Midyear Progress Report

I had to send in a mid-year progress report and although I didn't really want to sit down and put it together, it was actually really helpful to see what we've accomplished. it made me feel a better about our weeks - perhaps everyone is actually learning. I had to go back and look at what I had originally sent in and see how it has evolved. We continue to like our math curriculum (I'm going to add in Challenging Word Problems to Mr. 6's week) but had to find new grammar and spelling. We love the books on the history list but never got around to making our timeline (Mr. 8 and I worked on it today so a step in the right direction).

I think my favorite part was putting together a list of books we've been reading. We've read some great books!

Mr. 8's reading list:
Reading List

Week 1: Tales of King Arthur by Felicity Brooks, Aladdin and Tales from the Arabian Nights by Rosalind Kervin
Week 2: The Lantern Bearers by Rosemary Sutcliff
Week 3: The Arabian Nights by Neil Philip, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves by Katie Daynes
Week 4: Leif the Lucky by D'Aulaire, Beorn the Proud by Madeleine A. Polland
Week 5: Stories of Beowulf by H.E. Marshall, D'Aulaires Book of Norse Myths
Week 6: The Adventures of Robin Hood by Neil Philip, Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cohen
Week 7: Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray
Week 8: Men of Iron by Howard Pyle, Winning His Spurs by G.A. Henty
Week 9: The Samurai's Tale by Erik Christian Haugaard, The Black Arrow by Robert Stevenson
Week 10: The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric Kelly
Week 11: I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Trevino, The Second Mrs. Giaconda by E.L. Konigsburg
Week 12: The World of Columbus and Sons by Genevieve Foster
Week 13: Secrets in the House of Delgado by Gloria Miklowitz
Week 14: Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark
Week 15: Mr. Pipes and Psalms and Hymns of the Reformation by Douglas Bond

Other History Reading
Story of the Middle Ages by Samuel Harding
Men of the Middle Ages by John Haaren
The Middle Ages by Mary Quigley
Mosque by David Macaulay
Vikings
The Middle Ages by Mary Quigley
Castles by David Macaulay
Kings and Queens of England and Scotland by Plantagenet Somerset Fry
Brother Sun, Sister Moon by Margaret Leighton
The Silk Route
Marco Polo by Struan Reid
The Mongols by Robert Nicholson
Joan of Arc
Fine Print by Joann Johansen Burch
Johann Gutenberg
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Rats, Bull, and Fying Machines by Deborah Mazzotta Prum
Renaissance by Alison Cole
Explorers Who Got Lost by Diane Sansevere-Dreher
Exploration and Conquest
Around the World in 100 Years by Jean Fritz
A 16th Century Galleon by Richard Humble
Books on Incas and Aztecs
Trial and Triumph by Richard Hannula

Mr. 6's reading list:
Week 1: Brigid's Cloak by Bryce Milligan
Week 2: Caedmon's Song by Ruth Ashby, Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland by Tomie dePaola, Across a Dark and Wild Sea by Don Brown
Week 3: Aladdin And The Enchanted Lamp by Philip Pullman, The Legend of the Persian Carpet by Tomie dePaola
Week 4: The Kitchen Knight by Margaret Hodges, The Hero Beowulf by Eric Kimmel, D'Aulaires Book of Norse Myths, Adventures of King Arthur by Angela Wilkes
Week 5: The Tomten by Astrid Lindgren, The Race of the Birkenbeiners by Lise Lunge-Larson
Week 6: The Making of a Knight by Patrick O'Brien, Knights by Stephanie Turnbull, Robin Hood by Neil Philip
Week 7: The Minstrel in the Tower by Gloria Skurzynski, Francis: The Poor Man of Assisi by Tomie dePaola, Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cohen
Week 8: Chanticleer and the Fox by Geoffrey Chaucer
Week 9: The Squire and the Scroll by Jennie Bishop, A Medieval Feast by Aliki
Week 10: Marguerite Makes a Book by Bruce Robertson, Johann Gutenberg and the Amazing Printing Press by Bruce Boscielniak
Week 11: Mario's Angels by Mary Arrigan, The Clown of God by Tomie dePaola, Leonardo's Horse by Jean Fritz, The Glorious Impossible by Madeleine L'Engle
Week 12: Columbus by Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire
Week 13: Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges
Week 14: Broken Shields by Claudia Burr, Musicians of the Sun by Gerald McDermott
Week 15: Martin Luther: A Man Who Changed the World by Paul Maier

Other History:
Usborne's Medieval World
Famous Men of the Middle Ages
Story of the World, Volume 2
Mosque by David Macaulay
The Vikings by Jane Shuter
Vikings by Robert Nicholson
Castles by David Macaulay
You Wouldn't Want to be a Medieval Knight
See Inside Castles
You Wouldn't Want to be a Crusader
Who is Marco Polo?
The Mongols by Robert Nicholson
The Silk Route by John Major
Joan of Arc: Heroine of France by Ann Tompert
The Middle Ages by Jane Shuter
The Renaissance by Jane Shuter
Map and Mapping by Barbara Taylor
Explorers Who Got Lost by Diane Sansevere Dreher
Where Am I? by A.G. Smith
A 16th Century Galleon by Richard Humble

Free Reading:
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (Read Aloud)
The Children's Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit