We have started school. It is going to be a busy year all round and I am tired already!
Sheth and I have been working everyday and his reading is doing so well. In Waldorf, the children learn to read in grade 2. And, so this is grade 2! We will be doing Nature Stories, and Saints this year. We will be expanding on our maths going into vertical adding, subtracting, times tables, etc.
Hannah will be doing Ancient Mythologies, botany, Greek Mythology going into Greek History, some South African history, and the first block of Geometry.
Caleb will be doing the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Age of Discovery, Physics, Chemistry, the last block of Geometry, Health and the Body, Physiology, Astronomy and some South African history.
We all do Afrikaans, recorder, maths and English. I find it quite difficult to do it all so our recorder and Afrikaans tends to not go as fast as I would hope, but we still plod along with them.
Our extra curricular subjects are Cubs, Scouts, Pottery, Woodwork, Piano and Drama. As you can see we have a full schedule ahead of us.
I am teaching Caleb and Hannah to work alone. I have bought them diaries and write their work in it for each day. This seems to working well for now! Hannah basically works without my help at all. Caleb on the other hand will need alot more of me training him to work alone.
And so the year has begun.
Showing posts with label grade 5. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grade 5. Show all posts
Monday, January 23, 2012
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Grade 5 curriculum: Greek History
Ancient Greece by Charles Kovacs
Cost is about R100 to R150 depending on the exchange rate. Book Depository does not charge for shipping. Loot shipping is free for orders over R230 so even if the exchange rate is not doing too well, it might still be cheaper to buy from Book Depository if you are getting a single book.
Greek Mythology
1. The Red Flower of the GodsThe Argonauts
2. Pandora's Box
3. An Apple for Aphrodite
4. Helen's Abduction
5. The Battle for Troy
6. The Great Wooden Horse
7. Odysseus the Wanderer
8. No One and the Cyclops
9. Circe the Sorceress
10. The Sirens' Song
11. Return to Ithaca
12. Jason, Heir to the ThronePerseus
13. The Golden Fleece
14. The Voyage of the Argo
15. Sowing the Dragon's Teeth
16. A Gift for the KingThe Twelve Labours of Heracles
17. The Gorgons' Cave
18. Perseus to the Rescue
19. A Fateful Throw of the Discus
20. The Milk of a Goddess
21. The Path of VirtueTheseus
22. The Oracle's Advice
23. Hydra Beheaded
24. The Augean Stables
25. Taming the Twelve Mares
26. Fearless Amazons
27. The Oxen of the Sun God
28. Cerberus, the Hound of Hell
29. Heracles the Immortal
30 The Labyrinth of MinosGreek History
31 Flight to Freedom
32 The Road to Athens
33 Ariadne's Thread
34 Success and Sorrow
35 A Royal SacrificeAlexander the Great
36 Spartan Warriors
37 Athenian Orators
38 A Slave for an Eye
39 The Sunlight Tree
40 Hippias the Cruel Tyrant
41 The Wrath of Darius
42 The Battle of Marathon
43 Xerxes' Mighty Army
44 Treachery at Thermopylae
45 Ships of War
46 The Judgment of the Shards
47 The Golden Age
48 The Love of Wisdom
49 Alcibiades the Traitor
50 The Death of Socrates
51 Taming Bucephalus
52 Dreams of Conquest
53 The Gordian Knot
54 The Last Battle
Friday, May 20, 2011
Grade 5 curriculum: Ancient Mythology
by Charles Kovacs
Cost is about R100 to R150 depending on the exchange rate. Book Depository does not charge for shipping. Loot shipping is free for orders over R230 so even if the exchange rate is not doing too well, it might still be cheaper to buy from Book Depository if you are getting a single book.
"Stories of gods and demons, noble heroes and epic adventures from the world's great myths and legends retold for children. Through colourful characters such as Buddha, Krishna, Zarathrustra, Gilgamesh, Isis and Osiris mankind's development from hunters of wild animals to builders of magnificent cities and the great pyramids spring to life. Yet beyond the historical narrative the stories reveal an ancient wisdom: the timeless source and substance out of which all myths and legends are woven."
India
Manu and AtlantisPersia
King Sangara's Horse
Baghira and the River Ganges
Indra, the Warrior God
The Fishermen's Catch
The Sons of Pandu
The Hermit and the Elephant
Rama and Hanuman
Buddha, the Enlightened One
Krishna, A God in Disguise
The Peasant's Reward
The Tiger and the Monkey
Ahura Mazda and AhrimanBabylonia
Hushhang Discovers Fire
King Djemshid's Golden Dagger
Zarathustra and the Kingdom of Light
The Land of Two RiversEgypt
Marduk, the God Who Knew No Fear
Gilgamesh and Eabani
The Gift of the Nile
Isis and Osiris
This must be our favourite book of all so far that Charles wrote. It is great.
Grade 5 curriculum: Natural Science / Botany
by Charles Kovacs
Cost is about R100 to R150 depending on the exchange rate. Book Depository does not charge for shipping. Loot shipping is free for orders over R230 so even if the exchange rate is not doing too well, it might still be cheaper to buy from Book Depository if you are getting a single book.
"Charles Kovacs characterizes different plants, from fungi, algae and lichens, to the lily and rose families. He describes the parts of each plant and their growth cycle."
The Families of Plants
1. The Plant Between Sun and EarthThe Plants We Use
2. The Dandelion
3. Fungi
4. Algae
5. Lichens
6. Moss
7. Ferns
8. Conifers
9. Trees and the Earth
10. Flowering Plants
11. Lower and Higher Flowering Plants
12. The Blossom
13. Pollen
14. Flowers and butterflies
15. Caterpillars and Butterflies
16. The Tulip
17. Seeds and Cotyledons
18. The Rose
19. The Rose Family
20. The Cabbage
21. The Nettle
22. The Oak
23. The Birch
24. The Palm Tree
25. Tea, Sugar and Coffee
26. Grass and Cereals
27. Leaves and Blossoms
28. Bees
29. Life in a beehive
30. The Spirit of the Bed
Caleb and I did this last year. We both really enjoyed it. We went outside and looked at our various plants as we were doing this block. We watched the bees as they collected pollen from our sweetpea's.
What a wonderful way to learn!
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