• Allow students to progress at their own rate.

• Choose activities for word practice to suit each student's needs.

• Build skills: phonic charts, spelling and writing rules are at your fingertips.

• Use Latin and Greek roots and word lists to build vocabulary necessary for college entrance exams.

IF your students only remember word lists long enough to pass weekly tests, but not long enough to spell correctly when writing papers, replace random memorization with this logical approach.

• Words are already organized by both sight and sound patterns.

• Each graded list includes prefixes and suffixes to be added to words in order to practice with rules regularly.

• Tips include additional activities to help with long-term memory.

Educator and consultant Kathryn Stout created the
Natural Speller

1. To teach poor spellers how to become natural spellers.

2. To provide teachers and tutors with a handy resource to fill in gaps, teach students how to approach a word, and help students progress at their own rate.

3. To give homeschool families an inexpensive, flexible, and effective spelling curriculum.

     With Natural Speller you can use the units provided, choosing words or even adding your own. Or you can use the charts and rules to help you organize your own word lists according to a pattern that the child can both see and hear.

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Do you sometimes think that there just aren't enough hours in the school day to cover everything? One way to accomplish more is to teach skills in several areas at one time. "But won't that be confusing?" you ask. It doesn't have to be.

Composition topics can be chosen from studies in history, literature, and/or science. While the students are digging up facts on an ancient civilization, instead of interrupting with an unrelated textbook writing assignment, choose the type of writing you want them to learn and relate it to their research. After reading a story out loud, follow up with a discussion and ask them to write a book review. Instead of simply reading a science text, let them choose a topic, find the information, and write a short report. While the students are busy thinking about what to write, you can show them how.

Topics are included in this guide. However, information is arranged to allow flexibility. Students can create stories for their own enjoyment, use topics simply because they are appealing, or relate composition assignments to valuable content in other subjects.

Once a student has developed skill in writing various types of paragraphs and short compositions, he may be able to go on to reports, news stories, biographies, and short stories on his own. While you teach the little ones, let the more experienced writer check the proper section in this guide and simply follow the instructions.

Writing skills are necessary for more than the college bound. Writing clear directions can prevent a friend from getting lost. A well-written letter to a newspaper or congressman could change an opinion. A well-prepared presentation can bring insight at a church meeting or on the job. We owe it to students to help them express their ideas thoughtfully and concisely so that they can be a positive influence in the future.

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Children must be trained (conditioned) to think critically. This guide helps parents, tutors, and teachers incorporate thinking skills into every aspect of comprehension.

• Read aloud to young children using an approach that directs their thinking, conditioning them to eventually read this way on their own
• Teach older children to use this method in order to read for insight.
• Develop language skills that enhance the ability to think beyond the literal level.
• Provide insights that help children learn to analyze fiction and nonfiction.
• Do all of the above while meeting standard reading comprehension objectives.

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Science:

The age ranges are provided as a guide, not as a requirement for completing, or even introducing, topics at that age.

FAQ: Is Science Scope a complete science curriculum for K-12?

No. That would be impossible in one volume. Rather, this book allows the teacher to learn how to teach science effectively, become familiar with basic concepts, and use the thorough list of graded objectives to be covered in grades K-12 as a guide to lesson planning and for simplified record-keeping. Because the teacher now has a detailed overview of each area of science, the actual content used by the child to learn the subject can be chosen according to the student's learning style. Library books, hands-on kits, videos, games, software, and the Internet are all possible resources to complete required standards rather than extras "if time allows."

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Math:

Social Studies:

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THE MAYA - A UNIT STUDY 4

GETTING STARTED 4

USING THIS UNIT STUDY AS A MODEL 4

THE MAYA 6

WHERE TO BEGIN 6

CUSTOMS 8

RELIGION 14

GOVERNMENT 20

ACHIEVEMENTS 21

CHANGES 21

CLIMATE AND GEOGRAPHY 23

ACTIVITIES 24

COMPOSITION TOPICS 24

ART 25

LIFE SCIENCE 27

EARTH SCIENCE 29

PHYSICAL SCIENCE 30

MATH 30

MAYAN NUMBER SYMBOLS 33

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