The Good and the Beautiful Curriculum
Subjects Taught in This Course
This course combines the following subjects:
• Phonics
• Reading
• Spelling
• Writing
• Grammar and punctuation
• Literature
• Geography
• Poetry and memorization
• Art appreciation and art instruction
Lesson descriptions for Units 3-5
Leveled Readers used:
- Native Americans: How They Lived
- Barry, A Dog of the Alps
- The Cap That Mother Made
- A Bird with a Basket
- The Good Mother Eider-Duck
- Bobby of Cloverfield Farm
- The Green Woodpecker
- Little Amish Schoolhouse
- The Rose Child
Sample writing piece showing the writing process:
Sample reading pages:
Supplemental reading exercises:
Independent Reading
In addition to the 100 hours read on Epic, Landon also read a variety of library books, picture books, and chapter books. Here are a few:
- A Wolf Called Wander
- The Land of Stories
- The Wishing Spell
- The Enchantress Returns
- A Grimm Warning
- Beyond the Kingdoms
- An Author’s Odyssey
- World’s Collide
- The Secret Zoo
- Sherlock Bones + the Natural History Mystery
- Math Quest: The Cavern of Clues
- Buzztail: The Story of a Rattlesnake
- The Week Junior (weekly magazine subscription)
Literacy Club w/ Galileo
Landon meets weekly online with a small group of kids and a facilitator to support literacy skills, phonics, and fluency. The class meets for one hour to read a book, decode words, learn new vocabulary and answer comprehension questions. Here are a few highlights:
