English Studies

 

K-1st: 

Spell to Write and Read Wise Guide for Spelling 

One set of phonogram flashcards per child:  Spell to Write and Read OR All About Spelling OR print your own for free (we will send out a link as the school year approaches).  

 

Choose ONE of the following OR choose a different reading program.  

Contact Heritage if you have questions.  We will use components of both in class. Students will work through a reading program at their own pace.

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons- 

Weekly suggested assignements will be given from this book for Kindergarten students.  1st grade students will progress rapidly through the first several lessons.

All About Reading

This is a more expensive and extensive program than Teach your Child to Read in 100 easy lessons.  We recommend Level 1 for Kindergarten and Level 2 for 1st grade.  

 

Highly recommended:  

1st grade:  Writing With Ease Level 1, one per family (This will be used in class and it would be great to continue instruction at home.  20 minutes per week.)

Leaves from a Child's Garden of Verses, Robert Louis Stevenson or another poetry book for children- Read one or two poems each week from this or another children's poetry collection.

 

 

 

**IMPORTANT**

In order for our families to recieve a 35% discount on Cottage Press materials (the books not in bold below), Heritage will be placing a group order. If you would like to receive the discount, DO NOT ORDER ON YOUR OWN!  Heritage will place a group order and families will be responsible to pay for their part by September 1st with thier first tuition payment. Books will be distributed at the parent meeting or on the first day of class. If you would prefer to order on your own or have already placed your order, please let us know ASAP so we do not order for you; if we have not heard from you by August 10th, you will be billed for your student's materials. Click here to reference the discounted pricelist. 

 

All books in BOLD below are not from Cottage Press and should be purchased on your own.

 

2nd-3rd: 

Language Lessons for Children, Primer 1

Autumn **

Winter,**

Spring,** and

Teaching Helps** from Cottage Press

The Aesop For Children  also available free online from Gutenberg.org

 

4th: 

Language Lessons for Children, Primer 2

Autumn,**

Winter,**

Spring,** and

Teaching Helps** from Cottage Press

The Young Folk's Treasury** (available in print from Cottage Press or free online- used weekly)

All Things Fun and Fascinating, from IEW. 

 

5th-6th: 

Language Lessons for Grammar Students: Fable and Song,**

Fable and Song Teaching Helps** from Cottage Press.

 

7th-8th: 

Language Lessons for Intermediate Students: Bards and Poets,**

Sentence Sense,** and

Bards and Poets Teaching Helps,** by Cottage Press.

Harvey’s Revised Grammar- one copy per family is fine

Print Dictionary-the older the better

Print Thesaurus

 

Strongly recommended:

A Rhyming Dictionary--rhymezone.com is also acceptable

Poetry Anthology--library copies are great or Committed to Memory edited by John Hollander (used last year)

English Literature for Boys and Girls by H.E. Marshall--accessible for free at gutenberg.org

 

 

9th-12th: 

The Odyssey (Lattimore) by Homer.

Language Skills for Students:  Poetics and Progym,**

Poetics and Progym Teaching Helps**, and

Sentence Sense**, from Cottage Press.

 Harvey’s Revised Grammar.-one copy per family is fine

Grammar Flashcards from Cottage Press (free online to print at home or create your own with storage box and dividers)

Print Dictionary- the older the better

Print Thesaurus

 

Strongly recommended:

A Rhyming Dictionary--rhymezone.com is also acceptable

Poetry Anthology--library copies are great or Committed to Memory edited by John Hollander (used last year)

Bulfinch’s Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch--also accessible for free at gutenberg.org