Age 8-10 Year at a Glance
The Age 8-10 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: Interdependence
Unit 1: Dirt and Plants
Dirt by Steve Tomecek
Unit 1: Little House in the Big Woods
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Unit 2: Native Americans
The Very First Americans by Cara Ashrose
Unit 2: The Sign of the Beaver
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
Unit 3: Ecosystems and Ecology
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Unit 3: Native American Animal Stories
Native American Animal Stories by Joseph Bruchac, Michael J. Caduto, John Kahionhes Fadden
Concept 2: Force and Power
Unit 1: Magnetism and Electricity
Electricity and Magnetism by Peter Adamczyk and Paul-Francis Law
Unit 1: Ben and Me
Ben and Me by Robert Lawson
Unit 2: The Power of People
Presidential Elections and Other Cool Facts by Syl Sobel, J.D.
Unit 2: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Unit 3: Forces of Nature
The Gripping Truth about Forces and Motion by Agnieszka Biskup
Unit 3: The BFG
The BFG by Roald Dahl
Concept 3: Similarities and Differences
Unit 1: Africa and Asia
Unit 1: Stories from Africa and Asia
A Kids Guide to Japan by Moving Beyond the Page
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
The Mystery of Meerkat Hill by Alexander McCall Smith
Unit 2: Rocks and Minerals
Everything Rocks and Minerals by Steve Tomecek
Unit 2: Holes
Holes by Louis Sachar
Unit 3: Europe
The Kitchen Knight: The Tale of King Arthur by Margaret Hodges
Turn of the Century by Ellen Jackson
Unit 3: Stories from Europe
Fiona's Luck by Teresa Bateman
The Sea King's Daughter by Aaron Shepherd
The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson
Concept 4: Exploration and Survival
Unit 1: Animal Adaptations
How Do Animals Adapt? by Bobbie Kalman and Niki Walker
Unit 1: Abel's Island
Abel's Island by William Steig
Unit 2: Early Explorers
Exploration and Conquest by Betsy Maestro
Explorers Who Got Lost by Diane Sansevere-Dreher and Ed Renfro
Unit 2: Pedro's Journal
Pedro's Journal by Pam Conrad
The Island of the Skog by Steven Kellogg
Unit 3: Work, Tools, and Simple Machines
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Unit 3: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
Math
Unit 1: Place Value to 1,000,000
Unit 2: The Four Operations
[none]
Unit 3: Geometry
Unit 4: Multi-Digit Multiplication
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Unit 5: Fractions
Unit 6: Multi-Digit Division
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Unit 7: Decimals
Unit 8: Measurement
[none]
Unit 9: Skills Review
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