Family Work :: 2012-2013

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Poetry
1. Ooey Gooey 2. Celery 3. The Little Man Who 4. The Vulture 5. After the Party 6. Singing Time 7. The Yak 8. The Ingenious Little Old Man 9. My Shadow 10. There Was an Old Person 11. Jonathon Bing 12. Whole Duty of Children 13. Godfrey Gordon Gustavus 14. My Gift 15. The Swing 16. Persevere 17. Who Has Seen the Wind? 18. The Eagle 19. The Swan and the Goose 20. (Personal Selection)

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Music Appreciation: Composer Study

Bach: 1685-1750 Baroque - Sebastian Bach, the Boy from

Thuringia
Handell: 1685-1759 - Handel at the Court of Kings Hayden: 1732-1809 Baroque - Joseph Haydn, the Merry Little

Peasant
Mozart: 1756-1791 Classical Mozart, The Wonder Boy Beethoven: 1770-1827 Classical - Ludwig Beethoven and the Chiming

Tower Bells
Paganini: 1782-1840 - Paganini, Master of Strings Schubert: 1797-1828 Classical Franz Schubert and his Merry

Friends
Chopin: 1810-1849 Romantic Frederic Chopin, Son of Poland, Early

Years; Frederic Chopin, Son of Poland, Later Years

Schumann: 1810-1856 Romantic Robert Schumann and Mascot Ziff Wagner: 1813-1883 Romantic Adventures of Richard Wagner Foster: 1826-1864 Father of American Music Stephen Foster and

His Little Dog Trey

Brahms: 1833-1897 Romantic The Young Brahms Tchaikovsky: 1840-1893 Romantic The Story of Peter Tchaikovsky; Peter Tchaikovsky and the Nutcracker Ballet MacDowell: 1860-1908 Romantic/American Activities & Lap Book Mini Books Periods of Music Keyboard Vocabulary Collection of Composers Composers Timeline Pieces with a Purpose Music Appreciation Sheets (Create one for each Composer Studied) The Orchestra Composer Cards

Exploring Creation with Zoology 2: Swimming

Creatures of the Fifth Day
Lesson 1: Aquatic Animals Lesson 2: Whales Lesson 3: Seals and Sea Cows Lesson 4: Aquatic Herps Lesson 5: Primeval Reptiles Lesson 6: Fish Lesson 7: Sharks and Rays Lesson 8: Crustaceans Lesson 9: Mollusks Lesson 10: Cephalopods Lesson 11: Echinoderms Lesson 12: Cindarians Lesson 13: Other Interesting Aquatic Animals

American History Units

See Unit Study Book Lists and Guides U.S. Presidents and Election Study The Civil War Industrial Revolution through the Great Depression World War II

Geography: State-by-State Study

19 - Indiana 23 - Maine 27 - Florida 31 California 35 West Virginia 39 N. Dakota 43 Idaho 47 New Mexico 20 - Mississippi 24 - Missouri 28 - Texas 32 - Minnesota 36 - Nevada 40 S. Dakota 44 Wyoming 48 Arizona 21 - Illinois 25 - Arkansas 29 - Iowa 33 - Oregon 37 - Nebraska 41 Montana 45 Utah 49 - Alaska 22 - Alabama 26 - Michigan 30 - Wisconsin 34 - Kansas 38 Colorado 42 Washington 46 Oklahoma 50 - Hawaii

Geography: Holling C. Holling Books and Maps

Minn of the Mississippi Lesson 1: Chapters 1-3 Lesson 2: Chapter 4 Lesson 3: Chapter 5 Lesson 4: Chpaters 6-7 Lesson 5: Chapters 8-9 Lesson 6: Chapters 10-11 Lesson 7: Chapters 12-13 Lesson 8: Chapters 14-15 Lesson 9: Chapters 16-17 Lesson 10: Chapters 18-20 Seabird Lesson 1: Chapters 1-3 Lesson 2: Chapters 4-6 Lesson 3: Chapters 7-9 Lesson 4: Chapters 10-12 Lesson 5: Chapters 13-15 Lesson 6: Chapters 16-18 Lesson 7: Chapters 19-21 Lesson 8: Chapters 22-24 Lesson 9 Chapters 25-27

Literature Read-Alouds
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Literature Read-Alouds
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