First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind Level 1 & 2

by Wise, Jessie

• ISBN13: 9780971412972
• ISBN10: 0971412979
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-05-17
• Publisher: The Well-Trained Mind Press

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	12	(1)
Introduction: How to Use This Book	13	(8)
FIRST GRADE
Introducting Nouns	21	(1)
Introducing Poem Memorization: ``The Caterpillar''	22	(1)
Common Nouns: Family Relationships	23	(2)
Proper Nouns: First Names	25	(2)
Introducing Story Narration: ``The Rabbit and the Turtle''	27	(2)
Proper Nouns: First Names	29	(1)
Common and Proper Nouns: Other Names	30	(1)
Common and Proper Nouns: Other Names	31	(1)
Introducing Picture Narration: ``In the Kitchen''	32	(2)
Writing the Child's Proper Name	34	(1)
Writing First Names	35	(1)
Story Narration: ``The Lion and the Mouse''	36	(2)
Proper Nouns: Family Names	38	(1)
Proper Nouns: Middle Names	39	(1)
Poem Memorization: ``Work''	40	(1)
Proper Nouns: Full Names	41	(1)
Common Nouns: Places	42	(1)
Proper Nouns: Places	43	(1)
Proper Nouns: Places	44	(2)
Proper Nouns: States	46	(2)
Proper Nouns: Your Address	48	(1)
Story Narration: ``The Little Girl Who Wanted To Be Dirty''	49	(2)
Common Nouns: Things	51	(1)
Picture Narration: ``After a Bath''	52	(2)
Proper Nouns: Names	54	(2)
Introducing Oral Usage
Proper Nouns: Names	56	(1)
Poem Memorization: ``Hearts Are Like Doors''	57	(1)
Noun Review	58	(1)
Proper Nouns: Introducing Zip Code	59	(2)
Common and Proper Nouns	61	(1)
Common Nouns: Living Things	62	(1)
Common and Proper Nouns: Family and Other Living Things	63	(1)
Picture Narration: ``Pet Shop''	64	(2)
Proper Nouns: Days of the Week	66	(1)
Poem Memorization: ``Days of the Week''	67	(2)
Story Narration: ``The Hen and the Golden Eggs''	69	(2)
Identifying Nouns in a Story	71	(1)
Days of the Week	72	(1)
Addresses; Aunts and Uncles	73	(1)
Proper Nouns: Months of the Year	74	(2)
Proper Nouns: Months of the Year	76	(1)
Introducing Copywork	77	(1)
Poem memorization: ``The Months''	78	(2)
Nouns: Ideas	80	(1)
Noun Review	81	(2)
Introducing Pronouns: I, Me, My, Mine	83	(2)
Pronouns: You, Your, Yours	85	(1)
Pronouns: He, She, Him, Her, It, His, Hers, Its	86	(2)
Pronouns: We, Us, Our, Ours	88	(1)
Pronouns: They, Them, Their, Theirs	89	(2)
Story Narration: ``The Bundle of Sticks''	91	(3)
Introducing Verbs: Action Verbs	94	(1)
Pronouns; Action Verbs	95	(2)
Telephone Numbers	97	(1)
Nouns; Pronouns; Action Verbs	98	(2)
Picture Narration: ``The Leaf Pile''	100	(2)
Cumulative Poem Review	102	(1)
Pronouns; Action Verbs; Action Poem: ``Dancing''	103	(2)
Days of the Week; Action Verbs	105	(2)
Introducing Initials	107	(2)
Initials; Identifying Pronouns in a Story	109	(2)
Story Narration: ``The Crow and the Pitcher''	111	(2)
Days and Months	113	(2)
Introducing Seasons: Winter	115	(2)
Introducing Abbreviations	117	(1)
Initials; Abbreviations	118	(1)
Seasons: Spring; Noun Review	119	(2)
Action Verbs	121	(2)
Pronouns; Seasons: Summer	123	(2)
Seasons: Fall	125	(2)
Seasons; Holidays	127	(1)
Pronouns: Capitalization of ``I''	128	(2)
Oral Composition	130	(1)
Story-poem Narration: ``The Three Little Kittens''	131	(2)
Nouns; Verbs; Pronouns	133	(2)
Initials; Months of the Year; Days of the Week; Pronouns	135	(2)
Abbreviations: Addresses	137	(1)
Introducing Titles of Respect	138	(2)
Titles of Respect	140	(1)
Cumulative Poem Review	141	(1)
Poem Memorization: ``Mr. Nobody''	142	(1)
Capitalization in Poetry	143	(2)
Pronouns	145	(1)
Oral Composition	146	(1)
Abbreviations: Initials and Addresses	147	(1)
Capitalization and Punctuation in Poetry	148	(2)
Story Narration: ``The Boy Who Cried Wolf''	150	(2)
Introducing Writing Dates	152	(2)
Dates	154	(1)
Seasons	155	(2)
Story-poem Narration: ``Sunflowers''	157	(1)
Introducing Sentences	158	(2)
