Finalising my research to find the best 1st grade curriculum to homeschool my son, today I am posting the English Language Arts curriculum. As mentioned in previous posts I planned the methodology of my teaching based on the requirements of the Standard Common Core of Illinois State. To access all the information necessary about homeschooling and learning standard, you just need to visit the Illinois
State web page - http://www.isbe.state.il.us/
I couldn't copy either download the English Language Arts standard common core as it is available just for printing. Maybe you will be able to download it on your computer, but I couldn't. However, I am copying the link so it will be easier for you to access.
http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf
My main goals for this subject area are described into
five sections: Phonics and Phonemics; Reading Comprehension; Grammar; Writing;
and Listening and Speaking skills.
Below are a few examples of
the topics we will work on in Phonics and Phonemics:
3. Phonics and Word Recognition
11. Learn phonics blends such as br,
sl, sh, wh, th, ck, and ch.
12. Recognize and be able to write
sight words. At least 5-10 per week.
Books I will be using to teach this area:
3.
Explode the Code by Nancy Hall (Books 1,2,3, and 4)
4.
Get Ready
for the Code by Nancy Hall
5.
Now I'm Reading!
(Levels 1,2, and 3) by Nora Gaydos
6. Bob Books by Bobby Lynn
Maslen
7. Hooked on Phonics: Learn to Read
First Grade System [Paperback]
9. Hooked on Phonics 1st Grade Super
Workbook [Paperback]
10. Month-by-Month Phonics for First
Grade: Systematic, Multilevel Instruction [Paperback]
12. Dr. Seuss's Beginner Book
Collection (Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish, Green Eggs and Ham, Hop on Pop,
Fox in Socks)
13. Dr. Seuss Oh, the Places You'll
Go!
14. Phonics
Pathways: Clear Steps to Easy Reading and Perfect Spelling (Jossey-Bass
Teacher) by Dolores G.
Hiskes
The following are examples of topics I will be focusing on in
the Grammar discipline:
1. Identify words that have more than
one meaning, but have the same spelling.
2. Identify and frequently use
adjectives.
3. Identify conjunctions such as and,
but, so, because.
4. Learn determiners.
5. Learn prepositions.
6. Make the proper usage of upper and
lower case.
7. Identify and make the proper usage
of nouns.
8. Learn verbs.
9. Learn homonym, synonym, and
antonym.
10. Learn opposites.
11. Learn punctuation.
Books I will be using in this subject:
1.
First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind, byJessie Wise
13. Boynton's
Greatest Hits: Volume 1/Blue Hat, Green Hat; A to Z; Moo, Baa, La La La!;
Doggies (Boynton Board Books) by Sandra
Boynton
14. Exactly the
Opposite by Tana Hoban
15. The King
Who Rained by Fred Gwynne
16. Wet Foot,
Dry Foot, Low Foot, High Foot: Learn About Opposites (Beginner Fun Books) by Dr. Seuss
A few examples of lesson plans for our Reading
Comprehension subject is described below:
2. Predicting
3. Sequencing
4. Main Idea
7. Cause and Effect
8. Able to read 1st grade readers
with ease.
9. Able to comprehend a story.
10. Be able to repeat the story after
he have heard it.
11. Able to label a story as to which
comes first, second, and third.
12. Learn the vocabulary of new words.
13. Identify the main idea of a story.
These are examples of the books I selected for the Reading
Comprehension category:
1. Reading
Pathways: Simple Exercises to Improve Reading Fluency (Jossey-Bass Teacher) by Dolores G.
Hiskes
2.
Games for Reading: Playful Ways to Help Your Child Read [Paperback]
3. Peggy Kaye
4. Teach Your Child to Read in 100
Easy Lessons By Siegfried Engelmann, Phyllis Haddox, Elaine Bruner [Paperback]
5. Brand New Readers Set
6. Winnie
the Pooh Collection
7. Dr
Seuss collection
8.
Fiction Read Alouds/Audio books
9.
