6th Grade Curriculum and Reading Lists

Here is the list of subjects my 6th grader will work with this school year. Sixth and seventh grade have become interchangeable over the years for me. Therefore, this list includes textbooks from both grades.

• Bible Study - Studying God's Word  - Christian Liberty Press
• Math - Saxon 7/6
• Language - Basics For Communicating Effectively - Christian Liberty Press
• Spelling - Building Spelling Skills Book 7 - Christian Liberty Press
• Science  Observing God's World - A Beka
• History  - History Of The World - A beka
• Writing - The Write Lab
• Piano - Private instructor
• Physical education
• Drills - Typing: Mavis Beacon; Math: Quarter Mile Math; Reading Comprehension: A Beka's Read and Think Skills, Latin From The Roots Up

Reading List

• Augustus Caesar's World - Genevieve Foster
• The World of Columbus and Sons - Genevieve Foster
• Golden Goblet - Eloise Jarvis McGraw
• I, Juan de Pareja - Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
• The Second Mrs. Giaconda - E.L Konigsburg
• Shadow of the Bull - Maia Wojciechowska
• Hittite the Warrior - Joann S. Williamson
• Swiss Family Robinson - Johann David Wyss
• Susan Creek - Douglas Wilson
• Black Thorn Winter - Douglas Wilson
• Squalls Before War: His Majesty's Schooner Sultana - Ned Bustard
• The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow - Allen French
• The Red Keep - Allen French
• The Lost Baron - Allen French
• The Ides of April - Lindsey Davis
• Catherine - Called Birdy - Karen Cushman
• Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne
• Yearling - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
• Cricket in Times Square - George Seiden
• Old Yeller - Fred Gipson
• Freckles - Gene Stratton-Porter
• Girl of the Limberlost - Gene Stratton Porter
• Mr. Pipes and the British Hymn Makers - Douglas Bond
• Mr. Pipes Comes to America - Douglas Bond
• Mr. Pipes and Psalms and Hymns of the Reformation - Douglas Bond
• The Gammage Cup - Carol Kendall
• Redwall Series - Jacques
• Eagle of the Ninth – Sutcliff
• The Hobbit – Tolkien
• The Secret Garden – Francis Hodgson-Burnett
• A Wrinkle In Time – Madeleine L’Engle
• The Wind InThe Willows – Kenneth Grahame
• Anne Of Green Gables – Lucy Maud Montgomery
• The Phoenix and the Carpet – E. Nesbit
• The Lantern Bearers – Rosemary Sutcliff
• The Chronicles of Narnia Series – C.S. Lewis
• Escape From Warsaw - Ian Serraillier
• The Children’s Homer
• The Black Stallion – Walter Farley
• Robinson Crusoe – Daniel Defoe
• A Gathering of Days – Joan W. Blos
• Justin Morgan Had A Horse – Marguerite Henry
• The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt By Day – Scott O’Dell
• Early Thunder – Jean Fritz
• Justin Morgan Had A Horse – Marguerite Henry (any M. Henry selection)
• The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt By Day – Scott O’Dell
• Scottish Chiefs – Jane Porter
• Otto Of The Silver Hand – Howard Pyle
• Where The Red Fern Grows – Wilson Rawls
• The Bronze Bow – Elizabeth G. Speare
• Kidnapped – Robert Louis Stevenson
• Lad: A Dog – Albert Payson Terhune
• The Prince and the Pauper – Mark Twain
• Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm – Kate Douglas Wiggin
• Carry On, Mr. Bowditch – Jean Lee Latham
• Archimedes And The Door Of Science – Jeanne Bendick
• The Lost Princess – George MacDonald
• The Door In The Wall – Marguerite de Angeli
• The Witch Of Blackbird Pond