Introducing Sentence Type 1: Statements	160	(1)
Introducing Sentence Type 2: Commands	161	(2)
Introducing Sentence Type 3: Questions	163	(2)
Introducing Sentence Type 4: Exclamations	165	(2)
Four Types of Sentences	167	(2)
Nouns; Sentences; Verbs	169	(1)
Cumulative Poem Review	170	(1)
Sentence Poem: ``The Goops''	171	(4)
SECOND GRADE
Noun Review	175	(2)
Poem Memorization: ``The Goops''	177	(1)
Action Verbs; Capitalizing ``I''''	178	(2)
Pronouns	180	(2)
Introducing State of Being Verbs	182	(2)
State of Being Verbs	184	(2)
Introducing Linking Verbs	186	(4)
Linking Verbs	190	(2)
Story Narration: ``The Camel's Nose''	192	(2)
Linking Verbs	194	(2)
Beginning Poem Booklet: ``The Year''	196	(2)
Four Types of Sentences; Seasons	198	(2)
Commas in Dates and Addresses	200	(2)
Commas in a Series	202	(2)
Introducing Helping Verbs	204	(4)
Noun and Verb Review	208	(3)
Capitalization Review	211	(3)
Picture Narration: ``Summer Picnic''	214	(3)
Contractions	217	(2)
Contractions	219	(2)
Contractions Using ``Not''	221	(2)
Introducing Dictation	223	(2)
Introducing Adjectives	225	(2)
Introducing Predicate Adjectives	227	(2)
Cumulative Review	229	(3)
Helping Verbs	232	(3)
Story Narration: ``The Quarrel''	235	(2)
Contractions	237	(2)
Verb Review	239	(2)
Adjectives	241	(1)
Poem Memorization: ``The Year''	242	(2)
Introducing Interjections; Four Types of Sentences	244	(3)
Adjectives; Commas in a Series	247	(2)
Introducing Conjunctions	249	(3)
Interjections; Conjunctions	252	(3)
Introducing Letter-writing: Writing a Thank-you Note	255	(2)
Addressing an Envelope	257	(1)
Introducing Direct Quotations	258	(2)
Poem Memorization: ``The Little Bird''	260	(1)
Story Narration: ``The Little Red Hen''	261	(4)
Introducing Indirect Quotations	265	(2)
Titles of Respect; Adjectives; Quotation Marks	267	(3)
Four Types of Sentences	270	(4)
Story Narration: ``The Three Billy Goats Gruff''	274	(3)
Cumulative Review	277	(3)
Picture Narration: ``Planting Seeds''	280	(2)
Introducing Adverbs	282	(2)
Adverbs	284	(3)
Addresses	287	(2)
Writing Postcards; Nouns; Adjectives	289	(2)
Dates; Months; Seasons; Days	291	(4)
The Four Kinds of Verbs	295	(4)
Adverbs; Adjectives	299	(3)
Story Narration: ``The Storm''	302	(2)
Adjectives; Adverbs	304	(2)
Introducing Articles	306	(3)
Capitalization Review	309	(3)
Introducing Prepositions	312	(3)
Prepositions	315	(4)
Picture Narration: ``Bedtime''	319	(2)
Prepositions	321	(3)
Prepositions	324	(2)
Prepositions	326	(3)
Articles; Commas in a Series; Conjunctions; Prepositions	329	(3)
Prepositions; Adverbs	332	(3)
Prepositions; Verbs	335	(3)
Prepositions	338	(2)
Prepositions	340	(3)
Cumulative Poem Review	343	(1)
Letter-writing: Writing a Friendly Letter; Prepositions	344	(2)
Addressing an Envelope	346	(2)
Prepositions	348	(4)
Story Narration: ``The Three Bears''	352	(4)
Introducing Synonyms	356	(3)
Introducing Antonyms	359	(3)
Picture Narration: ``Playing Together''	362	(2)
Four Types of Sentences	364	(2)
Verbs	366	(3)
Adverbs; Adjectives	369	(3)
Interjections; Prepositions	372	(3)
Direct and Indirect Quotations	375	(3)
Nouns; Pronouns	378	(3)
Contractions	381	(3)
Poem Memorization: ``All Things Beautiful''	384	(1)
Introducing Written Composition: Ordering Ideas	385	(1)
Written Composition: Forming Paragraphs	386	(1)
Written Composition: Copying the Final Work	387	(1)
Picture Narration: ``Morning Time''	388	(2)
Prepositions	390	(2)
Synonyms; Antonyms	392	(3)
Cumulative Review	395	(2)
Written Composition: Ordering Ideas	397	(1)
Written Composition: Forming Paragraphs	398	(1)
Written Composition: Copying the Final Work	399	(1)
Cumulative Poem Review	400	(1)
Cumulative Review	401	(1)
Cumulative Review	402	(1)
Cumulative Review	403	(1)
Story Narration: ``The Donkey and the Salt''	404	(2)
Parts of Speech Hunt	406	(3)
Glossary of Terms	409	(4)
Index	413