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Welcome to Lighted Lanterns Level B!
Lighted Lanterns Level B moves a step up from level A in difficulty. Level B is geared towards about a grade 3 level, but being a versatile, integrated approach, it can span numerous grade levels (as can Level A), by simply adapting the work to fit your child(ren).
Level B has 9 Units consisting of 4 lessons each, and follows the same pattern as Level A.
Lighted Lanterns Companion
Level B ReaderThis supplement to Lighted Lanterns is comprised of 9 units of short stories and poems to coincide with the 9 units in Level B. While it is not necessary to have the reader to successfully use Level B, the stories and poems used for the copywork selections are included, as well as many more, for a more complete course of study.
Concepts covered in Level BWriting Purposes
Descriptions
Explanations
News stories
Directions
Poems
Stories
Plays
Letters - business
Research Reports
Punctuation
Periods after statements, abbreviations, initials, commands and requests.
Question marks
Comma after introductory phrases, showing pauses
Comma between city and state
Comma in dates
Comma after greeting and closing of a letter
Comma - in a series
Comma before end of quotation marks
Comma to separate name of person addressed from rest of sentence
Commas in divided quotations
Hyphen – connect compound words; divide at syllables
Dash – is longer than a hyphen; reason for use
Semicolons separate clauses
Apostrophe - show missing letters
Apostrophe - show possession
Quotation marks
Exclamation marks
Capitalization
I
Words that have to do with God
Sentence beginnings
Greetings and closings in Letters
Proper nouns
Most beginning lines of poems
Main words of titles in books, poems, stories, and reports
Grammar
Complete Subject/Complete Predicate
Nouns
Verbs
Pronouns
Adjectives
Adverbs
Coordinating
Conjunctions
Articles
Usage
Use a before a consonant and an before a vowel
Use correctly various irregular and helping verbs
Name self last (he and I/him and me: not me and him.)
Plurals – s/es/ies
Root Words
Spelling rules
I before e except after c
ea blend short
ea blend long
Silent gh
ph as /f/
Vowel/consonant/silent e pattern
ck blend
Silent k words
Vocabulary
Antonyms
Synonyms
Compound words
Homophones
Study Skills
Use a dictionary, finding words and their meanings, using guide words for greater speed.
Learn to use indexes & tables of contents
3-4 words in ABC order by first and second letters
Extra
Poetry Patterns
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Acrostics
Quatrains
Read what one homeschool facilitator has to say about the Lighted Lanterns L.A. program:
Lighted Lanterns: A Catholic Language Arts Program is a child centered, multisensory approach using a variety of beautiful visuals, teaching strategies and engaging exercises. A well laid out and comprehensive program, it does not require hours of preparation, but lends itself easily to extensions of lessons and further self directed or family experiences. All contained in one beautifully bound book - very portable! The rich Catholic content includes stories, poems, scripture, biographies of the saints and interesting facts. Using the Natural Method of learning as a model, Lighted Lanterns is adaptable to a range of grades and ages, with modifications made appropriate to the level of the child. I certainly wish I could have used this resource when my children were young; what a wonderful way to grow and share our family faith.....
Bernadette Palamarek
Teacher/Consultant - 18 years experience facilitating home educating families
Centre for Learning @ Home
Christ the Redeemer S.D. #3
Lighted Lanterns Level B moves a step up from level A in difficulty. Level B is geared towards about a grade 3 level, but being a versatile, integrated approach, it can span numerous grade levels (as can Level A), by simply adapting the work to fit your child(ren).
Level B has 9 Units consisting of 4 lessons each, and follows the same pattern as Level A.
Lighted Lanterns Companion
Level B ReaderThis supplement to Lighted Lanterns is comprised of 9 units of short stories and poems to coincide with the 9 units in Level B. While it is not necessary to have the reader to successfully use Level B, the stories and poems used for the copywork selections are included, as well as many more, for a more complete course of study.
Concepts covered in Level BWriting Purposes
Descriptions
Explanations
News stories
Directions
Poems
Stories
Plays
Letters - business
Research Reports
Punctuation
Periods after statements, abbreviations, initials, commands and requests.
Question marks
Comma after introductory phrases, showing pauses
Comma between city and state
Comma in dates
Comma after greeting and closing of a letter
Comma - in a series
Comma before end of quotation marks
Comma to separate name of person addressed from rest of sentence
Commas in divided quotations
Hyphen – connect compound words; divide at syllables
Dash – is longer than a hyphen; reason for use
Semicolons separate clauses
Apostrophe - show missing letters
Apostrophe - show possession
Quotation marks
Exclamation marks
Capitalization
I
Words that have to do with God
Sentence beginnings
Greetings and closings in Letters
Proper nouns
Most beginning lines of poems
Main words of titles in books, poems, stories, and reports
Grammar
Complete Subject/Complete Predicate
Nouns
Verbs
Pronouns
Adjectives
Adverbs
Coordinating
Conjunctions
Articles
Usage
Use a before a consonant and an before a vowel
Use correctly various irregular and helping verbs
Name self last (he and I/him and me: not me and him.)
Plurals – s/es/ies
Root Words
Spelling rules
I before e except after c
ea blend short
ea blend long
Silent gh
ph as /f/
Vowel/consonant/silent e pattern
ck blend
Silent k words
Vocabulary
Antonyms
Synonyms
Compound words
Homophones
Study Skills
Use a dictionary, finding words and their meanings, using guide words for greater speed.
Learn to use indexes & tables of contents
3-4 words in ABC order by first and second letters
Extra
Poetry Patterns
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Acrostics
Quatrains
Read what one homeschool facilitator has to say about the Lighted Lanterns L.A. program:
Lighted Lanterns: A Catholic Language Arts Program is a child centered, multisensory approach using a variety of beautiful visuals, teaching strategies and engaging exercises. A well laid out and comprehensive program, it does not require hours of preparation, but lends itself easily to extensions of lessons and further self directed or family experiences. All contained in one beautifully bound book - very portable! The rich Catholic content includes stories, poems, scripture, biographies of the saints and interesting facts. Using the Natural Method of learning as a model, Lighted Lanterns is adaptable to a range of grades and ages, with modifications made appropriate to the level of the child. I certainly wish I could have used this resource when my children were young; what a wonderful way to grow and share our family faith.....
Bernadette Palamarek
Teacher/Consultant - 18 years experience facilitating home educating families
Centre for Learning @ Home
Christ the Redeemer S.D. #3