Literature, Poetry, & Language Arts

Literature

Continue read-alouds of chapter books and picture books, and free reads of choice, recording minutes read each day. Below are the books we are currently reading, as well as several ideas for our next read-aloud selections.

Family read-alouds
The Land of Stories, book 1
The Witches
The Secret Garden
Where the Red Fern Grows (audio)
Forest World
Princess Academy
Anne of Green Gables

River 
Scythe, book 1
Scythe, book 2
The Giver
A Wrinkle in Time
The Hobbit (audio)
My Side of the Mountain

Austen
Caddie Woodlawn
Paddington
Harry Potter, book 2
Esperanza Rising
The Mighty Miss Malone
The Vanderbeekers, book 1
Island of the Blue Dolphins

Chase
The Rats of NIMH (audio)
Make Way for McClowsky
Paddington
The Magician's Nephew
The BFG
The Ramona series
A Different Pond
Around the Year
Rainbow Stew


Shakespeare

Play selections
Macbeth (September-November)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (January-March)
Hamlet (April-June)

Start with the intention of reading one story over the course of 3 months, for familiarity and at least a surface understanding of context. More if too little, or less if it requires more concentration or becomes too overwhelming. Chapter books and more sophisticated adaptations with River and Austen, with a focus on picture books with the Austen and Chase, ending each study with a performance or adaptation in movie form if available.

Other books
Leon Garfield's Shakespeare Stories
The Invisible Hand (Macbeth retelling)
Usbourne's Shakespeare Treasury
Mary and Charles Lamb's Shakespeare for Children
A Midsummer Night's Dream graphic novel
Macbeth graphic novel
Various picture books


Poetry

Continue poetry teatime Tuesdays. Read from a variety of collections, making a point to include BIPOC poets (especially Latinx poets), and continue recitation and memorization.

Begin the study of poetry writing using the book Teaching Poetry: Yes You Can! in October after a month of Brave Writer creative exercises. 

Books to include
A Movie in My Pillow
Inside Out and Back Again
Feel the Beat
With the Sun in my Eyes
Magical Cycle of Seasons
La Madre Goose
Brown Girl Dreaming
The Earth Under Sky Bear's Feet
Fresh-Picked Poetry
Daniel Finds a Poem
A World Full of Poems
Thousand Star Hotel


Language Arts

River & Austen
Grammar workbook
Sequential Spelling
The Writer's Jungle
Brave Writer Arrow

Chase
Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
First Language Lessons
Learn to Read Activity Book
Calvert reading primers for daily practice
Continued copywork practice for handwriting


Gameschool

Upwords
Bananagrams
Ka-Blab!
Word on the Street 
Boggle
Silly Sentences
The ABC roadtrip game


Sources

Books
Illustrated Midsummer Night's Dream
Midsummer Night's Dream the Graphic Novel
Macbeth picture book
Children's Macbeth
Macbeth the Graphic Novel
William Shakespeare and the Globe
Planting Stories: The Life of Pura Belpre 
Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People

Helpful links
Simply Charlotte Mason: How to Teach Shakespeare
Best Shakespeare Books for Children
¡Vamos a Leer! 
Latinxs in Kid Lit
Shakespeare Week
Hooked on Shakespeare
The Animated Tales: Hamlet
The Animated Tales: A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Animated Tales: Macbeth
Middle school books by Latinx authors
A Midsummer Night's Dream by Bruce Coville
AICL List of Best Books
Latinx: poetry for kids
Picture books featuring Asian protagonists
Diverse Poetry Books for Kids
Ethnically Diverse books like Ramona Quimby
5 Ways NOT to Use Living Books

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