AmblesideOnline Form 1B 36-Week Schedule
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Printable schedules include details for all three terms.
Weekly Readings
The following weekly readings should be broken up into daily readings in whatever way works best for your family.
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Week 1
Bible
An Island Story ch 39 Henry III: The Story of the Poisoned Dagger
An Island Story ch 40 Edward I: The Little War of Chalons
Marco Polo: Towle ch 1, first half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 1 Jenny Wren Gives Peter Rabbit an Idea
Aesop's Fables: The Crow and the Pitcher (pg 30 in the Milo Winter version)
Understood Betsy: ch 1 Aunt Harriet Has a Cough
Parables from Nature ch 4 Knowledge Not the Limit of Belief
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
3-5 Walter de la Mare poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 2
Bible
An Island Story ch 41 Edward I: The Lawgiver
Fifty Famous Stories Retold ch 02 King Alfred and the Beggar
Marco Polo: Towle ch 1, second half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 2 Peter and Jumper go to School
Aesop's Fables: The Ants and the Grasshopper (pg 30 in the Milo Winter version)
Understood Betsy: ch 2 Betsy Holds the Reins
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
Blue Fairy Book: Toads and Diamonds
3-5 Walter de la Mare poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 3
Bible
Child's History of the World ch 58 A Great Story Teller
Fifty Famous Stories Retold ch 20 The Story of William Tell
D'Aulaire's Abraham Lincoln, first third
A Drop of Water Section 7 Bubble Shapes (experiment: Bubble Frames)
Marco Polo: Towle ch 2, first half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 3 More of Peter's Long-Legged Cousins
Understood Betsy: ch 3 A Short Morning
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
3-5 Walter de la Mare poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 4
Bible
An Island Story ch 42 Edward I: The Hammer of the Scots
Fifty Famous Stories Retold ch 21 Arnold Winkelried
D'Aulaire's Abraham Lincoln, middle third
Marco Polo: Towle ch 2, second half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 4 Chatterer and Happy Jack Join
Aesop's Fables: The Ass Carrying the Image (pg 31 in the Milo Winter version)
Understood Betsy: ch 4 Betsy Goes to School
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
3-5 Walter de la Mare poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 5
Bible
An Island Story ch 43 Edward II: The Story of King Robert the Bruce and Sir Henry Bohun
Fifty Famous Stories Retold ch 08 Bruce and the Spider
D'Aulaire's Abraham Lincoln, last third
Marco Polo: Towle ch 3, first half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 5 The Squirrels of the Trees
Aesop's Fables: A Raven and a Swan (pg 31 in the Milo Winter version)
Understood Betsy: ch 5 What Grade is Betsy?
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
3-5 Walter de la Mare poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 6
Bible
An Island Story ch 44 Story of the Battle of Bannockburn
Child's History of the World ch 59 Thing-a-ma-Jig
Marco Polo: Towle ch 3, second half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 6 Striped Chipmunk and his Cousins
Understood Betsy: ch 6 If You Don't Like Conversation in a Book
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
Tales from Shakespeare (this term's play from AO's Shakespeare rotation)
Heroes by Kingsley: The Argonauts Part I - How the Centaur Trained the Heroes on Pelion (for older students)
3-5 Walter de la Mare poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 7
Bible
An Island Story ch 45 Edward III of Windsor: The Battle of Sluys
Child's History of the World ch 60 Thelon Gest Wart Hate Verwas (for older students)
Marco Polo: Towle ch 4, first half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 7 Johnny Chuck Joins the Class
Aesop's Fables: The Two Goats (pg 32 in the Milo Winter version)
Understood Betsy: ch 7 Elizabeth Ann Fails in an Examination
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
Heroes by Kingsley: The Argonauts Part II - How Jason Lost His Sandal in Anaurus (for older students)
3-5 Walter de la Mare poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 8
Bible
An Island Story ch 46 Edward III of Windsor: The Battle of Crecy
Marco Polo: Towle ch 4, second half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 8 Whistler and Yap Yap
Aesop's Fables: The Ass and the Load of Salt (pg 32 in the Milo Winter version)
Understood Betsy: ch 8 Betsy Starts a Sewing Society
Parables from Nature ch 6 The Light of Truth
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
Heroes by Kingsley: The Argonauts Part III - How They Built the Ship 'Argo' in Iolcos (for older students)
3-5 Walter de la Mare poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 9
Bible
An Island Story ch 47 Edward III of Windsor: The Siege of Calais
A Drop of Water Section 8 Molecules in Motion (experiment: Molecules in Motion)
Marco Polo: Towle ch 5, first half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 9 Two Queer Little Haymakers
Understood Betsy: ch 9 The New Clothes Fail
Parables from Nature ch 8 A Lesson of Hope
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
Heroes by Kingsley: The Argonauts Part IV - How the Argonauts Sailed to Colchis (for older students)
3-5 Walter de la Mare poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 10
Bible
An Island Story ch 48 Edward III of Windsor: The Battle of Poitiers
Fifty Famous Stories Retold ch 09 The Black Douglas
Marco Polo: Towle ch 5, second half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 10 Prickly Porky and Grubby Gopher
Secrets of the Woods: Koskomenos the Outcast (first third; for older students)
Understood Betsy: ch 10 Betsy Has a Birthday
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
Heroes by Kingsley: The Argonauts Part V - How The Argonauts Were Driven into The Unknown Sea (for older students)
