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First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind (Vol. Levels 1 & 2) (First Language Lessons)

by Jessie Wise Author

(From Amazon): Parents can assure their child's success in language arts with this simple-to-use, scripted guide.First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind uses picture study and other classical techniques to develop the child's language study in those first two all-important years of school. Each lesson leads the parent, step-by-step, through the simple oral and written projects that build reading, writing, spelling, storytelling, and comprehension skills. Use this book to supplement school learning, or as the center of a home-school language arts course.

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Resource Type
Book
ISBN
0-9714129-2-8
Print Status
In Print
chapters
200
Pages
420
Suggested Grades
1st - 3rd
Publisher
Peace Hill Press
Edition
First Edition
Copyright
2002

chapters

  • 1 Introducing Nouns
  • 2 Introducing Poem Memorization: "The Caterpillar"
  • 3 Common Nouns: Family Relationships
  • 4 Proper Nouns: First Names
  • 5 Introducing Story Narration: "The Rabbit and the Turtle:
  • 6 Proper Nouns: First Names
  • 7 Common and Proper Nouns: Other Names
  • 8 Common and Proper Nouns: Other Names
  • 9 Introducing Picture Narration: "In the Kitchen"
  • 10 Writing the Child's Proper Name
  • 11 Writing First Names
  • 12 Story Narration: "The Lion and the Mouse"
  • 13 Proper Nouns: Family Names
  • 14 Proper Nouns: Middle Names
  • 15 Poem Memorization: "Work"
  • 16 Proper Nouns: Full Names
  • 17 Common Nouns: Places
  • 18 Proper Nouns: Places
  • 19 Proper Nouns: Places
  • 20 Proper Nouns: States
  • 21 Proper Nouns: Your Address
  • 22 Story Narration: "The Little Girl Who Wanted to be Dirty"
  • 23 Common Nouns: Things
  • 24 Picture Narration: "After a Bath"
  • 25 Proper Nouns: Names
  • 26 Proper Nouns: Names
  • 27 Poem Memorization: "Hearts Are Like Doors"
  • 28 Noun Review
  • 29 Proper Nouns: Introducing Zip Code
  • 30 Common and Proper Nouns
  • 31 Common Nouns: Living Things
  • 32 Common and Proper Nouns: Family and Other Living Things
  • 33 Picture Narration: "Pet Shop"
  • 34 Proper Nouns: Days of the Week
  • 35 Poem Memorization: "Days of the Week"
  • 36 Story Narration: "The Hen and the Golden Eggs"
  • 37 Identifying Nouns in a Story
  • 38 Days of the Week
  • 39 Addresses; Aunts and Uncles
  • 40 Proper Nouns: Months of the Year
  • 41 Proper Nouns: Months of the Year
  • 42 Introducing Copywork
  • 43 Poem Memorization: "The Months"
  • 44 Nouns: Ideas
  • 45 Noun Review
  • 46 Introducing Pronouns: I, Me, My, Mine
  • 47 Pronouns: You, Your, Yours
  • 48 Pronouns: He, She, Him, Her, It, His Hers, Its
  • 49 Pronouns: We, Us, Our, Ours
  • 50 Pronouns: They, Them, Their, Theirs
  • 51 Story Narration: "The Bundle of Sticks"
  • 52 Introducing Verbs: Action Verbs
  • 53 Pronouns: Action Verbs
  • 54 Telephone Numbers
  • 55 Nouns; Pronouns; Action Verbs
  • 56 Picture Narration: "The Leaf Pile"
  • 57 Cumulative Poem Review
  • 58 Pronouns; Action Verbs; Action Poem: "Dancing"
  • 59 Days of the Week; Action Verbs
  • 60 Introducing Initials
  • 61 Initials; Identifying Pronouns in a Story
  • 62 Story Narration: "The Crow and the Pitcher"
  • 63 Days and Months
  • 64 Introducing Seasons: Winter
  • 65 Introducing Abbreviations
  • 66 Initials; Abbreviations
  • 67 Seasons: Spring; Noun Review
  • 68 Action Verbs
  • 69 Pronouns; Seasons: Summer
  • 70 Seasons: Fall
  • 71 Pronouns; Seasons: Summer
  • 72 Pronouns: Capitalization of "I"
  • 73 Oral Composition
  • 74 Story-Poem Narration: "The Three Little Kittens"
  • 75 Nouns; Verbs; Pronouns
  • 76 Initials; Months of the Year; Days of the Week; Pronouns
  • 77 Abbreviations: Addresses
  • 78 Introducing Titles of Respect
  • 79 Titles of Respect
  • 80 Cumulative Poem Review
  • 81 Poem Memorization: "Mr. Nobody"
  • 82 Capitalization in Poetry
  • 83 Pronouns
  • 84 Oral Composition
