Elementary English 1
Suggested Age
8-10 years old; students working at approximately a 3rd or 4th grade level
Course length
1 hour
Prerequisites
Basic competency in reading and handwriting
Curriculum/Materials
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<li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.onlinehomeschoolbookstore.com/english.html#/"><u>Elementary English 1 Course Workbook</u></a> by Wendy Walker (<a href="https://www.onlinehomeschoolbookstore.com/#/"><u>ODA Bookstore</u></a> purchase)</p></li>
<li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Easy-Grammar-Grade-Student-Workbook/dp/0936981482?dchild=1&keywords=easy+grammar+3&qid=1613925660&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=onedayaca-20&linkId=bfc1a77f67980f7b4c52efdb97277068&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl"><u>Easy Grammar Grade 3 Student</u></a><u> or </u><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Easy-Grammar-Wanda-C-Phillips/dp/0936981474?dchild=1&keywords=easy+grammar+4&qid=1613925700&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=onedayaca-20&linkId=3f181d4e545803a6c6efc83601d1dbe0&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl"><u>4 Student Workbook</u></a> by Wanda C. Phillips <strong>and/or</strong></p></li>
<li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Easy-Grammar-Wanda-C-Phillips/dp/0936981423?dchild=1&keywords=easy+grammar+3+teacher&qid=1613925611&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=onedayaca-20&linkId=382b1f24303b596bd03b2d760e652545&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl"><u>Easy Grammar Grade 3 Teacher's</u></a><u> or </u><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Easy-Grammar-Wanda-C-Phillips/dp/0936981431?crid=1A7NHUY2WY22H&dchild=1&keywords=easy+grammar+4+teacher&qid=1613924959&sprefix=easy+grammar+4+%2Caps%2C197&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=onedayaca-20&linkId=c3e1f1bfe362a78acc29867528086df3&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl"><u>4 Teacher’s Edition</u></a> by Wanda Phillips (this book contains the key AND student pages)</p></li>
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About the course
<p class="font_8"><strong>Purpose</strong></p>
<p class="font_8">Students in this stage are gaining confidence in both their reading and writing skills. Students will be introduced to the basic rules of grammar through color-coding, write with a purpose, as well as spell and use meaningful vocabulary words.</p>
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<p class="font_8"><strong>Process</strong></p>
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<li><p class="font_8">Basic Rules of Grammar</p></li>
<li><p class="font_8"><u>Easy Grammar 3 Workbook</u> is our primary grammar text</p></li>
<li><p class="font_8">Color-coding parts of speech assists students in comprehending sentence patterns that will carry over into their sentence writing skills</p></li>
<li><p class="font_8">Capitalization and punctuation practice</p></li>
<li><p class="font_8">Compositions</p></li>
<li><p class="font_8">Engaging weekly one-paragraph compositions</p></li>
<li><p class="font_8">Topic sentence</p></li>
<li><p class="font_8">Concluding sentence</p></li>
<li><p class="font_8">Spelling/Vocabulary Assignments</p></li>
<li><p class="font_8">Basic spelling rules: vowels, digraphs, diphthongs</p></li>
<li><p class="font_8">Meaningful vocabulary</p></li>
<li><p class="font_8">Weekly chart completion</p></li>
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<p class="font_8"><strong>Parental Responsibilities</strong></p>
<p class="font_8">Each week parents are asked to oversee the completion of the following assignments, grade them accordingly, and record the grades on the Weekly Grade Report Chart:</p>
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<li><p class="font_8">Spelling test over the student’s weekly vocabulary words</p></li>
<li><p class="font_8">Vocabulary chart completion</p></li>
<li><p class="font_8">Grammar pages assigned weekly (keys are included in the teacher’s edition of the grammar text)</p></li>
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<p class="font_8">Compositions should be completed according to the rubrics provided in the student workbook and submitted to the student’s One Day Academy teacher for grading.</p>