Posted by tess at the beach on 18:28 Feb 2
It looks great. She follows WTM guidelines for science. The first grade schedule has animals, human body and plants. There were 6 books(I had most already) basically as the 'spines'. Three are for reading and the other three have experiements as well as reading. A nature journal is also suggested(we plan to make one).
The schedule is laid out with icons reminding you to do certain things each week. It has guidelines each week for K-3 and then 4-6. You could definitely use this a second cycle or with multiple children with the great books mentioned for older grades.
It came in a 3 ring notebook with weekly file folders separating each week's lesson schedule. Has the needed science experiment and narration sheets to copy as well. She has a nice intro outlining how to do each weekly lesson and encourages you to read WTM before starting so you understand the how/why of the schedule.
It was exactly what I was looking for...someone putting the WTM ideas for the 1-3 grades in a schedule for me :-)
The only caveat for some will be the days she chose. Most things are done Tues/Thurs. Obviously you could white out the days of the week and make it your own...maybe it should have been left blank so you could write in what days you plan to do science.
Oh, one more nice thing...it has a weekly book list reminder for library books to supplement your week as well as a "shopping list" of items needed for the experiments. It literally tells me to find 1 roly poly's for the first week experiment :-)
Anyway, wanted to share...it was $35 and I am very please with the layout of it all and can't wait to use it. I may even try some of the other schedules available.
tess at the beach