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Curriculum

The Brainsarefun Institute Course of Study

SAMPLE CURRICULUM - The following is an example of how a five-week accelerateted course looks. Your actual course plan will vary according to student age, schedule and individual skill levels.

Preliminary competency tests in reading and writing, for all students, begins the course. Similar tests are administered the final week to determine progress. Sponsoring schools determine their own tests.

Each Monday through Thursday class is one class-period long. Classes do not meet of Friday. Saturday classes are two hours each. Parents are invited to attend Saturday classes.

WEEK ONE -

Monday, Day One (hour one)

• evaluation
• portfolios
• accelerated reading study skills
• 555's
• graphing and counting
• contracts

Tuesday, Day Two (hour two)

• portfolios
• accelerated reading study skills
• 555's
• graphing and counting
• contracts

Wednesday, Day Three (hour three)

• portfolios
• accelerated reading study skills
• 555's
• graphing and counting
• contracts

Thursday, Day Four (hour four)

• portfolios
• accelerated reading study skills
• 555's
• graphing and counting
• contracts

Saturday, Day Five (hours five and six)

• parents and teachers invited to participate
• portfolios
• accelerated reading study skills
• 555's
• graphing and counting
• contracts

WEEK TWO -

Monday, Day Six (hour seven)

• portfolios
• accelerated reading study skills
• 555's
• graphing and counting
• contracts

Tuesday, Day Seven (hour eight)

• portfolios
• accelerated reading study skills
• 555's
• graphing and counting
• contracts

Wednesday, Day Eight (hour nine)

• portfolios
• accelerated reading study skills
• 555's
• graphing and counting
• contracts

Thursday, Day Nine (hour ten)

• portfolios
• accelerated reading study skills
• 555's
• graphing and counting
• contracts

Saturday Accelerated Study Two (hours eleven and twelve)

• parents and teachers invited to participate
• accelerated reading study skills
• 555's
• graphing and counting
• contracts

WEEK THREE -

Monday, Day Eleven

• portfolios
• accelerated reading study skills
• 555's
• graphing and counting
• contracts

Tuesday, Day Twelve

• portfolios
• accelerated reading study skills
• 555's
• graphing and counting
• contracts

Wednesday, Day Thirteen

• portfolios
• accelerated reading study skills
• 555's
• graphing and counting
• contracts

Thursday, Day Fourteen

• portfolios
• accelerated reading study skills
• 555's
• graphing and counting
• contracts

Saturday, Day Fifteen (hours seventeen and eighten)

• parents and teachers invited to participate
• portfolios
• accelerated reading study skills
• 555's
• graphing and counting
• contracts

WEEK FOUR -

Monday Day Sixteen (hour nineteen)

• portfolios
• accelerated reading study skills
• 555's
• graphing and counting
• contracts

Tuesday Day Seventeen (hour twenty)

• portfolios
• accelerated reading study skills
• 555's
• graphing and counting
• contracts

Wednesday Day Eighteen (hour twenty one)

• portfolios
• accelerated reading study skills
• 555's
• graphing and counting
• contracts

Thursday Day Nineteen (hour twenty two)

• portfolios
• accelerated reading study skills
• 555's
• graphing and counting
• contracts

Saturday, Day Twenty (hours twenty three and twenty four)

• parents and teachers invited to participate
• portfolios
• accelerated reading study skills
• 555's
• graphing and counting
• contracts

WEEK FIVE -

Monday, Day Twenty one (hour twenty five)

• portfolios
• accelerated reading study skills
• 555's
• graphing and counting
• contracts

Tuesday, Day Twenty two (hour twenty six)

• portfolios
• accelerated reading study skills
• 555's
• graphing and counting
• contracts

Wednesday, Twenty three (hour twenty seven)

• Final evaluation

Thursday Day, Twenty four (hour twenty eight)

• Final Evaluation
• Conclusion

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