First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind: Level 1 (Second Edition) (First Language Lessons)

Lessons

• 1 Introducing common nouns
• 2 Introducing poem memorization "The Caterpillar"
• 3 Common nouns (Family relationships); Poem Review "The Caterpillar"
• 4 Proper nouns (first names); Poem Review "The Caterpillar"
• 5 Introducing story narration "The Rabbit and the Turtle"
• 6 Proper nouns (first names); Poem Review "The Caterpillar"
• 7 Common and proper nouns
• 8 Common and proper nouns; Poem review "The Caterpillar"
• 9 Introducing picture narration "Children Playing on the Beach"
• 10 Proper nouns (Writing student's proper name); Poem Review "The Caterpillar"
• 11 Proper nouns (Writing first names)
• 12 Story narration "The Lion and the Mouse"
• 13 Proper nouns (Family names); Poem review "The Caterpillar"
• 14 Proper nouns (Middle names)
• 15 Poem memorization "Work"
• 16 Proper nouns (Full names); Poem Review "Work"
• 17 Common nouns (Names of places); Poem Review "Work"
• 18 Proper nouns (Places: your city and state); Poem Review "The Caterpillar" and "Work"
• 19 Proper nouns (Places); Poem Review "Work"
• 20 Proper nouns (States)
• 21 Proper nouns ( Your address); Poem Review "The Caterpillar" and "Work"
• 22 Story narration "The Little Girl Who Wanted to Be Dirty"
• 23 Common nouns (Things)
• 24 Picture narration "The Family"
• 25 Proper nouns (Aunts and uncles); Introducing oral usage "Avoiding 'ain't"; Poem review "The Caterpillar" and "Work"
• 26 Proper nouns (Cousins); Poem review "The Caterpillar" and "Work"
• 27 Poem memorization "Hearts are Like Doors"
• 28 Common and proper nouns (Family relationships and places)
• 29 Proper nouns (Your addres and ZIP code); Poem review "Hearts are Like Doors"
• 30 Common and proper nouns
• 31 Common nouns (Living things); Oral usage: "Was/Were"; Poem review "Hearts are Like Doors"
• 32 Common and proper nouns (Family relationships and living things)
• 33 Picture narration "Master Bedroom"
• 34 Proper nouns (Days of the week); Poem review "The Caterpillar", "Work", "Hearts are Like Doors"
• 35 Poem memorization "Days of the Week"; Common and proper nouns; Poem review "Hearts are Like Doors"
• 36 Story narration "The Hen and the Golden Eggs"; Poem review "Hearts are Like Doors" and "Days of the Week"
• 37 Nouns (Identifying nouns in a story); Poem review "Hearts are Like Doors" and "Days of the Week"
• 38 Proper nouns (Days of the week)
• 39 Addresses; Common and proper nouns (Aunt and uncles); Poem review "The Caterpillar" and "Days of the Week"
• 40 Proper nouns (Months of the year); Oral usage: "See/Saw/Seen"; Poem review "Days of the Week"
• 41 Proper nouns (Months of the year); Poem review "Days of the Week"
• 42 Introducing copywork sentences: "My name"
• 43 Poem memorization "The Months"; Copywork "My birthday"
• 44 Nouns (Ideas); Copywork "Love"; Poem review "The Months"
• 45 Noun review; Copywork "Four types of nouns"; Poem review "The Months"
• 46 Introducing pronouns, (I, me, my, mine); Oral usage: "Ordering 'I' and 'me'"; Poem review "The Months"
• 47 Pronouns (You, your, yours); Copywork "Pronoun list 1"; Poem review "The Months"
• 48 Pronouns (He, she, him, her, it, his hers, its); Copywork "Pronoun list 2"; Poem review "The Months"
• 49 Pronouns (We, us, our, ours); Copywork "Pronoun list 3"; Poem review "The Months"
