deerforest Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I'm a bit in shock that I'm planning for my 6th grader. I posted this on the AL forum, but I wanted to see if anyone had some 6th grade ideas that will inspire me! MCT CE 1 vocabulary. Blackbird's poetry program. Something for spelling still. I think it will probably be whatever the next Megawords we need by then, probably 5 and 6. Drawing Sentences for ongoing diagramming practice MCT Voyages. Blackbird's Intro to Composition--2nd half of the year AoPS Pre-algebra for sure. DD said she really wants to continue it. History will be Medieval/Middle Ages using OUP and K12 Human Odyssey. I don't yet have my full list of books and other resources. Geography will likely be to continue using Mapping the World by Art Hakim's Joy of Science coordinated with Middle Ages. Will also do an overview using Dr. Arts Guide, Magic of Reality, History of Nearly Everything, and more McHenry. Foreign language. Need a solution for Spanish and French. Still researching. Might do online tutor for Spanish and something else for French. I want to use Español Santillana 1A, but I have the cost estimate for all the pieces, and I'm not sure I want to make the cost investment. Circus arts, dance, tumbling, and stilting group and private lessons. She's attending an advanced camp this summer which will help guide decisions for next year. Group chorus, private voice and piano. Sewing and pottery classes WTMA Study Skills Philosophy for Kids 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 I never know what to call DD's grade. This is what we're considering "6th grade work," I guess. She'd be finishing 5th grade in PS, but usually is ready for the next grade level in January, so she gets "promoted" then. Math: Learn Math Fast, Khan Academy Pre-Algebra Galore Park So You Really Want to Learn Maths 1 Writing/Grammar: Sentence Composing for Middle School, CAP W&R (maybe? still undecided) finish Treasured Conversations, Galore Park So You Really Want to Learn English 1 Spelling: Phonetic Zoo Literature: various good books, no set curriculum Geography: Mapping the World with Art History: interest-led, right now it's Texas history, may try Time Travelers from Homeschool in the Woods for a unit or two. She's mentioned she wants to learn more about Vikings. Science: Anatomy cobbled together from various resources, McHenry's The Brain, The History of Medicine Foreign Language: Getting Started with Latin, maybe Latin Prep 1 if we finish before the end of the year Extracurriculars: tumbling, gymnastics, horseback riding, guitar lessons. She's asking for voice lessons and barrel racing, too. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
................... Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Spelling: Continue Apples and Pears SpellingMath: Horizons Math 6 Writing: The Creative Writer (SUPER PERFECT for her!) Grammar: Giggly Guide to Grammar Science: Mcgraw HIll Science Grade 6 (We like the bigger print, more easily readable Mcgraw Hill...she also likes that it has variety...and you can find them for 3.00 at Abe Books.) We will just read and discuss. No tests yet. History/Oral Presentations/PE: Homeschool Class for PE, Oral Presentations, History and a Little Art Modern Ages 1850-Present Lit: Holt Elements of Literature Introductory Course (Such a great text...came in the mail and I had to rip it out of her hands after she read several stories...then I was on the couch reading it lol) Lit Guides sort of Correlating w' History - Read Alouds: Sing Down the Moon, Amos Fortune and Number the Stars 101 Best Loved American Poems Math Club Outside the house she will takePrivate Piano :) that's where the money is going :) Also: Math Club Thursday Morning School (History, PE, oral presentations, and a little art) Sports Day at the homeschool group You can see that we are ditching the textbook approach for Grammar and Writing. Looking through previous years, this child really shines when given more beauty, more space, more time to be creative in her work, and lots of inspiration. She sort of clams up and produces very little with textbook composition approach, and she never remembers her grammar so I am not bothering to drill it. Instead we will have some fun with it. LOL 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa B Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 I don't think I have anything especially inspiring, but we are currently working on what we will be doing for 6th grade this fall. Having to register for online classes so early forces me to get my act together! Saxon Algebra 1/2 (Prealgebra) Beast Academy 5 Florida Virtual School Comprehensive Science 7 Local co-op - Chemistry (Ellen McHenry materials) History Odyssey Middles Ages VP self-paced Middle Ages Galore Park SYRWTL History 1 Ellen McHenry Mapping the World with Art Classical Writing Homer B OR WTM Academy Expository Writing I MCT Grammar Town/Practice Town Spelling Power Galore Park SYRWTL English 1 Memoria Press Medieval Literature pack Omnibus II Secondary self-paced course Memoria Press First Form Latin FLVS Middle School Spanish Memoria Press First Start French Galore Park SYRWTL French 1 FLVS Creative Photography Extras: 4-H Piano maybe join cross country and track teams maybe tryout for volleyball team 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 (edited) We school year round and my older boy picks what he wants to do including curriculum. So tentatively for 6th gradeLanguage Arts - Grammar & Writing for Standardized Tests, Vocabulary Workshop D, Word within the Word (leisure)Foreign language - German (class), Chinese (class)Science - outside class for homeschoolers and Clover Creek PhysicsMusic - Cello (class)History - Discovering Our Past Medieval and Early Modern Times Grade 7 California Literature - CTY Young readers Math - finish AoPS intermediate algebra and AoPS intro to geometryArt - outsource to summer classesPE - leisure swim and golf Edited June 26, 2015 by Arcadia 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc26 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Planning for 6th with DS2, who is 10 now, will be 11 in August. We will start 6th sometime over the summer. He is a competitive