3-5 Walter de la Mare poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 11
Bible
An Island Story ch 49 Richard II of Bordeaux: Wat Tyler's Rebellion
Marco Polo: Towle ch 6, first half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 11 A Fellow With a Thousand Spears
Secrets of the Woods: Koskomenos the Outcast (middle third; for older students)
Aesop's Fables: The Lion and the Gnat (pg 34 in the Milo Winter version)
Understood Betsy: ch 11 Understood Aunt Frances, first half
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
Heroes by Kingsley: The Argonauts Part VI - What Was The End of the Heroes (for older students)
3-5 Walter de la Mare poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 12
Bible
An Island Story ch 50 How King Richard Lost His Throne
An Island Story ch 51 Henry IV of Bolingbroke: Battle of Shrewsbury
Marco Polo: Towle ch 6, second half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 12 A Lumberman and Engineer
Secrets of the Woods: Koskomenos the Outcast (last third; for older students)
Aesop's Fables: The Leap at Rhodes (pg 34 in the Milo Winter version)
Understood Betsy: ch 11 Understood Aunt Frances, second half
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
3-5 Walter de la Mare poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Optional Exam Week
Week 13
Bible
An Island Story ch 52 Henry IV of Bolingbroke: The Story of How Prince Hal was Sent to Prison
An Island Story ch 53 Henry V of Monmouth: The Battle of Agincourt
Marco Polo: Towle ch 7, first half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 13 A Worker and a Robber
Aesop's Fables: The Wild Boar and the Fox (pg 36 in the Milo Winter version)
Parables from Nature ch 9 The Circle of Blessing
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
Robin Hood: How Robin Hood Came to Be an Outlaw
3-5 poems by Eugene Field or James Whitcomb Riley poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 14
Bible
An Island Story ch 54 Henry VI of Windsor: The Maid of Orleans
Joan of Arc, by Diane Stanley, first third
Marco Polo: Towle ch 7, second half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 14 A Trader and a Handsome Fellow
Aesop's Fables: The Ass, the Fox and the Lion (pg 36 in the Milo Winter version)
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
Blue Fairy Book: The Glass Slipper
Robin Hood: Robin Hood and the Tinker
3-5 poems by Eugene Field or James Whitcomb Riley poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 15
Bible
An Island Story ch 55 Henry VI of Windsor: Red Rose and White
Child's History of the World ch 61 Off With the Old, On With the New
Joan of Arc, by Diane Stanley, middle third
Marco Polo: Towle ch 8, first half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 15 Two Unlike Little Cousins
Aesop's Fables: The Birds, the Beasts and the Bat (pg 37 in the Milo Winter version)
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
Robin Hood: The Shooting Match at Nottingham Town
3-5 poems by Eugene Field or James Whitcomb Riley poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 16
Bible
An Island Story ch 56 Edward IV: Queen Margaret and the Robbers
An Island Story ch 57 Edward IV: The Story of the Kingmaker
Joan of Arc, by Diane Stanley, last third
Marco Polo: Towle ch 8, second half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 16 Danny's Northern Cousins and Nimbleheels
Secrets of the Woods: Meeko the Mischief Maker (first third; for older students)
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
Robin Hood: Will Stutely Rescued by His Companions
3-5 poems by Eugene Field or James Whitcomb Riley poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 17
Bible
An Island Story ch 58 Edward V: The King Who was Never Crowned
A Drop of Water Section 9 Ice (experiment: Ice)
Marco Polo: Towle ch 9, first half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 17 Three Little Redcoats and Some Others
Secrets of the Woods: Meeko the Mischief Maker (middle third; for older students)
Aesop's Fables: The Lion, the Bear and the Fox (pg 37 in the Milo Winter version)
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
Robin Hood: Robin Hood Turns Butcher
3-5 poems by Eugene Field or James Whitcomb Riley poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 18
Bible
An Island Story ch 59 Richard III: Two Little Princes in the Tower
An Island Story ch 60 Henry VII: Story of the Make-Believe Prince
Marco Polo: Towle ch 9, second half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 18 Mice with Pockets, and Others
Secrets of the Woods: Meeko the Mischief Maker (last third; for older students)
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
Tales from Shakespeare (this term's play from AO's Shakespeare rotation)
Robin Hood: Little John Goes to Nottingham Fair
3-5 poems by Eugene Field or James Whitcomb Riley poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 19
Bible
An Island Story ch 61 Henry VII: Another Make-Believe Prince
A Drop of Water Section 10 Water Vapor
Marco Polo: Towle ch 10, first half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 19 Teeny Weeny and His Cousin
Aesop's Fables: The Hares and the Frogs (pg 39 in the Milo Winter version)
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
Robin Hood: How Little John Lived at the Sheriff's
3-5 poems by Eugene Field or James Whitcomb Riley poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 20
Bible
This Country of Ours ch 2 The Sea of Darkness And the Great Faith of Columbus
Fifty Famous Stories Retold ch 46 Whittington and His Cat Part I
Marco Polo: Towle ch 10, second half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 20 Four Busy Little Miners
Parables from Nature ch 11 Active and Passive
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
Robin Hood: Little John and the Tanner of Blyth
3-5 poems by Eugene Field or James Whitcomb Riley poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 21
Bible
This Country of Ours ch 3 How Columbus Fared Forth Upon the Sea of Darkness. . .
