Completely redesigned and updated throughout, Five in a Row Volume is an easy-to-follow, highly effective instructional guide for teaching Social Studies, Language, Art, Applied Math and Science using outstanding children’s literature as the basis for each weekly unit study. Lessons are designed for children ages 5 through 9, and include a discussion guide and questions, teacher answers, hands-on activities, and suggestions for further study.
Visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners and teachers will all benefit from Five in a Row’s variety of lessons and activities which are carefully laid out and available for you to choose whichever one fits your schedule for the day. Expect to be ready to teach with as little as five minutes of preparation time. You’ll find everything you need to be an effective teacher at your fingertips- pronunciation guides to foreign words or phrases, background information on history, geography, art and science lessons, facts, figures, and activity suggestions for a wonderful variety of hands-on learning experiences.
New features in these second editions include Jane Claire’s Tips for Those Beginning Five in a Row, with step-by-step teaching guidance for each day of the week; Teacher’s Notes pages for every title, providing a place to record lessons, go-along resources, favorite memories, and more; and Activity Sheets for every title that support and add to the lessons.
Literature titles used in Volume 1 include:
The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese*
Lentil by Robert McCloskey*
Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans*
A Pair of Red Clogs by Masako Matsuno*
The Rag Coat by Lauren Mills*
Who Owns the Sun? by Stacy Chbosky*
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton*
The Glorious Flight by Alice and Martin Provensen*
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman*
Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say *
Cranberry Thanksgiving by Wende and Harry Devlin*
Another Celebrated Dancing Bear by Gladys Scheffrin-Falk*
Papa Piccolo by Carol Talley
Very Last First Time by Jan Andrews*
The Clown of God by Tomie DePaola*
Storm in the Night by Mary Stoltz*
Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton*
Night of the Moonjellies by Mark Shasha*
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost (with illustrations by Susan Jeffers)*
* Available at Heppner's Legacy
