I thought I would take some time to share here a more detailed list of what we are doing in for grade 1. I’ve got a few weeks to catch up on and then I’ll be sharing these closer to “real time”.

I shared a bit of an overview of our homemade grade one curriculum last month and this will break it down into a more detailed view.

To keep things a bit organized I’ve created a Grade One Curriculum page where I will have links to each of the weeks as I post them.

We also read a lot of picture books and read alouds just for fun which I probably won’t post in these weekly reviews but you can check our favorites out in our homeschool month in review: books we enjoyed posts.

Okay, let’s talk about weeks 1 & 2!

GRADE ONE CURRICULUM
WEEK ONE

This week was a lot of an introduction to the various subjects. Also, we only started our week on Wednesday to be able to slowly easy into the new routine. Looking back now it’s amazing to see how much our schedule has already changed.

These first few weeks feel so long ago that they probably will probably be lacking in the details. Once I get start sharing the weeks shortly after they happen it will be easier to give more details to our days.

WEDNESDAY

BIBLE

• The Story of Creation & Adam and Eve

WRITING

• Handwriting Without Tears pages 18-19

MATH

• using manipulatives in subtraction from 10 (we used beads on a pipe cleaner)
• subtraction page from a workbook using above manipulative

SCIENCE

• read about monkeys from a variety of our science text books
• watched and discussed Disney’s Monkey Kingdom
• created a page on monkeys for her notebook (a picture plus a few sentences about monkeys)

THURSDAY

BIBLE

• The Story of Creation & Adam and Eve (from a different children’s Bible)

WRITING

• Handwriting Without Tears pages 20-21

READING

• picture books set in Paris

MATH

• adding using a number line
• addition page in math workbook

HISTORY

• general introduction to what history is
• started reading Attack at the Arena

FRIDAY

BIBLE

• The Story of Creation & Adam and Eve (from a different children’s Bible)

READING

• picture books set in Paris

ART

• drew the Eiffel Tower from the Art for Kids Hub video

MUSIC

• reviewed a few songs from last year
• theory practice using the Music Note Trainer app

 

GRADE ONE CURRICULUM
WEEK TWO

MONDAY

BIBLE

• The Flood

WRITING

• Aa-Pp copywork in a notebook

READING

• picture books set in Paris

MATH

• adding 1 to a number
• page in workbook

SCIENCE

• read a bit more about monkeys from our science text books

TUESDAY

BIBLE

• The Flood (from a different children’s Bible)

MATH

• read 12 Ways To Get to 11
• got out a blank piece of paper and copied down some of the equations from the book

GEOGRAPHY

• found Paris on the map
• drew the French flag

WEDNESDAY

BIBLE

• The Flood (from a different children’s Bible)

WRITING

• Qq-Zz copywork in notebook

MATH

• subtracting from 12 on the number line, page in workbook

POETRY TEA TIME

• When We Were Very Young
• various nursery rhymes

THURSDAY

BIBLE

• The Flood (from a different children’s Bible)

WRITING

• copied Bible verse from church (John 1:1)

MATH

• subtracting from 12 on the number line, page in workbook

HISTORY

• introduction to a timeline
• added her birth into the timeline
• added Laura Ingalls Wilder’s birth into the timeline
• continued reading Attack at the Arena

FRIDAY

BIBLE

• The Flood (from a different children’s Bible)

MUSIC

• theory practice using the Music Note Trainer app
• introduction to Vivaldi
• listened to some Classics for Kids on Vivaldi
• added Vivaldi to our timeline

And that was weeks 1 & 2! It feels like forever ago already (it’s only been a month).

Weeks 3 & 4 coming soon!

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