Quick Curriculum Overview:

Language Arts

• Spelling & Vocabulary

• Log & Daily Drill

• Grammar & Comprehension Techniques

• Sentence Analysis

• Reading Comprehension

• Public Speaking

• Poems (Recite & Add to Poetry Composition Book) Approximately every other assembly

Composition

• Composition Patterns (Mae Carden)

• Writing Skills Workbook

• Book Reviews/Reports/Research Papers

• Creative Writing

  • Writing Styles & Writing Traits

Literature 

• Island of the Blue Dolphins

• By The Great Horn Spoon

History

• Textbook: Reflections- California: A Changing State

• Early Explorers Dictation (by Mae Carden)

Geography

• National Geographic Map Essential Book: studying different maps (climate, topography, product, population) and their applications to modern life

• Spectrum Workbook - focus on the regions on the United States

Study Skills

• Techniques & Organization

• Time Management