This is a sample schedule with most of the STAR subjects included. There is one book listed per subject at a time. If you would like to see more book options, or to create a custom weekly guide like this, you will want to purchase the full cycle.

Books Needed for this Schedule:

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• A Bible
• Be Still, My Soul by Randy Peterson
• Wonder full Ancient Psalms Ever New by Marty Machowski
• Maps by Aleksandra Mizielinska and Daniel Mizielinski 
• Seabird by Holling Clancy Holling
• Aesop's Fables for Children by Milo Winter
• Now We Are Six by A.A. Milne
• Adventures in the Physical World Level 2 by Carrie Lindquist
• The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton Burgess
• Laying Down the Rails for Children: A Habit-Training Companion by Lanaya Gore

Picture Books-Literature, Read Aloud (One Per Week):

1.  Cowboy Charlie: The Story of Charles M. Russell by Jeanette Winter
2. Locomotive by Brian Floca
3. Miss Fannie's Hat by Jan Karon
4. Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran and Barbara Cooney 
5. Goggles by Ezra Jack Keats
6. The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever by H. Joseph Hopkins
7. Mole Music by David McPhail
8. Albert by Donna Jo Napoli
9. Mailing May by Michael O. Tunnell
10. Frog and Toad All Year by Arnold Lobel
11. Hanna's Cold Winter by Trish Marx
12. Moses the Kitten by James Herriot
13. Only One Woof by James Herriot
14. The Christmas Day Kitten by James Herriot
15. Bonny's Big Day by James Herriot
16. Blossom Comes Home by James Herriot
17. The Market Square Dog by James Herriot
18. Oscar, Cat About-Town by James Herriot
19. Smudge, the Little Lost Lamb by James Herriot
20. The Raft by Jim LaMarche
21. Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
22. The Gullywasher by Joyce Rossi
23. Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel
24. Apples for Oregon by Deborah Hopkinson
25. The Gardener by Sarah Stewart
26. Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell and Lillian Hoban
27. Daisy Comes Home by Jan Brett
28. You are Special: A Story for Everyone by Max Lucado

Picture Books: History (One Per Week):

1. If You Lived During the Civil War by Denise Lewis Patrick
2. A Picture Book of Robert E. Lee by David A. Adler
3. Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books by Kay Winters
4. Abraham Lincoln by Ingri d'Aulaire and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire 
5. A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln by David A. Adler
6. Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine 
7. If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad by Ebony Wilkins 
8. A Picture Book of Florence Nightingale by David A. Adler
9. A Picture Book of Sojourner Truth by David A. Adler
10. The Wright Brothers' First Flight by Thomas Kingsley Troupe
11. A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman by David A. Adler 
12. This is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration by Jacqueline Woodson
13. A Picture Book of Thomas Alva Edison by David A. Adler 
14. A Picture Book of Frederick Douglass by David A. Adler
15. Potato: A Story of the Great Depression by Kate Lied
16. Across the Blue Pacific: A World War II Story by Louise Borden
17. A Picture Book of Anne Frank by David A. Adler 
18. A Picture Book of Jesse Owens by David A. Adler 
19. A Picture Book of Thurgood Marshall by David A. Adler
20. A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart by David A. Adler
21. A Picture Book of Jackie Robinson by David A. Adler 
22. A Picture Book kof Helen Keller by David A. Alder 
23. A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr. by David A. Adler 
24. A Picture Book of John F. Kennedy by David A. Adler
25. A Picture Book of Rosa Parks by David A. Adler 
26. The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles
27. A Picture Book of Cesar Chavez by David A. Adler
28. Mother Teresa of Calcutta by Francine Bay 

How to Use this Schedule:

Do the following four or five days per week:

• Bible Reading (optional: read on the weekend as well)
• Bible Memory
• Claritas Memory Work
• Sing Hymns
• Nature Walk
• Narration
• Copywork
• Dictation
• Math

Do the following two or three days per week:

• Apologetics
• Geography Reading
• Maps (look at maps, fill in maps, color maps, or play map games--do something with maps)
• Handicrafts
• Science & Nature Reading
• Life Skills
• Character Reading

Do the following one day per week:

• Hymn Study
• Read Aloud
• History
• Timeline (fill in what you've learned in this week's history)
• Aesop's Fable
• Listen to Composer's song
• Look at Artist's art
• Read Poem