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Description
Utilizing engaging children's storybooks which are designed to capture your student's heart and promote a love of reading, Basic Language Skills provides review and expansion of phonics skills along with beginning communication skills and language arts. Use for one semester following Foundations Phonics (see Phonics section) or for a full year with students who had introductory phonics in kindergarten. The Teacher Guide includes daily, guided lessons, schedules for half or full year, reproducible worksheets, and an answer key. Lessons will take about 20-30 minutes per day and include skills such as: reading practice, trickier vowel sounds, writing words and sentences, and picture study. On Fridays, students build their own dictionary by writing and illustrating dictionary using words that were featured in the reading assignments that week. The book is 3-hole punched and perforated. The Teacher Guide is sold separately or in a Curriculum Package with the three required picture storybooks: Not Too Small At All (Grandpa Mouses journey to the ark), Charlie & Trike in the Grand Canyon Adventure (a monkey and a dinosaur visit the Grand Canyon), and A Special Door (Noah's Ark/Jesus).
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Teaching Method
Traditional
Teacher-centered curriculum commonly used in classrooms that may include a text, teacher manual, tests, etc.
Charlotte Mason
A methodology based on the work of a 19th century educator who maintained that children learn best from literature (Living Books), not textbooks.
Classical
A methodology based on the Latin Trivium (three stages of learning), including the grammar stage (memorization and facts), logic stage (critical thinking), and rhetoric stage (developing/defending ideas).
Unit Study
A thematic or topical approach centered around one topic that integrates multiple subject areas.
Montessori (Discovery)
A methodology based on the work of a 20th century educator that emphasizes student and sensory-driven discovery learning and real-life applications.
Other
Other methodologies
Religious Content
Secular
Contains content contrary to common Christian beliefs (i.e. evolution).
Neutral
Avoids religious or theoretical topics or presents multiple viewpoints without preference.
Christian/Religious
Faith-based or including instructional religious content.
Learning Modality
Auditory
Learns through listening, talking out loud or reading out loud.
Visual
Learns through seeing, prefers written instructions and visual materials.
Kinesthetic/Tactile (Hands-On)
Learns through moving, doing and touching.
Multi-Sensory
Curriculum that employ a variety of activities/components.
Presentation
Sequential
Curriculum progresses through well-defined learning objectives. Emphasizes mastery before moving to the next topic.
Spiral
Topics and concepts are repeated from level to level, adding more depth at each pass and connecting with review.
Conceptual/Topical
Focus is on the “why,” often with a unifying concept as well as specific skills; coverage may be broader.
Teacher Involvement
Low Teacher Involvement
Student-led materials; parent acts as a facilitator.
Medium Teacher Involvement
A mix of teacher-led time and independent student work.
High Teacher Involvement
Teacher-led lessons; may utilize discussions, hands-on activities and working together.
Additional Materials Required
No other materials needed
Everything you need is included.
Other Materials Required
There are additional required resources that are a separate purchase.
Other Materials Optional
There are additional resources mentioned or recommended but are not absolutely necessary.
Consumable
Consumable
Designed to be written in; not reusable.
Non-Consumable
Not designed to be written in; reusable.