ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, 5-8:
CREATING NOTEBOOKS IN GRADES 5-8
by Jessie Wise

    The basic text for history is the Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, available through major bookstores or from Rainbow Resource Center (1-888-841-3456):

HISTORY NOTEBOOKS SHOULD CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS:

1. Outlines
2. Great Men and Women
3. Wars, Conflicts & Politics
4. Inventions & Technology
5. Religion
6. Daily Life
7. Cities & Settlements
8. Primary Sources
9. The Arts & Great Books

BASIC PATTERN OF STUDY:

1. Read and outline a two-page section from the Kingfisher History of the World.
2. Mark dates on timeline.
3. Find region under study on globe, wall map, or atlas.
4. Do additional reading from list or library or bookstore purchase.
5. Prepare at least two summaries per week of the topics done for extra reading.
6. File corrected "best-effort" summary under the appropriate section (2-9 in the list above) in the history notebook.

LANGUAGE ARTS NOTEBOOK
1. Spelling
2. Word Study
3. Grammar: Rules
4. Grammar: Diagramming
5. Reading
6. Memory Work
7. Dictation
8. Writing

SCIENCE NOTEBOOK
1. Dates
2. Reports
3. Sketches
4. Experiments
5. Memory Work