitude Judging others Love those who persecute you... Good neighbors |
Wisdom Good character Being helpful Using talents Persistence |
Obedience The value of being unselfish Family |
Being truthful Developing good habits Choosing friends Dangers of false beliefs & superstitions |
Determination Standing firm Right vs popular Having & showing respect for others |
Being - confident - responsible - faithful - loyal - fair |
Being - sensitive - kind - loving - industrious - grateful - under- standing |
Family values Good conscience Good manners Being content |
