Great Books ForumPhonics, English, and Grammar
Abeka Phonics
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Abeka
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Level: k-6
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“The Abeka curriculum is known for its successful early reading program, developed and refined for nearly 20 years before its publication. It is an intensive (or synthetic) phonics approach (learning letter names, sounds, blends, words) with the focus first on learning to read (K–2) and then on reading to learn. Because of its success, only slight changes have been made in the program over the years, despite the various reading reforms circulating in the world of education.” – Abeka Website
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All Things Fun and Fascinating
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Memoria Press
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Level: k-6
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“What do crows, peacocks, and bird nest soup have in common? They’re just a few of the fun and fascinating things that your student will WANT to write about. Within its 24 lessons (a year’s worth) it covers TWSS Units 1-7 (taking notes, summarizing narrative stories, writing from pictures, mini-research report, and creative writing) and several stylististic elements. Teacher prep is non-existent – you only need to read through the lessons with your student and be prepared to be “wowed” by their writing (and, of course, do a little evaluating). Although your student will want to make a final portfolio copy of their writing assignments, all the preliminary work – outlines, brainstorming charts, along with checklists – are provided in the consumable, 159-page spiral-bound text.” – Rainbow Resource
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Bible Heroes
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Veritas Press
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Level: k-3
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“Now there’s no reason to wait until your student is in 3rd grade. Bible Heroes is an excellent language arts bridge from IEW’s Primary Arts of Language to their theme-based writing lessons. Or you might decide to use it as a new entry point for the IEW program (as you finish your favorite phonics/reading program). Either way, I think you will be very pleased with what this program supplies – lessons that not only provide instruction in writing with structure and style (as the name implies), but also introductory grammar and Bible. The 27 lessons cover IEW Unit 1 (two lessons teaching Key Word Outlines), Unit 2 (seven lessons on Writing from KWOs), Unit 3 (twelve lessons on Summarizing Narrative Stories), Unit 4 (three lessons on Summarizing References), Unit 5 (three lessons on Writing From Pictures), and Unit 7 (one lesson on Creative Writing) The approach is solidly multi-sensory. Lessons include verbal and written activities as well as games for reinforcement and all source material is taken from the Bible. Although the target audience for this course is 1st-2nd grade, material can be adapted for up to 5th grade.” – Rainbow Resource
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Classical Phonics
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Memoria Press
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Level: k-3
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“Classical Phonics is a deceptively simple little book our teachers and families use constantly in both kindergarten and first grade. It consists of phonetically arranged word lists for students to practice their growing phonics skills. In a word list there are no context clues, so the learner must rely on his mastery of letter sounds. For instance, if your child can pronounce each word in this list correctly—pot, pat, pit, put, pet—he knows his short vowel sounds, and you can move on to long vowels! If not, he needs more practice, and Classical Phonics is the most effective tool we know of to address the repetition that young ones need when learning to read. Classical Phonics can be used as a supplement to any phonics program, and covers nearly all English phonograms and sounds taught through second grade. Classical Phonics is your handy tool for phonics practice and for building confident readers.” – Memoria Press
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Classically Cursive Series
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Logos Press
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Level: 2-4
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“Developed at in the 2nd grade classroom at Logos School by Master Teacher, B.J. Jordan. This is the perfect age to introduce cursive writing, and the perfect content with which to do it.
This workbook teachers students the Modern Cursive style of handwriting. Modern Cursive is a simple handwriting style that enables students to make an easy transition from Modern Manuscript printing to cursive. This program is classical in its methodology by having students imitate excellent handwriting while copying selections of worthwhile content.” – Logos Press
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Core Skills Phonics
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Memoria Press
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Level: k-3
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“The Core Skills Phonics series helps students become successful readers. Practice pages link phonics skills with both spelling and reading in order to help students build language skills through a variety of related activities.” – Memoria Press
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Excellence in Writing Courses Series
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Institute for Excellence in Writing, Andrew Pudewa
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Level: 7-12
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“In order to succeed in every area of life, your students must hone the skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively. Through the process of learning to write well, they learn how to think clearly and to express themselves eloquently and persuasively. Our goal is to equip your teachers to assist their students in this process.” – Institute for Excellence in Writing
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First Start Reading Set
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Memoria Press
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Level: k-3
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“Is there really a need for another phonics program? Well, we thought so! The first reading and printing lessons are critical, and although there are many adequate programs out there, we could not find one with the right combination we were looking for—a balanced, age-appropriate approach to phonics and reading, and a serious focus on correct pencil grip and letter formation. In addition, many phonics programs today use the ladder approach (consonant-vowel blending), which is fine, but we prefer the more traditional (vowel-consonant) approach combined with word families. And one more thing: mastery of the short vowels is the sine qua non of phonics programs, and few programs really give adequate practice in this very important skill. First Start Reading solved all of our little problems and made us happy. We hope you like it too.” – Memoria Press
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Grammar of Poetry
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Roman Roads Media
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Level: k-6
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“The Grammar of Poetry is a video course and textbook that teaches the mechanics of poetry by using the classical approach of imitation. It is designed for the 6-9th grade level, but is also appropriate for older children and adults seeking to achieve a better knowledge of how poetry works. Its goal is to teach your child to analyze not only poetry, but words and language in general. Just as an English course would teach a student the different parts of speech, so also the Grammar of Poetry teaches a student the building blocks of poetry, enabling the student to effectively engage in the language of poetry, in literature, and in non-literal language.” – Roman Roads
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Kindergarten Alphabet Puppets
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Logos Press
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Level: k
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“Many of our Summer Teacher Training attendees have asked for this item from our Kindergarten teacher, Jan Sawyer.
Patterns for paper sack puppets of each letter of the alphabet, and the jingles she uses with her kindergarteners are included—and the kids love them! We’ve also added simpler pages for kids to cut out on their own with an entire puppet on a single page.” – Logos Press
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