Fifty Famous Stories Retold ch 46 Whittington and His Cat Part II
Marco Polo: Towle ch 11, first half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 21 Flitter the Bat and His Family
Aesop's Fables: The Fox and the Stork (pg 40 in the Milo Winter version)
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
American Tall Tales: River Roarer: Mike Fink, first half
Robin Hood: Robin Hood and Will Scarlet
3-5 poems by Eugene Field or James Whitcomb Riley poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 22
Bible
This Country of Ours ch 4 How Columbus Returned in Triumph
Fifty Famous Stories Retold ch 46 Whittington and His Cat Part III
Marco Polo: Towle ch 11, second half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 22 An Independent Family
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
American Tall Tales: River Roarer: Mike Fink, second half
Robin Hood: The Adventure with Midge the Miller's Son
3-5 poems by Eugene Field or James Whitcomb Riley poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 23
Bible
Child's History of the World ch 63 Fortune Hunters (skip ch 62; it's redundant)
Fifty Famous Stories Retold ch 46 Whittington and His Cat Part IV
Marco Polo: Towle ch 12, first half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 23 Digger and His Cousin Glutton
Aesop's Fables: The Travelers and the Sea (pg 41 in the Milo Winter version)
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
Robin Hood: Robin Hood and Allan a Dale
3-5 poems by Eugene Field or James Whitcomb Riley poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 24
Bible
An Island Story ch 62 Henry VIII: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
Fifty Famous Stories Retold ch 46 Whittington and His Cat Part V
Marco Polo: Towle ch 12, second half (or other Marco Polo book)
Aesop's Fables: The Stag and his Reflection (pg 42 in the Milo Winter version)
Burgess Animal Book ch 24 Shadow and His Family
Parables from Nature ch 13 Not Lost, But Gone Before
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
Robin Hood: Robin Hood Seeks the Curtal Friar
3-5 poems by Eugene Field or James Whitcomb Riley poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Optional Exam Week
Week 25
Bible
This Country of Ours ch 5 How America Was Named
This Country of Ours ch 6 How the Flag of England Was Planted on the Shores of the New World
Marco Polo: Towle ch 13, first half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 25 Two Famous Swimmers
Robin Hood: Robin Hood Compasses a Marriage
Parables from Nature ch 14 Motes in the Sunbeam
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
3-5 Christina Rossetti poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 26
Bible
Child's History of the World ch 64 The Land of Enchantment
Child's History of the World ch 65 Along the Coast of East Africa
Marco Polo: Towle ch 13, second half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 26 Spite the Marten and Pekan the Fisher
Aesop's Fables: The Peacock (pg 42 in the Milo Winter version)
Robin Hood: Robin Hood Aids a Sorrowful Knight
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
3-5 Christina Rossetti poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 27
Bible
Child's History of the World ch 66 Rebirth
Fifty Famous Stories Retold ch 45 The Inchcape Rock
Marco Polo: Towle ch 14, first half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 27 Reddy Fox Joins the School
Aesop's Fables: The Mice and the Weasels (pg 44 in the Milo Winter version)
Robin Hood: How Sir Richard of the Lea Paid His Debts
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
Blue Fairy Book: Master Maid
3-5 Christina Rossetti poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 28
Bible
An Island Story ch 63 Henry VIII: How the King became the Defender of the Faith
A Drop of Water Section 11 Condensation (activity: Condensation)
Marco Polo: Towle ch 14, second half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 28 Old Man Coyote and Howler the Wolf
Secrets of the Woods: The Ol' Beech Pa'tridge (first third; for older students)
Robin Hood: Little John Turns Barefoot Friar
Parables from Nature ch 15 Red Snow
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
3-5 Christina Rossetti poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 29
Bible
An Island Story ch 64 Henry VIII: The Story of the King's Six Wives
Child's History of the World ch 67 Christians Quarrel
Marco Polo: Towle ch 15, first half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 29 Yowler and His Cousin Tufty
Secrets of the Woods: The Ol' Beech Pa'tridge (middle third; for older students)