• 50 Pronouns (They, them, their, theirs); Copywork "Pronoun list 4"
• 51 Story narration "The Bundle of Sticks"
• 52 Introducing verbs (Action verbs); Poem review "Work"
• 53 Pronouns; Action verbs; Copywork "Label nouns and verbs 1"
• 54 Telephone numbers; Addresses; Poem review "Hearts are Like Doors"
• 55 Nouns; Pronouns; Action verbs; Copywork "Label nouns and verbs 2"
• 56 Picture narration "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte"
• 57 Cumulative poem review
• 58 Pronouns; Action verbs; Action Poem "Dancing", Copywork "Dancing"
• 59 Days of the week; Action verbs; Copywork "Days of the Week"
• 60 Introducing initials; Copywork "My initials"; Oral usage "Pronouns"; Poem review "The Months"
• 61 Initials; Identifying pronouns in a story; Oral usage: "It is I"
• 62 Story narration "The Crow and the Pitcher"
• 63 Days of the week; Months of the year
• 64 Introducing seasons (Winter); Copywork "Winter"; Oral usage "It was I"
• 65 Introducing abbreviations
• 66 Initials; Abbreviations; Copywork "Winter abbreviations"
• 67 Seasons (Spring); Noun review; Copywork "Spring"
• 68 Action verbs; Oral usage "Was/Were"
• 69 Pronouns; Seasons (Summer); Copywork "Summer"
• 70 Seasons (Fall); Copywork "Fall"; Poem review "The Months"
• 71 Seasons; Holidays
• 72 Pronons (Capitalization of "I"); Copywork "Using I"; Oral usage "Sit/Set"
• 73 Oral composition "A Story about Me"
• 74 Story poem narration "The Three Little Kittens"
• 75 Nouns, verbs, and pronouns in "The Three Little Kittens"; Copywork "The Kittens"; Poem review "The Months"
• 76 Initials; Months of the year; Days of the week; Pronouns; Copywork "Days of the Week"
• 77 Abbreviations (Addresses)
• 78 Introducing titles of respect; Copywork "Titles of Respect"
• 79 Titles of respect; Poem review "The Caterpillar"
• 80 Cumulative poem review
• 81 Poem memorization "Mr. Nobody"
• 82 Capitalization in poetry; Copywork "Mr. Nobody"; Poem practice stanza one of "Mr. Nobody"
• 83 Pronouns; Oral usage : "Is/Are"; Poem practice stanza one of "Mr. Nobody"
• 84 Oral composition "Mr. Nobody at Our House"; Copywork "Mr. Nobody at Our House"; Poem practice "Mr. Nobody"
• 85 Abbreviations; Initials and addresses; Poem practice stanzas one and two of "Mr. Nobody"
• 86 Capitalization and punctuation in poetry; Copywork "The Star"; Poem practice stanzas one and two of "Mr. Nobody"
• 87 Story narration "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"; Poem practice "Mr. Nobody"
• 88 Introducing writing dates; Copywork "Writing dates"; Poem review "Mr. Nobody"
• 89 Dates; Poem review "Mr. Nobody"
• 90 Seasons; Use of "I"; Copywork "In the spring I..."; Poem review "Mr. Nobody"
• 91 Story-poem narration "Sunflowers"; Poem review "Hearts Are Like Doors"
• 92 Introducing sentences; Copywork "Practice makes perfect"; Poem review "Mr. Nobody"
• 93 Introducing sentence type 1: Statements
• 94 Introducing sentence type 2: Commands; Copywork "Fried octopus"; Poem review "Days of the Week"
• 95 Introducing sentence type 3: Questions; Copywork "Smaller than an elephant"
• 96 Introducing sentence type 4: Exclamations; Copywork "The pig is radiant!"
• 97 Four types of sentences
• 98 Nouns; Types of sentences; Verbs
• 99 Cumulative poem review
• 100 Identifying sentences in "The Goops"
• 101 Final Grammar Review