Skip to main content

Reading List for the Coming School Year

Since my 2nd grader reads way above grade level, for this year I have decided to not buy any reading curriculum but just focus on actual reading. So I am compiling a reading list for him. He is starting on it already. A lot of it he will read while listening to the audiobook because he is not a big fiction book lover, he much rather reads fact books.

As I mentioned before I will try to have him narrate some of the chapters, or the whole book to me. As well, I will use our history literature line up books from TOG to have him practice reading aloud.

Zach's reading list for 2010-2011

Charlotte's Web
Stuart Little
The Little Prince
Peter Pan
When the Sidewalk Ends (repeat)
The Courage of Sarah Noble
Chronicles of Narnia
The Hobbit
The 3 Musketeers
Robin Hood
Robinson Crusoe
Lancelot
The Story of King Arthur
Aladin
Pilgrim's Progress (children's version)
The adventures of Tom Sawyer (repeat)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (repeat)



Here is our starter list. Follow us as I will add them to the Literature Corner page of the blog as we go through them.

We of course always have pictures books at home too. . .
Labels:

Comments

The Chemist said…
You have a great book list. I never did a reading curriculum with my oldest either. As soon as she was done with phonics, she read books.

Jamie
July 28, 2010 at 12:21 PM
Kristen said…
Those are great books. I've never used a reading curriculum either. Your son is reading well above grade level for him to be able to read some of these!
July 28, 2010 at 2:30 PM
Joy said…
Love your books list! I need to sit down and make one for my kids also. Stopping by from iFellowship!
July 28, 2010 at 4:38 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Writing & Rhetoric - A Writing Curriculum Review and a Giveaway

Curriculum choosing and buying can be a very daunting task. So many subjects to cover, so many curriculum to browse though, and so many companies to consider. Today I would like to share with you a product and a company that I have come to hold in high regards. When it comes to teaching writing to the boys I was not sure which way to go, as I would not exactly consider myself a great writer. Then came along Writing and Rhetoric from Classical Academic Press. I heard about it when the second book in a series of twelve just released, and I was immediately intrigued. You see I homeschool classically, and writing is an integral part of it. Classical Academic Press puts out products geared towards classical homeschooling, so there you had  the first common ground. I was searching for something that would teach them what writing was, and guide them through the process incrementally, without bombarding them with pages and pages of writing right from the start. I found what...
24 comments
Read more

Homeschooling site

I have come across a few great homeschooling sites recently and thought I would share them. Budget Homeschool provides you with tips on how to homeschool on a budget, and has a large array of internet resources. Mathisfun is a great site for math ressources and games. Mathfactcafe is another free math ressource. M ath playground contains a large array of online math games, math problems and puzzles, as well as small tutorials Science with me has great animations, printables and information for teaching science. The best part it is free. Kidskreate is a site with lots of different crafts. They are categorized which make searching really easy Little giraffe is a great site for kindergarden with lots of ideas, projects and ressources. Lesson plan page is a sites with ideas for lesson on all the differents subjects by grades. Kinderart is a great sites for those who really like arts and cratfs. It contains a whole lot of activities. Have a great day, Joelle
Post a Comment
Read more

Homeschooling - A Glimpse into How We Do it

2016 was a pretty skimpy blogging year for me. Ask me why, I am not sure I have an answer for you beside life happening and writing inspiration fading. With a new year upon us I will try to get back on the blogging scene and what best topic to start the year with than giving you a glimpse into what homeschooling looks like in our home with now two teenagers. In the past 4 years I have enjoyed participating in the Virtual Curriculum Fair hosted by Homechooling Hearts and Minds , so I am happy to start my year participating once more. For those who are not familiar with the Virtual Curiculum Fair, it is a month long series of posts, where over 20 homeschoolers share about their homeschool curriculum and how they homeschool. The weeks will go as follow: Week 1: See How We Learn/Welcome to the VCF Week 2: Playing with Words Week 3: Discovering Patterns Week 4: Exploring Our World Week 5: Seeking Beauty So how do we learn here? this is the topic of this ...
9 comments
Read more