📦 Units & Themes

A five-day path for families beginning phonics without turning the week into a pressure cooker. Each day uses one short lesson and ordinary household supplies. **Simple weekly rhythm** 1. Learn and review letter sounds A-M. 2. Learn and review letter sounds N-Z. 3. Listen for short-vowel sounds. 4. Build and read simple -AT, -AN, and -AP words. 5. Read a picture book together and retell the beginning, middle, and end. Ten to twenty minutes is enough. Repeat a day when your child needs it; finishing the sequence quickly is not the goal. If blending is frustrating, pause and use the Parent Help resources before adding more words.

A five-day math path for children who are building a real sense of what numbers mean. Each lesson takes 10 to 15 minutes and uses ordinary objects. **Simple weekly rhythm** 1. Match one object to one count. 2. Recognize written digits without turning it into a test. 3. Compare two groups using more, fewer, and equal. 4. Notice and continue simple patterns. 5. Put small groups together to begin addition within 5. Start with smaller numbers whenever your child needs them. Repeat a day instead of pushing ahead, and stop while the work still feels manageable. Cups, blocks, buttons, crackers, and crayons can do nearly everything this week.

A flexible local-learning week that helps children notice the town around them. Use the lessons in order or choose the ones that fit your ages, weather, and schedule. **Simple weekly rhythm** 1. Draw or describe where you live and what makes a town work. 2. Learn about community helpers around Maryville. 3. Study Maryville as a town and locate familiar places. 4. Keep weather notes and compare what you observe from day to day. 5. Finish with a nature-journal page at a park, greenway, or your own backyard. You do not need a formal field trip every day. A library stop, neighborhood walk, conversation in the car, or twenty minutes outside can be enough. Younger children can draw and talk; older children can label maps, write observations, and look up one question using an official local source.

A four-day Tennessee geography sequence for fourth and fifth graders, with one short weather investigation that continues through the week. The lessons use Maryville as the starting point and move from map skills to the state's Grand Divisions, real weather data, and a statehood timeline. **Simple weekly rhythm** 1. Trace Tennessee from Maryville to Memphis and practice direction, scale, and map keys. 2. Label East, Middle, and West Tennessee and compare their major land regions. 3. Begin a five-day weather table for Knoxville, Nashville, and Memphis. 4. Build a timeline from the Southwest Territory to Tennessee statehood. Return to the weather table for about five minutes each day, then finish with a claim, evidence, and limit. The sequence takes roughly 30 to 45 minutes on the main lesson days. A printed map helps, but a screen map and hand-drawn table work too. Skip the longer statehood extension when you need a lighter week.