mater amabilis level 1b, year 1 syllabus

7/29/2019 Mater Amabilis Level 1B, Year 1 Syllabus

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Assisi Academy

Curriculum for Mater Amabilis

Level 1B, Year 1


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Religious Education

NEW TESTAMENT ! ! ! ! ! ! ! TWICE WEEKLY

New Catholic Picture Bible (Lovaski)

Term 1: Ch. 1 - 24 (The Annunciation to The Penitent Woman)

Term 2: Ch. 25 - 51 (The Widows Son to Zacchaeus the Publican)

Term 3: Ch. 52 - 74 (Entry into Jerusalem to Descent of the Holy Spirit)

Any childrens Bible encyclopedia, for background info, maps, pictures

of houses, clothing, everyday items, locations

SAINTS! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! WEEKLY

Once Upon a Time Saints (Edith Pochocki)

More Once Upon a Time Saints (Edith Pochocki)

One story to be read aloud and narrated each week.

! Term 1: St. Alice to St. Comgall

! Term 2: St. David of Wales to St. Longinus

! Term 3: St. Martha to St. Adauctus

**MAPWORK - find the location of each story on a world or European map.

Mark with numbered sticker; create key matching each saint to his number.


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ADVENT! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! TWICE WEEKLY

Tomie de Paola has written and illustrated a number of lovely childrens picture bookswith themes suitable for Advent. Choose any three from: Country Angel Christmas

Jingle, the Christmas Clown

Mary, The Mother of JesusMerry Christmas, Strega NonaThe Clown of GodThe Legend of the PoinsettiaThe Lady of Guadalupe

Use one lesson to read the book, and the second for any follow up activity of yourchoice. For example: a piece of art work based on the style of the book; a narrationtyped for the child and illustrated; learning something about a subject related to thebook. If you would like to spend more time on Advent related activities, try thisliterature unit (http://charlottemason.tripod.com/4realpaola.htm based on the Tomie de

Paola books.

CATECHISM ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! TWICE WEEKLY

Faith and Life 1

Read text and work in activity book, as assigned in CCD class.

Spend 5 minutes every day working on memory work (questions and answers

from text) assigned by CCD teacher.

Mathematics! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Daily

Singapore Math 1A & B (**see separate syllabus for daily list)

Study next lesson in text book, asking Mom for help if needed.

Stop when you get to an arrow and do the corresponding lesson in

the activity book.

Recommended Extras

# Mathematical reading and activities from How Math Works

# Calculadder

# Math-related file-folder or board games

# Flashcards


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English

READING ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! DAILY

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

READ-ALOUDS AND INDEPENDENT READING

Five In A Row! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! DAILY

Volume One:

__ The Story About Ping# # # __ Another Celebrated Dancing Bear

__ Lentil# # # # # # __ Papa Piccolo

__ Madeline # # # # # __ Very Last First Time

__ A Pair of Red Clogs # # # # __ The Clown of God

__ Who Owns the Sun? ## # __ Cranberry Thanksgiving# #

__ Mike Mulligan and HIs Steam Shovel# __ Storm in the Night

__ The Glorious Flight# # # # __ Katy and the Big Snow

__ Grandfathers Journey# # # __ Night of the Moonjellies #

__ Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

__ How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World

WRITING AND COMPOSITION!! ! ! ! ! ! DAILY

Writing Can Help, book 1

Do one page each day and bring to Mom to be checked.


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LITERATURE

TALES! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! WEEKLY

English Fairy Tales (Joseph Jacobs)

American Tall Tales (Mary Pope Osborne)

The Blue Fairy Book (Andrew Lang)

The Orchard Book of the Unicorn and Other Magical Animals

! (Margaret Mayo) (and other books in the same series)

FABLES! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! WEEKLY

Aesops Fables (with pictures by Milo Winter)

Two fables weekly. Read aloud and narrate. These lend themselvesparticularly well to narration by drawing or by acting out the fable.

CLASSIC CHILDRENS LITERATURE!! ! ! ! ! ad. lib.Choose at least one book per term from reading list to read aloud.

Charlottes Web by E.B.White Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Cornerby A.A.Milne

The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting Mr. Poppers Penguins by Richard Atwater Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling The Borrowers by Mary Norton James Herriots Treasury for Children by James Heriot Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

POETRY! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! WEEKLY

The Harp and the Laurel Wreath

When We Were Very Young

Now We Are Six


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GEOGRAPHY & EARTH STUDIES! Three Times Weekly! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! plus map work

The Earth: the Geography of Our World (Barbara Taylor)

or

Rivers and Oceans: Geography Facts and Experiments (B. Taylor) (one of

four separate books included in The Earth)

See full list of lessons, most of which involve practical and outdoor activities.

__ Lesson 1! ! ! ! ! __ Lesson 13! ! !

__ Lesson 2! ! ! ! ! __ Lesson 14! ! !

__ Lesson 3! ! ! ! ! __ Lesson 15! ! !

__ Lesson 4! ! ! ! ! __ Lesson 16! ! !

__ Lesson 5! ! ! ! ! __ Lesson 17! ! !

__ Lesson 6! ! ! ! ! __ Lesson 18! ! !

__ Lesson 7! ! ! ! ! __ Lesson 19! !

__ Lesson 8! ! ! ! ! __ Lesson 20! ! !

__ Lesson 9! ! ! ! ! __ Lesson 21! !

__ Lesson 10! ! ! ! ! __ Lesson 22! !

__ Lesson 11! ! ! ! ! __ Lesson 23! !

__ Lesson 12! ! ! ! ! __ Lesson 24! !

NATURE STUDY ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Weekly

Take at least one nature walk each week.

Keep a nature notebook (make at least one entry each week).

Pagoo (Holling C. Holling)! Weekly, 2nd/3rd Terms Only

Read and narrate in sections of approximately three pages.

Term 2: pp. 8-46 (10 lessons)

Term 3: pp. 48-87 (10 lessons)


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FOREIGN LANGUAGE! ! ! ! ! ! ! Twice Weekly

Learn Spanish With Grace

Rosetta Stone

PICTURE STUDY ! (Impressionists)!! ! ! ! ! Weekly

Come Look With Me Series (Gladys Blizzard)

- Enjoying Art With Children- Exploring Landscape Art With Children-Animals in Art- World of Play

These books include some background information together with some points to lookfor in each picture. Study one picture each week.

MUSIC APPRECIATION! ! ! ! ! ! ! Weekly

Use this year to introduce your child to classical music. Choose from the suggestionsfor suitable music below, or feel free to add any family favourites. Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra by Benjamin Britten

Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saens Peter and the Wolfby Prokofiev The Sorcerers Apprentice by Paul Dukas

MUSIC # # # # ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Weekly

Piano Lessons every Monday

Piano practice daily

Recital in the spring

ART ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Weekly

Art With A Purpose, Artpac 1

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