Grades 1-6. Learning Activity Binder-Builder. This series is designed to supplement Cycle 2 of Classical Conversations SAMPLE PAGE

A J T L Grades 1-6 Learning Activity Binder-Builder This series is designed to supplement Cycle 2 of Classical Conversations *** You will need to own the Classical Conversations guide to use this product. - A Journey Through Learning www.ajourneythroughlearning.com Copyright 2013 A Journey Through Learning 1

This series is designed to complement Cycle 2 of Classical Conversations. *** You will need to own the Classical Conversations Foundations guide to complete these templates. Check out Classical Conversations for more information and to join a community near you! We are not affiliated with Classical Conversations in any way. However, we do love their resources and our CC community! Give CC a try today! http://www.classicalconversations.com Join us on Facebook! Please check our website at: www.ajourneythroughlearning.com While there, sign up for our email newsletters and receive a FREE lapbook! You ll also receive great discount codes, special offers, and find out what s new and what s to come! Authors: Nancy Fileccia and Paula Winget Copyright 2013 Published by A Journey Through Learning, L.L.C. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher. Permission is granted to print for one family use only. Purchase of this book does not entitle reproduction of any part of this book for any entire school district system. Such use is strictly prohibited. We follow the principals written and the laws created for the copyright law under the United States Constitution. Images taken from Clipart.com Printed in the United States of America Copyright 2013 A Journey Through Learning 2

What is a Binder-Builder? A Binder-Builder is a new name for an old concept! It is simply taking a 3-ring binder and colored cardstock and turning it into a wonderful showcase of your child s learning year! What you need to get started *A printed copy of the Binder-Builder by A Journey Through Learning *A copy of Classical Conversations program cycle 2--Foundations Guide 4 th Edition *25 pieces of 8.5 x 11 colored cardstock *1 inch 3-ring binder with clear sleeve on the front *Scissors *Glue (We recommend Zip Dry Glue) *Hole puncher *Brads *Stapler *Crayons and/or colored pencils *5 tabs- Label your tab dividers: History Notebooking, Science Notebooking, Fine Arts Notebooking, Geography, and Reports. The Reports tab will be optional. You will find this optional work in the back of the book. Maps ****Please note that this Binder-Builder DOES NOT include ANY maps. All of the maps can be found in your Classical Conversations Foundations Guide. (purchased separately) You can copy the maps and place them behind the Geography tab. We also provide a page for your child to draw maps. How Do I Use it With Classical Conversations? By using the Binder-Builder along with this wonderful program, you will be able to record much of what your child is learning and store it into one fun-packed binder! No more lost papers. You can still follow your relaxed, enjoyable learning style. This product is meant to be fun, NOT stressful. Use it to enhance your child s learning experience. Feel free to tailor the booklets to your child. Some days your child can simply draw instead of write or find the information on the internet and glue it onto the booklet. The choice is YOURS! Each week has a booklet for English, Science, and Latin. Math booklets DO NOT include skip counting. Math booklets start at week 11. You will also have notebooking pages for History, Science, and Fine Arts and a page to draw maps. You will need to own the Classical Conversations Foundations Guide to be able to complete this product. ***Please note: This workbook DOES NOT contain ANY of the memory sentences written out. These can be found in your Classical Conversations Foundations Guide. Copyright 2013 A Journey Through Learning 3

How Do I Set Up My Binder-Builder? Gather your pieces of cardstock and 3-hole punch them. Next, in the lower righthand corner number your cardstock from 1-25. Place in 3-ring binder. The front of the first page will have your cover sheet glued to it. Then, your first History Memory Copywork sheet will be glued to the back of that page. There are two different History Memory Copywork sheets. One is for older children. It has space for 4 days of copywork, The younger version has larger lines and only 2 days of copywork. The booklets for your first unit will then be glued to the front of your second page. This lay-out allows you to view anything for the unit you are studying at the same time! You will follow this process throughout the entire binder-builder. Located at the top right corner of each page, you will find the week of study. Each page will also have all directions for the construction of the mini-booklet. Each booklet is labeled with the subject. A small key is also here to show you where to glue each mini-booklet onto the card stock. ****If you would like to use the booklets for the week over and over, you can either; 1. slip the entire Memory Work page in a page protector sheet or 2. you can cut the left side off of a page protector and just slip it over the page. Then, on the last day of the week your child can write their answers on the books. This will allow you to have a finished copy at the end of the week of your child s work. Make 5 labeled tabs and place behind the cardstock. Behind these tabs you will place the notebooking pages, report pages, book log and more! Label your tabs with the following titles: History notebooking page Science notebooking page Fine arts notebooking page. Geography Reports (optional) Maps ****Please note that this Binder-Builder DOES NOT include ANY maps. All of the maps can be found in your Classical Conversations Foundations Guide. (purchased separately) You can copy the maps and place them behind the Geography tab. We also provide a page for your child to draw maps. Copyright 2013 A Journey Through Learning 4

Cut out and glue to the back of page 1. Copywork for older children. History Sentence Memory Copywork Week 1 Copywork: Day 1 Copywork: Day 2 Copywork: Day 3 Copywork: Day 4 Copyright 2013 A Journey Through Learning 6

Page 2 Week 1 Cut out the two circles. Cut out the window. Stack both circles on top of each other and fasten with a brad so top circle can rotate around. Glue onto the front of page 2. Directions: On each wedge, list a part of speech. The Eight Parts of Speech X English Cut me out X Copyright 2013 A Journey Through Learning 8

Page 2 Week 1 Cut out as one piece. Hotdog fold on the center line. Cut on the dotted lines to form lift tabs. Glue onto the front of page 2. Directions: List the Latin ending under the tab. I you he, she, it we you Latin Hotdog Fold they Copyright 2013 A Journey Through Learning 9

Grasslands Deserts Week 1 Page 2 Seven Biomes fold Science Scrublands Tundra Cut out booklet as one piece. Fold the back bottom section up in back and then fold the flaps back and glue to make a pocket. Cut out the strips on this page and the next. Store in pocket. Glue onto the front of page 2. Directions: On each strip, list a biome. Draw or glue a picture of things you will find in the biome. Copyright 2013 A Journey Through Learning 10

Basic Shapes--(OILS) Define Dots Fine Arts-Drawing Place behind Fine Arts Tab Define Circles Week 1 Draw dots Draw circles Define Straight Lines Define Curved Lines Draw Straight Lines Draw curved lines Define Angle Lines Copyright 2013 A Journey Through Learning 14

Cut out and glue to the back of page 2. Copywork for older children. History Sentence Memory Copywork Week 2 Copywork: Day 1 Copywork: Day 2 Copywork: Day 3 Copywork: Day 4 Copyright 2013 A Journey Through Learning 16

Page 3 Week 2 Cut out each booklet. Stack on top of each other and staple. Glue onto the front of page 3. Directions: Fill out the information on the booklet. Plural Singular Plural Singular Latin 1 st Conjugation Endings- Present Tense Latin Latin Copyright 2013 A Journey Through Learning 19

Page 3 Week 2 Make three copies of this page. Cut out each booklet. Stack them together and fold in half. Staple at the top. Cut out the cover label and glue to the outside of the closed booklet. Glue onto the front of page 3. Poem: On the first line on each page, write one of the consumers. Write a cinquain poem each type of consumer. Line 1 One word title Line 2 2 describing words about Line 1 Line 3 3 action words about Line 1 Line 4 4 words describing a feeling about Line 1 Line 5 1 word (a synonym) about Line 1 Science Three Types of Consumers Copyright 2013 A Journey Through Learning 20