  • 85 Abbreviations: Initials and Addresses
  • 86 Capitalization and Punctuation in Poetry
  • 87 Story Narration: "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"
  • 88 Introducing Writing Dates
  • 89 Dates
  • 90 Seasons
  • 91 Story-poem Narration: "Sunflowers"
  • 92 Introducing Sentences
  • 93 Introducing Sentence Type 1: Statements
  • 94 Introducing Sentence Type 2: Commands
  • 95 Introducing Sentence Type 3: Questions
  • 96 Introducing Sentence Type 4: Exclamations
  • 97 Four Types of Sentences
  • 98 Nouns; Sentences; Verbs
  • 99 Cumulative Poem Review
  • 100 Sentence Poem: "The Goops"
  • 101 Noun Review
  • 102 Poem Memorization: "The Goops"
  • 103 Action Verbs; Capitalizing "I"
  • 104 Pronouns
  • 105 Introducing State of Being Verbs
  • 106 State of Being Verbs
  • 107 Introducing Linking Verbs
  • 108 Linking Verbs
  • 109 Story Narration: "The Camel's Nose"
  • 110 Linking Verbs
  • 111 Beginning Poem Booklet: "The Year"
  • 112 Four Types of Sentences; Seasons
  • 113 Commas in Dates and Addresses
  • 114 Commas in a Series
  • 115 Introducing Helping Verbs
  • 116 Noun and Verb Review
  • 117 Capitalization Review
  • 118 Picture Narration: "Summer Picnic"
  • 119 Contractions
  • 120 Contractions
  • 121 Contractions Using "Not"
  • 122 Introducing Dictation
  • 123 Introducing Adjectives
  • 124 Introducing Predicate Adjectives
  • 125 Cumulative Review
  • 126 Helping Verbs
  • 127 Story Narration: "The Quarrel"
  • 128 Contractions
  • 129 Verb Review
  • 130 Adjectives
  • 131 Poem Memorization: "The Year"
  • 132 Introducing Interjections; Four Types of Sentences
  • 133 Adjectives; Commas in a Series
  • 134 Introducing Conjunctions
  • 135 Interjections; Conjunctions
  • 136 Introducing Letter-writing: Writing a Thank-you Note
  • 137 Addressing an Envelope
  • 138 Introducing Direct Quotations
  • 139 Poem Memorization: "The Little Bird"
  • 140 Story Narration: "The Little Red Hen"
  • 141 Introducing Indirect Quotations
  • 142 Titles of Respect; Adjectives; Quotation Marks
  • 143 Four Types of Sentences
  • 144 Story Narration: "The Three Billy Goats Gruff"
  • 145 Cumulative Review
  • 146 Picture Narration: "Planting Seeds"
  • 147 Introducing Adverbs
  • 148 Adverbs
  • 149 Addresses
  • 150 Writing Postcards; Nouns; Adjectives
  • 151 Dates; Months; Seasons; Days
  • 152 The Four Kinds of Verbs
  • 153 Adverbs; Adjectives
  • 154 Story Narration: "The Storm"
  • 155 Adjectives; Adverbs
  • 156 Introducing Articles
  • 157 Capitalization Review
  • 158 Introducing Prepositions
  • 159 Prepositions
  • 160 Picture Narration: "Bedtime"
  • 161 Prepositions
  • 162 Prepositions
  • 163 Prepositions
  • 164 Articles; Commas in a Series; Conjunctions; Prepositions
  • 165 Prepositions; Adverbs
  • 166 Prepositions; Verbs
  • 167 Prepositions
  • 168 Prepositions
  • 169 Cumulative Poem Review
  • 170 Letter-writing: Writing a Friendly Letter; Prepositions
  • 171 Addressing an Envelope
  • 172 Prepositions
  • 173 Story Narration: "The Three Bears"
  • 174 Introducing Synonyms
  • 175 Introducing Antonyms
  • 176 Picture Narration: "Playing Together"
  • 177 Four Types of Sentences
  • 178 Verbs
  • 179 Adverbs; Adjectives
  • 180 Interjections; Prepositions
  • 181 Direct and Indirect Quotations
  • 182 Nouns; Pronouns
  • 183 Contractions
  • 184 Poem Memorization: "All Things Beautiful"
  • 185 Introducing Written Composition: Ordering Ideas
  • 186 Written Composition: Forming Paragraphs
  • 187 Written Composition: Copying the Final Work
  • 188 Picture Narration: "Morning Time"
  • 189 Prepositions
  • 190 Synonyms; Antonyms
  • 191 Cumulative Review
  • 192 Written Composition: Ordering Ideas
  • 193 Written Composition: Forming Paragraphs
  • 194 Written Composition: Copying the Final Work
  • 195 Cumulative Poem Review
  • 196 Cumulative Review
  • 197 Cumulative Review
  • 198 Cumulative Review
  • 199 Story Narration: "The Donkey and the Salt"
  • 200 Parts of Speech Hunt

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