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I write down what she says (narration) and then she copies it into her book (copywork).Ĥth – 6th grade: For my 10 year old son, I would have him take “Key Word Outline” notes (*this is a skilled learned from our IEW writing program) from one of the science books we read that week and then turn the outline into a paragraph…thus writing a science research report (1-2 paragraphs) on each week’s topic! He would also have the option to illustrate his page with a drawing, chart/graph, clipart, diagram, etc. (As opposed to spending a year going through a science text book and ending up with kids that can’t really remember and/or explain any of it later!)ġ-3rd grade: For my 7 year old, the pages in her “Book of Science” are usually just copywork of the science fact we are memorizing that week. To change it up a bit I sometimes have her tell me something interesting that we read about. Since they have memorized facts about each topic/page, they are able to also explain each page and really HOLD onto the information they are learning. It has the type of paper that is blank at the top and lines at the bottom. This allows us to write something about the science we are studying and then draw, clip, copy or diagram a picture at the top. Since we do this each week (or at least most weeks), by the end of the year, we have a wonderful Book of Science. This year (Cycle 1) we will be studying Biology during the first semester and Earth Science during 2nd semester.ĭuring the week, we read books (from the “Book Bin”) about the science fact, discuss anything interesting, and then write or draw about what we learned.

The science for CC each year is broken into 2 distinct fields of science. It’s great! ScienceĮach week at CC, we are introduced to a new science fact to memorize. Anything and everything! We might not read all those books, but they are there! Sometimes if we are working on math and they both need me at the same time, then I can tell one child to take 10 min.

Encyclopedias, fiction, non-fiction, biographies, novels to use as read-alouds, and more. I try to have a variety of types of books. In a way, this “book bin” becomes my “curriculum” or my “text books.” These are the books that we read and learn from. Go through the books you already own and find all the books that cover those topics and put them in the book bin! I’m a book junkie so I have tons to choose from, but if you don’t have big selection then you could use the library. I do this by looking in my Classical Conversations Foundation Guide. See what topics or time period you will be covering for science and history. The idea is simple: Take a look at the next few weeks. I use the idea of a Book Bin for my history & science studies. First…A Look at my Classical Conversations Book Bin: These are books that I pull off my shelves ahead of time I’m excited about sharing what we did with Science and History!! After struggling so many years with the pressure to use other curriculum (I say pressure…from myself!!), I finally found a way that would keep Classical Conversations as my ONLY Science & History curriculum while also providing a concrete (hands on) study of the topics. Here I am continuing my subject-by-subject overview of how I use Classical Conversations at home. If you haven’t read PART 1 of this post (Using Classical Conversations, Part 1), you might want to read that first!

About classical conversations homeschool