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Level F All-Subject Package
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Includes everything you need to teach with confidence for full year. All of the planning is done for you. Relax knowing you don't have to be an expert to give your child an excellent education.
Included in this package:
- The 20% off package pricing
- Instructor’s Guides
- History & Geography
- Read-Alouds
- Readers
- Language Arts
- Spelling
- Math
- Science
- Required Resources
Here's an in depth look at what you'll receive and learn.
Instructor’s Guides
Includes a 36-Week, 4-Day schedule designed to save one day a week for co-ops, music lessons, sports, field trips or other extra-curricular activities. Includes colorful map answer keys, discussion questions and answers as well as background notes to help you get the most from the time you spend with your child.\
Virtual
An optional online platform that enables students to access their reading schedules, take assessments, and receive instant auto-grading results. Parents can track and review student work, customize assessments, and message students directly from a computer or mobile device. A Virtual course includes 1 student + 1 parent/teacher account.
If purchased in April, May or June of this year, access to Virtual can start as early as July 1st. You will be able to start on the date of your choice up to 6 months of purchase date. Virtual courses MUST be started within 6 months of purchase. You will have 12 months from the time of your start date to complete the course.
History & Geography │ Eastern Hemisphere
Travel to North Africa, the Middle East and Asia! Excitement and adventure await your children in the mysterious Eastern Hemisphere.
The history centerpiece is Journey to the Eastern Hemisphere, a book (new for 2016!) that combines articles and photos about various countries and regions: China, Korea, Japan, Russia, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, India, the Middle East, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Africa, the Pacific Islands, New Zealand, Australia, and Antarctica.
Read-Alouds
Share adventures of life overseas with your children with 16 Read-Alouds. See cultures with new eyes as you walk with a young Tibetan girl from her homeland all the way to Calcutta. Shuffle behind Marjan, a disabled Persian girl, as she risks her life to collect stories for the Sultan's wife, who must tell him a new tale every night--or be killed.
Readers
Your children will get more glimpses into life in the Eastern Hemisphere through their Readers this year. They'll meet characters who inspire courage, curiosity, strength and lots of fun!
After you meet one such character in Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, your children will use the included paper to make their own authentic Japanese origami.
Language Arts
This complete Language Arts program helps your child stretch his or her imagination and refine communication skills through a wide variety of writing assignments, including plenty of creative writing.
The following OPTIONAL supplements Wordly Wise 3000, Book 5 & Teacher's Key and Keys to Good Language 5 are scheduled in the guide for your convenience but not required. (Not included in the All-Subject package but can be added using the Customize Tab).
Spelling
Spelling You See takes the approach that students spell correctly when words are imprinted on the visual memory. The design of the program allows students to develop spelling skills naturally, at their own pace, with the direction and encouragement of the instructor.
See the General Spelling Readiness Guidelines for more information on placing your student in the correct level.
Science
This engaging, new Science course combines BookShark’s signature, literature-based approach with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Through captivating literature and experiments, our highly academic program utilizes NGSS crosscutting concepts to unify the study of science and engineering through common application.
Science F students will dive deep into the application of science, learning about stars and the solar system, human impact on earth’s materials and systems, matter and energy, and properties of matter.
The literature starts with How to Be Good at Science: Technology, and Engineering, a comprehensive showcase of science and technology. The book is packed with eye-catching illustrations explaining everything from atoms and microchips to the multi-layered structure of the earth. Students will also read a spectacular full-color book on space, an eye-opening guide that explains the water industry, and a biography about the award-winning author and marine biologist Rachel Carson.
Experiments range from: engineering a catapult, constructing an articulating hand, making plastic from corn, and many more!
Math
The Math-U-See Epsilon Universal Set comes with this All-Subject Package. You may also choose from other math programs such as Saxon and Singapore using the customize tab. To find out if your student is ready for Epsilon take the Epsilon Readiness Assessment.
Required Resources
A few essential resources make your learning extra rich this year. Includes The Timeline Book, Markable Map & Markers and a 3” Binder with Tabs to organize your Instructor’s Guides.
