Biology for the Grammar Stage Teacher Guide, 2nd ed.

The Biology for the Grammar Stage Teacher Guide includes 36 weeks of lessons plans that include a 20-week animal unit, a 10-week human body unit, and a 6-week plant unit. Based on a classical science education methodology, this manual is designed to give teachers the tools to help elementary students explore biological topics.

Unit overview pages list a books schedule, weekly sequence of study, poems to memorize, supplies needed for the unit, and vocabulary.

Weekly lesson components include:

• A science demonstration (using easy-to-find materials)
• A science-oriented books section (which provides the reading assignments with page numbers and optional additional books)
• Notebooking instructions (narration, lapbooking, and vocabulary) which often involve the student workbook pages
• Multi-week project and activity instructions
• Memorization of vocabulary & basic facts
• Quiz (in student workbook) with quiz answer key
• Two schedules: one 2-days-per-week and one 5-days-per week

  The student workbook is sold-separately but necessary, as it contains the pages needed to complete narrations, lab reports, and multi-week projects.

  There are five required books for this curriculum, and eight options:

  • Kingfisher First Encyclopedia of Animals (K-2) or DK Encyclopedia of Animals (2-4)
  • DK First Human Body Encyclopedia (Grades 1-3) or Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia (Grades 4-6)
  • Plant Parts (Life of Plant Series )(Grades 1-4) or Usborne Science Encyclopedia (Grades 3-5)
  • Janice Van Cleave's Biology for Every Kid and
  • Janice VanCleave's Science Around the World

  206 pages, softcover.