Age 6-8 Year at a Glance
The Age 6-8 level of Beyond the Page is structured around four 9-week concepts. Each of these concepts is made up of three language arts units and three science and social studies units. Each unit contains about 10 lessons and a final project.
You will do two lessons each day: one in science and social studies and one in language arts. Start with the first concept. When you finish it move on to the second.
Here is a list of the concepts in the order you will complete them along with the associated books.
Science and Social Studies Units
Language Arts Units
Concept 1: Community
Unit 1: Communities Around the World
If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Nemeroff
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
Unit 2: Citizenship
Home by Jeannie Baker
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
Unit 3: Plants and Animals
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Concept 2: Matter and Movement
Unit 1: States of Matter
Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr Suess
What is the World Made Of? by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld and Paul Meisel
What's the Matter in Mr. Whiskers' Room? by Michael Elsohn Ross
Unit 2: Earth
Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor
You're Aboard Spaceship Earth by Patricia Lauber
Unit 3: Balance and Motion
Forces Make Things Move by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Move It! Motion, Forces and You by Adrienne Mason and Claudia Davila
Concept 3: Culture
Unit 1: Geography
The Armadillo from Amarillo by Lynne Cherry
The Usborne Children's Picture Atlas by Ruth Brocklehurst and Linda Edwards
Unit 2: People Around the World
Africa Is Not a Country by Margy Burns Knight
Christmas Around the World by Mary D. Lankford
Explore Asia by Bobbie Kalman
Explore South America by Bobbie Kalman
The Usborne Children's Picture Atlas by Ruth Brocklehurst and Linda Edwards
Three Young Pilgrims by Cheryl Harness
Unit 3: Stories Around the World
A Child's Calendar by John Updike and Trina Schart Hyman
Paul Bunyan by Steven Kelogg
The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo and Ruth Heller
The Irish Cinderlad by Shirley Climo and Loretta Krupinski
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema, Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon
Yeh-Shen by Ai-Ling Louie
Concept 4: Relationships
Unit 1: Living Things and Their Environment
Unit 2: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Unit 3: Connecting with the Past
Math
Unit 1: Number Sense
More or Less by Stuart J. Murphy
Unit 2: Addition and Subtraction/Fact Power!
Mission Addition by Loreen Leedy
Subtraction Action by Loreen Leedy
Unit 3: Geometry
Grandfather Tang's Story by Ann Tompert
The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns
Unit 4: Place Value I
Earth Day - Hooray! by Stuart J. Murphy and Renee Andriani
Unit 5: Measurement: Length
How Long or How Wide: A Measuring Guide by Brian P. Cleary
Unit 6: Place Value II
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Unit 7: Telling Time
Unit 8: Money
The Coin Counting Book by Roxanne Lanczak Williams
Unit 9: Data and Graphing
Lemonade for Sale by Stuart J. Murphy
Unit 10: Skills Review
The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns
Reading
Unit 1: Semester 1
[none]
Unit 2: Semester 2
A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni
Frog and Toad All Year by Arnold Lobel
Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel
Penny and Her Marble by Kevin Henkes