Hedgehogs4 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I can hardly believe that I am posting on the 8th grade thread. We just started K a couple weeks ago, didn't we? We are going to be doing the following: TOG Year 2 Saxon Algebra 1 Apologia Physical Analytical Grammar, season 3 Cover Story Phonetic Zoo (spelling) List C Spanish 1 Java Script PE - Olympic Lifting and CrossFit, 4 days per week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 We officially start school next week, finally! Math- (we've already done Alg. 1 but I feel like we need a bit more depth) Lial's Beg./Intermediate Alg., Keys to Geometry, and Jergensen Geometry. This will be spread out over the next 2- 2.5 years. History/Writing Spievogel World History and EP videos IEW theme based writing and writing across the curriculum in an IEW style Science Hewitts Conceptual Physics, EP Physics, TOPS Motion, Machines. Electricity, heat? Language Arts IEW- Phonetic Zoo IEW Fix-It books 1 and 2 Killgallon Sentence and Paragraph for M.S. Vocabulary from Latin and Greek Roots P.E. and Health Membership at YMCA and EP Nutrition/Health videos Spanish No idea..... I'm putting this off until October. We might start on some simple Vocab this year and wait until he can take a class at local cottage school next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 We start next week, too. I should go back and see what I have changed since I posted in this thread. foxbridgecademy, what does EP stand for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 We start next week, too. I should go back and see what I have changed since I posted in this thread. foxbridgecademy, what does EP stand for? Education Portal (short "videos"). I signed up back when it was still free, I start paying in Oct., $20 per month (ouch) but it is DS's favorite resource so we'll see how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tntmomof2 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 ELA - essentials in writing Teaching the classics Worldly Wise Englishgrammar101.com Science - Reviewing Earth Science 3rd addition Earth Science for High School Lesson Guide by Lisa Michalek Barron's ES review and exams books Math - Foersters Algebra 1 Math without Borders Barron's Algebra 1 review and exam books Social Studies - Prentice Hall America: History of our Nation Health - we'll be using multiple online sources along with life experiences. We will include nutrition, human sexuality, drug and alcohol awareness and appropriate sex ed. Music - saxophone private and group lessons. Foreign language - Spanish, Rosetta Stone Paso A Paso Visual arts - weekly homeschool group art lesson. We plan on also doing research on Van Gogh, Picasso, DaVinci, and Monet. Technology - my husband and I build the dance props throughout the year for DSs dance studio. We will use that as his technology lessons. We will have him help in all stages of prop building using math and science skills. Home and Career Skills - Financial Management, sewing, home care, gardening PE - Biking, swimming, hiking, and a local group of homeschoolers get together weekly for sports in the park. Extracurriculars - competitive dance (jazz, tap, lyrical, ballet, contemporary, hip hop, breakdancing). Mixed Martial Arts. Gymnastics. He may join the local chess club if we can fit it into his schedule. ETA - I forgot about Mindcraft Homeschooling. Mostly for fun with the benefit of more learning :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songsparrow Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 This is my first time being organized enough to post to one of these threads! This is our everything-we'd-want-to-do-in-an-ideal-world plan; we'll see how we need to adjust/scale back to fit reality! Math * Algebra 1 (2nd half): Jacobs' Elementary Algebra * Geometry: Jacobs' Geometry possibly supplemented with Patty Paper Geometry and Hands’ On Geometry: Constructions with Straightedge and Compass Science * Ornithology: Essential Ornithology by Graham Scott, Manual of Ornithology: Avian Structure and Function by Noble S. Proctor, The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior, The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America, lots of field work/bird walks * Forensics unit study: TBD American History: History of Us by Joy Hakim, Stanford History Education Group’s primary source materials lessons, Teaching Company / Great Course Lectures: High School Level-Early American History: Native Americans through the Forty-Niners, PBS Series Liberty!: The American Revolution, assorted essays and historical literature, field trips Language Arts: Michael Clay Thompson Level 4 * Vocabulary: Word Within the Word, Vocabulary Cartoons: SAT Word Power * Grammar: Magic Lens 1, 4Practice 1 * Writing: Essay Voyage, possibly moving into Advanced Academic Writing 1 later in the year, writing across the curriculum * Poetry: Poetry & Humanity, poem of the day * Literature: various classics chosen from our 8th Grade Book List, various essays * Study Skills: How to Become a Superstar Student; work on note taking, outlining and other skills across the curriculum * Other: Toastmaster’s Effective Communication class (public speaking / working in groups) French: Bien Dit, Quizlet & Rosetta Stone for practice Art: Drawing class at local studio, daily sketching/painting, How to Look at and Understand Great Art from the Great Courses, field trips to museums and for sketching Then the subjects we will cover less often than daily or less rigorously than a full course: Latin: Getting Started with Latin (1 lesson per day, continuing from where we left off) Logic / Critical Thinking: portions of James Madison Critical Thinking Health: Buzzed: The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy by Cynthia Kuhn, other TBD Music: TBD (I'd like to do some music history/appreciation later in the year), concerts Typing: TBD (I'd like to fit some keyboarding practice in somewhere along the way) PE: Archery, horseback riding, biking, hiking (maybe with some orienteering / geocaching / letter boxing) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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