Notebook Summary, Grades 1 through 4

Language (use a different notebook for each grade)

This notebook contains four sections:

1. Spelling. Use for rules that the child is having difficulty with, and for a list of “Trouble Words” that he consistently misspells.
2. Grammar. Use to file any grammar exercises that the child completes on his own paper.
3. Reading.
   • a. My Reading. Use for summaries or illustrations of books from the reading lists in Chapter 5.
   • b. Memory Work. All pieces learned by heart and recited in front of family or friends.
4. Writing. Use for copywork assignments, dictation, composition assignments, letters, and other writings.

History (use the same notebook for grades 1–4)

This notebook contains four divisions; each has pictures, compositions, and historical narrations, arranged in chronological order.

1. Ancients
2. Medieval–early Renaissance
3. Late Renaissance–early modern
4. Modern

Science (use a new notebook each year)

The life-science notebook (first grade) has three divisions:

1. Animals
2. The Human Body
3. Plants

The earth-science notebook (second grade) has two divisions:

1. The Earth
2. Sky and Space

The chemistry notebook (third grade) has two divisions:

1. Definitions
2. Experiments

The physics notebook (fourth grade) has two divisions:

1. Definitions
2. Experiments