CC Cycle 2 Week 15 : Half a Hundred Acre Wood

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These resources should correlate with both 4th and 5th Edition of the Foundations Guide. If you find any discrepancies, please hop down to the comments to let us know! The links can be found on our Cycle 2 Resources Page, organized according to subject. Click here for other weeks.

For a reading/curriculum plan that overlaps much of the memory work studied during Cycle 2 – with an integrated study of world history/geography, science, and fine arts, check out our Mission: Faith Forgers Curriculum Plan. This study will feature the work of missionaries during the Industrial Age, World Wars, and communism in Eastern Europe and Asia. It’s a powerful and meaningful way to make connections that point back to God’s work even in the midst of wickedness!

Note: Although Mission: Faith Forgers is not directly correlated to the memory work, it includes a more complete study of astronomy, physical science, and history. The books selected for this reading plan were chosen as long-term resources for students to use when they embark on research and world geography memorization in grades 7+. This study has been designed to be used independently of Classical Conversations®. For families who use Classical Conversations®, the readings assigned in the Mission: Faith Forgers study overlaps much of the memory work studied during Cycle 2 but is not correlated week by week. This provides an opportunity for ongoing review and integration of the memory work throughout the year.

Please do not think that we do everything on this list (not even the things listed in the “practicing memory work” section!)! Our reality has been filled with real things that have interfered with our schedule (like illness). Please give yourself freedom to do (or not do) whatever fits your family!

Practicing Memory Work
As I’ve mentioned in the past, our focus this year has been on reading (click here for our reading plan), copywork (click here for an introduction to copywork/dictation/narration), and notebooking (click here for our free printable notebooking pages and setup). Most of our memory work practice comes from listening to CDs in the car. However, we also try to use notebooking as another way to emphasize memory work, so here I offer a plan. [But plan does not = everyday reality].

Here is a list of various memory work practice techniques. Mix ’em up to add some variety and excitement!

What’s the same during our notebook time each week:

Latin Conjugation Match-Up File Folder Game. (But I have this in a page protector for our oldest two to practice writing the verb endings.)
Latin – Keeping the Tenses Straight. Our children know which tense is which because of these story prompts.
Accordion Timeline Notebook. We use our timeline notebook to visualize our timeline in the space of history.
Bible: For 4th Edition, we simply practiced this Ephesians 6 Hand Motion Video. You might also do Ephesians 6 Copywork (KJV). For 5th Edition, you can try King Things Genesis 1 Audio on Spotify or this Mega Verses Hand Motion Video.
Geography: Continent Blob Mapping and tracing
English Grammar Review: Pronoun Match-Up Packet (But used as a fill-in chart for our oldest child.)
History: We use blank illustration copywork pages(There may also be copywork pages available on CC Connected
Science: Blank illustration notebook page as shown in our Science Cards post. (Or the student can simply write the memory work in a notebook.) Also reading from the Physical Science Unit from Homeschool Curriculum Company (freebie!).
Fine Arts: Degas Art Project: Depicting Motion (or Gainsborough Art Project: Portraits on Landscape if using 4th Edition) or our Fine Arts notebooking pages

And… for this week:

English Grammar: Identifying Sentence Types Worksheet
Math: In-and-Out Boxes: Metric Measurement
Geography: Nation Flags Coloring Pages, or Ducksters Middle East Geography Pages
History: Color in WWI Who’s Who Map

Memory Work Review Game: Build-a-Hamburger Game (For other games, visit our Memory Work Review Games post and link-up)

Presentation Idea: Informative Speech – Kinetic vs. Potential Energy (Use Oh Snap! Experiment or Build your own Marble Run Rollercoaster) or Demonstrative Speech – How to fold a paper airplane

Our School Schedule (This is how we study the subjects throughout the week, or at least it’s a plan of how we study the subjects throughout the week.)

The Link Buffet: Extension Activities
Pick and choose what you wish to do! {We usually do not do much from this list, but it’s there in case we need an idea! But I also want to emphasize here that it is not necessary to supplement Classical Conversations at the Foundations Stage, aside from using a language arts and math program. Read more about that here.}

Please notify me of broken or inoperable links, and I’ll be glad to fix them! If you’d like to add a great resource to this list, feel free to contact me or leave it in the comments!