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CURRICULUM / UNIT STUDIES FULL CURRICULUM - ALL SUBJECTS arts instruction – composition, grammar, spell- ing, and vocabulary – with quality excerpts and Rainbow Curriculum Starter Packages (K-8) book studies from classic children’s literature. “I need your 7th grade curriculum package.” Books required for the course are included, How often we’ve heard similar pleas, but didn’t and the answers are in the Teacher’s Manuals. have a package option to offer. Now we do! G.U.M. Drops provides editing passages from With the new homeschooler in mind, we wanted classic literature along with brief presentations them to be easy to jump into and get started. of each rule or concept before the exercises. They are! We also wanted them to be solid and Answers are in the back of the book. Spelling strong in academics. They are! And we wanted Workout is a phonics-based weekly-list spelling them to utilize a variety of homeschooling prod- program. 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