Planning for Term 4, 2014

Last term of the year and having Xavier study with us before he graduates (bittersweet) . Therefore planning to have a few focus areas for each child, Chiara is also able to help with teaching this term! Focus areas are of first importance, though each child has further work to do.

Our infant/primary children will be focusing on their 4Rs along with a focus on Leap into Literature books.
Chiara will undertake the bulk of teaching younger ones, though I will be doing All About Reading with Ignatius and All About Spelling with Saxon & Genevieve and Leap into Literature and family read alouds.

Sebastian
Fine Motor Skills – Scissor cutting and more!
Knowledge  – Colours, sorting, literacy and numeracy activities
Bible Stories – Able to narrate; Creation, Adam & Eve, Noah’s Ark, Annunciation, Visitation, Birth of Christ, Flight to Egypt,
Literature – Leap into Literature books and our huge Advent collection

Ignatius
All About Reading
Mathsonline – Grades 1 & 2
Writing – Daily write using; Startwrite with Catechism/Bible Verses or Creative Sentences
Faith – Narrate Bible Stories (Chiara scribe) and Catechism
Literature – Leap into Literature books and our huge Advent collection
Read Alouds

Saxon
Read daily for an hour! Broken into 4 segments with different family members listening.
All About Spelling
Mathsonline – Grades 2 & 3
Writing – Daily write using; Startwrite with Catechism/Bible Verses, Writing With Ease or Creative Sentences
Faith – Narrate Bible Stories (Chiara scribe) and Catechism
Literature – Leap into Literature books and our huge Advent collection
Read Alouds

Genevieve
Read daily for an hour! Broken into 4 segments with different family members listening. Also read Bible daily
All About Spelling
Mathsonline – Grades 4
Writing – Daily write using; Startwrite with Catechism/Bible Verses, Writing With Ease or Creative Sentences
Faith – Narrate Bible Stories (Chiara scribe) and Catechism.
Literature – Leap into Literature books and our huge Advent collection
Read Alouds

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My focus this Term will be with our highschoolers whilst Chiara is undertaking the bulk of the teaching with the younger children.
Major focus will be Essay Writing with Xavier and incidentally with the M&Ms, also fine tuning a few areas of the mechanics of writing skills.  Also delving into literature analysis.

Spend an hour daily on essay writing and another hour per day on the mechanics of writing (with Mum) – see below as to resources.  
Also to spend an hour per day discussing Literature with Chiara – see below as to suggestions
Other topics to be done independently by the M&Ms, Xavier’s discretion as to how much he focuses on other topics.

Mariah
Faith – Red Catechism x 5. Note three points daily and discuss with Mum
Catechism – Memorise a lesson a week (with Mum)

Lessons with Mum
Composition – Writer’s Workshop
Writing With Skill1
Beginning Precis Writing – Ronald J Lane (OOP)

Grammar – Elements of Writing – Kinneavy & Warriner
English for the Upper School – HE McGregor (OOP)
Dictation – Spelling Wisdom

Lessons with Chiara

The Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas??
Shakespeare – Watch 2 DVDs. Read plays afterwards +++
Poetry – Enjoy/memorise

Mathematics – Maths Online finish Grade 6

Science – Animals You Never Forget – RD. One narration a week.

History – Early Medieval
History Links Vol 1 & RC History Vol 2 & 3

Mapwork – Continent of choice. Outline, capital and major cities. Include some major rivers, mountains and other landmarks.

Malachi
Faith – Introduction to Catholicism – Didache
Beginning Apologetics Super Set
Memorise Catechism Questions

Lessons with Mum
Composition – Writer’s Workshop
Writing With Skill1
Beginning Precis Writing – Ronald J Lane (OOP)

Grammar – Elements of Writing – Kinneavy & Warriner
English for the Upper School – HE McGregor (OOP)
Dictation – Spelling Wisdom
Spelling – All About Spelling
Handwriting – Bible Verses

Lessons with Chiara

The Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas
Shakespeare – Watch 2 DVDs. Read plays afterwards +++

Mathematics – Mathematics.com.au finish Grade 9

Science – Science Matters – Robert Hazen

History – Modern Times – Paul Johnson

Geography – World Physical Geography – Brenda Runkle

Xavier
Faith – Beginning Apologetics Super Set

Lessons with Mum
Composition – Writer’s Workshop
Writing With Skill1
Beginning Precis Writing – Ronald J Lane (OOP)
Life Science Based Writing Lessons
Lively Art of Writing – Lucile Vaughan Payne

Grammar – Elements of Writing – Kinneavy & Warriner
English for the Upper School – HE McGregor (OOP)
Dictation – Spelling Wisdom
Handwriting – Bible Verses

Lessons with Chiara