Daily Time Requirements:
Child: 4 - 6 hrs; Parent: 2 - 3.5 hrs
- History F Instructor's Guide (B-FHB)
- Eastern Hemisphere Notebook Pages (B-FCG1)
- Nelson Mandela: No Easy Walk to Freedom (B-FH03)
- Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? (B-FH06)
- Gandhi: Young Nation Builder (B-FH09)
- Mother Teresa (B-FH11)
- Journey to the Eastern Hemisphere (B-FH15)
- The Shadows of Ghadames (B-FH17)
- China Kit (B-FH23)
- Timeline Figures - F (B-FHB1)
- Homesick (B-FR14)
- Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (B-FA01)
- I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade (B-FA02)
- A Long Walk to Water (B-FA04)
- Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions (B-FA05)
- A Moment Comes (B-FA11)
- Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum (B-FA12)
- The Master Puppeteer (B-FA52)
- The Horse and His Boy (B-FA56)
- Journey to Jo'Burg (B-FA57)
- Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze (B-FA62)
- Seven Daughters and Seven Sons (B-FA63)
- The Land I Lost (B-FA64)
- All the Small Poems (B-FA65)
- Daughter of the Mountains (B-FA66)
- Shadow Spinner (B-FA67)
- Call it Courage (B-FR03)
- Henry Reed, Inc. (B-ER22)
- Sweet and Sour: Tales from China (B-FA68)
- The Year of the Dog (B-FA69)
- Water Sky (B-FR01)
- The Kite Fighters (B-FR04)
- The Big Wave (B-FR05)
- The Cat Who Went to Heaven (B-FR06)
- Just So Stories (B-FR09)
- A Girl Named Disaster (B-FR10)
- Wild Orchid (B-FR11)
- King of the Wind (B-FR15)
- Around the World in Eighty Days (B-FR17)
- Ali and the Golden Eagle (B-FR18)
- Li Lun, Lad of Courage (B-FR19)
- Red Sand, Blue Sky (B-FR21)
- Born in the Year of Courage (B-FR23)
- Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (B-FR251)
- Fun With Easy Origami (B-FR252)
- Habibi (B-FR26)
- Rickshaw Girl (B-FR28)
- Breaking Stalin's Nose (B-FR30)
One Set of Consumables is included with the package. To add consumables for another student please click here.
Is BookShark a History or a Reading program?
BookShark is both! We are a literature based program that teaches History through reading and listening. In Levels A-C, the focus of our program is on developing and strengthening reading ability. This is why we offer multiple Reader levels for the early packages. Beginning in Level D, however, the focus shifts from strengthening reading ability to building reading comprehension. From Level D up, we integrate the Reading, Read-Alouds, and Language Arts assignments with the History readings. Instead of learning to read, your children will be reading to learn!
Do the Readers integrate with the History reading?
Yes, they do! For Level D and up, all of our Readers were chosen because of how well they represent the topics and times you'll be studying in History readings. The Readers in this package also integrate with Language Arts assignments. This approach gives your student an opportunity to soak up subject matter in three different ways: by listening, by writing, and (of course) by reading!
Can I use this package for both of my children?
Yes, you can use the All-Subject Package with two or more students!
If your children are within three years of age, we recommend that you put them in the same BookShark All-Subject Package. Your children will be able to share most of the resources in the All-Subject Package, including Read-Alouds, Science, and History books. They can also share the Timeline Book and Timeline Figures, but you will need duplicates of some of the Activity Sheets. You may also need additional Math resources. Please look at the “Consumables” tab to see a full list of the consumable materials in this package.
Please remember that Reading & Language Arts and Math are skill based subjects. Even though your students are in the same age range, they may not have the same skill levels. Use the assessments on our Resources page to help you pick the correct Reading and Math option for each of your children.
Once you know the correct Reader and Math levels, customize the All-Subject Package to fit one of your student’s needs. Then, supplement the package with an additional Reading & Language Arts and a Math program that fits your other students.
Not sure if this is the right fit? Please review the options below to find a package that will work for both of your children:
- Ages 8-11 | Level D All-Subject Package
- Ages 9-12 | Level E All-Subject Package
- Ages 11-13 | Level G All-Subject Package
- Ages 12-14 | Level H All-Subject Package
If there is more than a three year age difference between your children, we recommend that you purchase a separate package for each student. Our Level A All-Subject Package (for ages 5-7) is a good pairing with our Level F package as it provides an Introduction to World Cultures.
Which Math program/level will be best for my child?
Math, like reading, is a skill-based subject. It is important to pick a program and a level that fits with your child’s learning style and ability. Please take a look at our Resources page for a comparison of our different math options. We also have placement tests to help you figure out the appropriate starting point for your child.
Can I purchase the package without Math?
Our All-Subject Packages are built to include everything you need for your school year: History, Reading, Language Arts, Science, and Math. We love our packages so much that we discount them 20% off retail price. You can purchase the elements of the All-Subject Package without purchasing math, but you will not receive our 20% off package discount.
If you are certain none of our math options will work for you, please add the following products to your cart individually:
- Reading with History F (these packages are discounted 15% off the retail price)
- Language Arts F
- Science F Package
- OPTIONAL Wordly Wise 3000 Book 5 & Teacher's Key
- OPTIONAL Keys to Good Language 5
Do you have Handwriting for Level F?
Handwriting is not included in our Level F All-Subject Package, but we do have a Handwriting package for Level F! please follow this link to add Handwriting Without Tears: Can-Do Cursive to your cart.
What are the “Required Resources” and why are they required?
The Required Resources includes a big binder with 36 week tabs for your Instructor’s Guides, The Timeline Book, a reusable Markable Map, and a set of wet-erase markers. These resources will be reused in almost every level of our History program and can be shared by multiple students. You will be given the option to purchase these items every time you buy an All-Subject or Reading with History Package, but you only need to buy it once.
For more information on BookShark, please see our FAQs page.
The decision to homeschool our daughter, Alexa, was an easy one. Choosing a curriculum that worked well with her goals and schedule was a little more difficult.
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