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Showing posts with label geography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label geography. Show all posts

Sunday, June 26, 2011

The Next Step/I have decided what we will use in each subject!

So here is the big list:
  • English
    • reading: Scott Foresman Reading, Harcourt Collections
    • writing: 6 Traits of Writing 1st Grade, Scott Foresman Reading, Harcourt Collections
    • grammer: Scott Foresman Reading, Harcourt Collections
    • spelling/phonics: Scott Foresman Reading, Harcourt Collections
  • Penmanship
    • English: Spencerian Penmanship
    • Arabic: Iqrah Reader, and various printables
  • Science: Scott Foresman Science 2nd grade
  •  Social Studies
    • History: Our Prophet, and Our Country
    • Civics: Our Country
    • Geography: Our Country and Al Ummah
    • Culture: See IS and Geography
    • Economics: Our Country
  • Mathematics: How We Use Number, and Mathematics in Action
  • Islamic Studies
    • Salat: My Salat Companion (TJ)
    • Quran: Juz 30
    • Aqeedah: Most resources from TJ (Talibideen JR)
  • Arabic:
    • Reading: Madina Arabic Reader book 1
    • Writing: Madina Arabic Reader book 1, Iqrah Reader 1st grade
    • Oral: Madina Arabic Reader book 1, Iqrah Reader 1st grade
  • Health:
    • cooking/nutrition: weekly meal prep,
    • other: Harcourt Health, and various other individual resources for each topic

Social Studies Curriculum Choices

So as that SS concepts tend to be far above a 1st grader I am not terribly worried about this subject at this point. I am breaking it down like this, history, geography, civics, culture, and economics.
For history we will study seerah. I am thinking we will use a kids book published by Darusalam and a little workbook type booklet that I can't think of the name of at the moment. For geography, civics, and economics we will use Houghton Mifflin Social Studies Our Country. Very simple, and has audio with it. Culture will be incorporated in seerah and the text book.
If he has a hard time with any concept, I doubt it, it will be easy to supplement with the many resources i have found. 

Monday, June 6, 2011

Links for Free Curriculum or Text Books For 1st Grade

So here is a list of links that could be useful for other young families.  BTW North Carolina is supposed to have the best schools in the country so I use their standards and pacing for guides.