The Boxcar Children (books 1 & 2)
10. Freddy Goes to Florida
11. The Indian in the Cupboard
12. Poppy
13. The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk
14. The Adventures of Paddy Beaver
15. Black Beauty
16. The Wizard of Oz
17. The Saturdays
18. The Four Story Mistake
19. Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Read
Aloud Treasury
20. Raggedy Andy Stories
21. The Tale of Peter Rabbit and other
stories by Beatrix Potter
22. Jack and the Beanstalk, Carol Ottolenghi
23. Blueberries for Sal (Puffin
Storytime), Robert McCloskey
24. Little Bear Boxed Set: Little Bear,
Father Bear Comes Home, and Little Bear's Visit by Else Holmelund Minarik and
Maurice Sendak
25. Scholastic Reader Level 1: May I
Please Have a Cookie? Jennifer Morris
26. The Frog and Toad Collection Box
Set
27. Coyote Rides the Sun: A Native
American Folktale (Folktales from Around the World),Amanda St John, Durga Yael Bernhard
28. The
Shoemaker and the Elves Brothers Grimm as told by Wanda Gág
29. The
Frog Went A-Traveling Russian folktale as told by Vsevolod Garshin
30. "Night
into Dawn" Poetry
by Robert Hillyer and John Ciardi
31. Mescalero Apache song
32. The
Tale of Two Bad Mice by Beatrix
Potter
33. Bouki
Cuts Wood
Haitian folktale as told by Harold Courlander
34. "Fantasy" Poetry by Sylvia Plath, Edward
Lear, and Lewis Carroll
35. Lion
at School by
Philippa Pearce
36. Coyote
Rides the Sun Native
American folktale as told by Jane Louise Curry
37. "Seasons" Poetry by Nikki Giovanni,
Robert Louis Stevenson, and Langston Hughes
38. The
Frog Prince Brothers
Grimm as told by Wanda Gág
39. Guinea
Fowl and Rabbit Get Justice African folktale as told by Harold Courlander and
George Herzog
40. "Nature
Speaks" Poetry
by Carl Sandburg, James Reeves, and Federico GarcÃa Lorca
41. Feraj
and the Magic Lute Arabian
folktale as told by Jean Russell Larson
42. The
Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse Beatrix Potter
43. "Companions" Poetry by A. A. Milne,
Gwendolyn Brooks, and Robert Louis Stevenson
44. Buya
Marries the Tortoise African
folktale as told by W. F. P. Burton
45. The
Huckabuck Family and How They Raised Pop Corn in Nebraska and Quit and Came Back Carl Sandburg
"Magical Places" Poetry by Byrd Baylor, William
Shakespeare, and Martin Brennan
46. The
Black Hen's Egg French
folktale as told by Natalie Savage Carlson
47. The Mouse
and the Wizard Hindu
fable as told by Lucia Turnbull
48. "Imagination" Poetry by Leslie Norris, Mark
Van Doren, and Robert Louis Stevenson
49. Rumpelstiltskin Brothers Grimm, translated by
Ralph Manheim
50. Eeyore
Has a Birthday and Gets Two Presents A. A. Milne
51. "When
I Grow Up" Poetry
by Rabindranath Tagore and X. J. Kennedy, and a Chippewa song
52. The
King of the Frogs
African folktale as told by Humphrey Harman
53. Snow-White
and the Seven Dwarfs
Brothers Grimm, translated by Randall Jarrell
54. "Mysterious
Animals" Poetry
by T. S. Eliot, Jenifer Kelly, and Robert Graves
55. Chestnut
Pudding Iroquois
folktale as told by John Bierhorst
56. The
Pied Piper English
folktale as told by Joseph Jacobs
57. "Fanciful
Animals" Poetry
by Edward Lear and A. A. Milne
58. The
Mermaid Who Lost Her Comb Scottish folktale as told by Winifred Finlay
59. Hansel
and Gretel Brothers
Grimm, translated by Randall Jarrell
60. "Special
Places" Poetry
by Gwendolyn Brooks and Robert Frost, and a Navajo poem
61. Mother
of the Waters Haitian
folktale as told by Diane Wolkstein
62. Zlateh
the Goat Isaac
Bashevis Singer
63. "Secret
Messages" Poetry
by Robert Louis Stevenson, Barbara Juster Esbensen, and Emily Dickinson
64. Little
House Book Set by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The following web sites have plenty of games that teach
letter sounds and beginning reading skills. As well as word families, songs,
nursery rhymes, puzzles and many other games.
A few examples of lessons I
will be teaching for the writing subject:
1. Lean punctuation and
capitalization.
2. Spell words correctly.
3. Able to create journal entries.
4. Able to write their own short
story.
5. Able to practice neat handwriting.
6. Write texts based on a topic
given.
7. Express and write his own opinion.
8. Write using punctuation
appropriately.
9. Participate in projects.
Books I recommend to enhance writing skills:
1.
Spelling Workout: Level A, Student Edition, modern curriculum
pres
9.
“Handwriting
without tears”
10. The
Creative Journal for Children A Guide for Parents, Teachers and Counselors by Lucia
Capacchione
11. Rainbow
Writing: A Journal With Activities for Budding Young Writers by Mary Euretig and Darlene
Kreisberg
Listening and speaking skills are very important to be able communicate accordingly
with adults, elderly people and his own peers. I will promote role-plays to use
his imagination to create scenarios that may occur in real life situation,
which will enable him to communicate effectively. Role-plays will also enrich his
creative side.
1. Plays
Around the Year (Grades 1-3) by Liza Schafer and Liza Charlesworth
2. Readers
Theater for Building Fluency: Strategies and Scripts for Making the Most of This
Highly Effective, Motivating, and Research-Based Approach to Oral Reading
(Teaching Strategies, Grades 3-6) by Jo Worthy
3.
12 Fabulously Funny Fairy Tale Plays: Humorous Takes on
Favorite Tales That Boost Reading Skills, Build Fluency & Keep Your Class
Chuckling With Lots of Read-Aloud Fun! Justin Martin
4.
Clever Kids
Study Skills: Ages 5-7 by World Book Encyclopedia
Dictionary
I recommend:
1.
Children's Illustrated Dictionary [Hardcover]
3.
Merriam-Webster's
First Dictionary by Ruth Heller and Merriam-Webster
4.
DK First
Encyclopedia by Mary Ling
5.
Macmillan First Dictionary by Simon & Schuster
I would love to hear from you giving me any suggestion or comment about this matter in order to improve my methodology. Thanks :).
Fabiana
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