Aesop's Fables: The Wolf and the Lean Dog (pg 44 in the Milo Winter version)
Robin Hood: Robin Hood Turns Beggar
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
3-5 Christina Rossetti poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 30
Bible
An Island Story ch 65 Edward VI: The Story of a Boy King
Fifty Famous Stories Retold ch 13 Sir Philip Sidney
Marco Polo: Towle ch 15, second half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 30 Some Big and Little Cat Cousins
Secrets of the Woods: The Ol' Beech Pa'tridge (last third; for older students)
Robin Hood: Robin Hood Shoots Before Queen Eleanor, first half
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
Tales from Shakespeare (this term's play from AO's Shakespeare rotation)
3-5 Christina Rossetti poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 31
Bible
An Island Story ch 66 The Story of Lady Jane Grey
An Island Story ch 67 Mary I: How the Princess Elizabeth Became a Prisoner
A Drop of Water Section 12 Evaporation vs Condensation (experiment: Condensation and Evaporation)
Marco Polo: Towle ch 16, first half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 31 Bobby Coon Arrives
Aesop's Fables: The Vain Jackdaw and his Borrowed Feathers (pg 47 in the Milo Winter version)
Robin Hood: Robin Hood Shoots Before Queen Eleanor, second half
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
Blue Fairy Book: Prince Hyacinth
3-5 Christina Rossetti poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 32
Bible
An Island Story ch 68 Mary I: How a Candle Was Lit in England
Child's History of the World ch 68 Queen Elizabeth
Marco Polo: Towle ch 16, second half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 32 Buster Bear Nearly Breaks Up School
Aesop's Fables: The Monkey and the Cat (pg 50 in the Milo Winter version)
Robin Hood: The Chase of Robin Hood, first half
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
American Tall Tales: Frontier Fighter: Davy Crockett, first half
3-5 Christina Rossetti poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 33
Bible
An Island Story ch 69 Elizabeth: How the Imprisoned Princess Became a Queen
Fifty Famous Stories Retold ch 14 Ungrateful Soldier
Marco Polo: Towle ch 17, first half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 33 Buster Bear's Big Cousins
Aesop's Fables: The Dogs and the Hides (pg 51 in the Milo Winter version)
Robin Hood: The Chase of Robin Hood, second half
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
American Tall Tales: Frontier Fighter: Davy Crockett, second half
3-5 Christina Rossetti poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 34
Bible
This Country of Ours ch 7 How the Flag of France Was Planted in Florida
Hahn's Leonardo Da Vinci OR Stanley's Michelangelo, first third
Marco Polo: Towle ch 17, second half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 34 Unc' Billy and Old Mrs. Possum
Aesop's Fables: The Bear and the Bees (pg 52 in the Milo Winter version)
Robin Hood: Robin Hood and Guy of Gisbourne
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
3-5 Christina Rossetti poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 35
Bible
This Country of Ours ch 8 How the French Founded a Colony in Florida
Hahn's Leonardo Da Vinci OR Stanley's Michelangelo, middle third
Marco Polo: Towle ch 18, first half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 35 Lightfoot, Blacktail and Forkhorn
Aesop's Fables: The Fox and the Leopard (pg 52 in the Milo Winter version)
Robin Hood: King Richard Comes to Sherwood Forest
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
3-5 Christina Rossetti poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Week 36
Bible
This Country of Ours ch 9 How the Spaniards Drove the French Out of Florida
Hahn's Leonardo Da Vinci OR Stanley's Michelangelo, last third
Marco Polo: Towle ch 18, second half (or other Marco Polo book)
Burgess Animal Book ch 36 Bugler, Flathorns and Wanderhoof
Robin Hood: Epilogue
Parables from Nature ch 16 Whereunto?
Pilgrim's Progress Book I (read the second half of this book over the year)
3-5 Christina Rossetti poems
Poems of A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson (for younger students)
Penmanship or Copywork 4 or 5 times per week
Reading Instruction or Reading Practice 4 or 5 times per week
Math 4 or 5 times per week
Recitation
Foreign Language
Correspond history readings with a timeline and map
Map Drill
Art
Handicrafts
The term's Composer Study (Music Appreciation)
This term's Picture Study (Art Appreciation)
Singing this month's folksong and hymn
Nature Study
Optional Exam Week
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