tennis player, so I have to streamline our materials to give him afternoons free to train. We have a good first year, but I am switching things up a bit for this coming year. Math: TT7 Science: Elemental Earth & Astronomy for Logic History: SOTW2 Lit: Book list corresponding to history Grammar: Hake or Easy Grammar 6 Spelling: Spelling Workout G&H Vocabulary: Vocabulary from Classical Roots A Writing: Not sure. Remedia Outlining and either WWS1, or W&R, or EIW Logic: Mindbenders Foreign Language: DuoLingo Spanish and Greek Alphabet Code Cracker Geography: Discovering the World of Geography Art: Meet the Masters PE: About a zillion hours of tennis and fitness training 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirstenhill Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 I'm still in the beginning stages of planning...Looking forward to seeing what others are using as I think about what to use. For DD, who will be 11: Math: CLE 600s (this is probably the one thing I am most certain about) History: Dark ages/Middle Ages/Early Renaissance with MOH 2 and part of 3 as a spine Grammar: maybe Hake? Writing: Totally unsure...I'll be considering WWS, but not sure it will be a good fit Lit: I'll compile my own list to go along with history + some classics. Maybe do a couple lit guides. Spelling/Vocab: Spelling dictation from Dictation Resource Book and possibly other sources. Maybe continued study from LoE's phonogram-based lists. Or maybe a word root study Science: Fairly uncertain at this point..I haven't liked Science in the Ancient World as much as I hoped I would, so not sure we will stick with that series. I need to decide if I will still keep my kids together for science next year or have DD do something different than the boys. Other stuff: Art/gym/science at co-op, guitar lessons, book club, ICC speech club, maybe pottery classes. Maybe we'll make a more serious effort at German via Duolingo or another source. We fell off the bandwagon pretty early with that this year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Random Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 I'll have a 6th grade son next year. Language Arts: Landry Academy English II Math: CLE Science: Finish BJU Science 6 by December 31. Then he can read through some of Tiner's books at his leisure or maybe Ellen McHenry's curriculum History: Landry Academy's History of the World middle school course with Abeka's textbook He also needs a spelling intervention...I have no idea what to do for him! I think that will be enough, but I'm considering continuing his Spanish. We are working through Spanish for Children A with a group of homeschoolers this year. I've found it to move way too quickly with not enough review. He might benefit from doing the entire A course again next year. My goal is fluency...so repeating might be our best route. We have a family morning meeting/morning time where I teach Bible, a grammar rule to recite/memorize, a Latin chant, a Singapore Word Problem, and discuss a fable or poem. He'll continue his golfing, knitting, electronics, Scouting, and drumming. :) He's my eclectic kid. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Oh gosh. I think I'll stick my head in some sand and not plan anything at all this year. I'm always planning light, but I think I'll go super light. We will likely do Faltering Ownership from Brave Writer. Julie posted screenshots of the edits headed to formatting the other day. And... ds might still have some Jousting Armadillos to finish - he has only vaguely just started and we're still using it with other things. And... yeah. I don't think I even want to name spelling or math for my other ds. I think I'd need a crystal ball for this one... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Still in the early stages (I'm hoping for a crystal ball as well to make things clear!!!). Ds turns 11 in the summer, if he was in ps here he would be in 5th but as hs'ers I classify him as 5th/6th as he seems to fit better there. subject to change, drastically....... Math- Jousting Armadillos- CLE 700- Beast Academy? Writing- Writing reports from content, perhaps mixed with School Compositions from Maxwell Grammar- Image Grammar- R&S (Grammar only) Spelling- Apples and Pears C-D Vocab- CE1 Science- Family Nature Study and mechanics (building dune buggy with dad). History- History of Technology- topic requested from ds, we will be studying some of the science as well. Might use the book series from OUP, if I can find it reasonably priced. I have a list of books and time periods to study, with some good documentaries in there as well. Other- Programming/Robotics with FLL and maybe an outside class, TKD, Scouts Edited already..... :) I said it was tentative 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Yipes. I've got to get on the stick, don't I? Lez see... Math: CLE 5 starting this summer, will probably get into CLE 6, at least I'll be ready for that. I also plan to add Key to Decimals and Key to Percents as study books for evening study sessions. (Still staying with CLE 5, decided to do Key to Fractions during the summer as part of evening study sessions) Latin: MP Second Form Latin, and something for Latin oral reading. (MP Second Form it is) Modern Foreign Language: My boys want French. :svengo:(Ecoutez! Parlez!) Logic: Slow pace, Art of Argument wins. I don't see them being able to take MP Logic yet. But I want to, so I'll be taking MP Formal Logic in the evenings when I'd rather be goofing off. (Nope. Begging off Formal Logic yet again this year. Latin and Composition are all the Logic I can handle right now.) Language Arts: CW Homer, using models I select for fiction elements and literary devices. I'll probably pick up Figuratively Speaking to help in the selection process, but I don't like a bunch of workbook stuff. More than likely I'll pick up short stories in sixth and seventh grade and start running them through the plot process again. Spelling comes out of the models, so I don't worry about that. We are using Harvey's grammar with it, and I've got some diagramming stuff I use as part of study sessions. Pretty much anything I want to do for literature comes out of this, so I don't have any definite plans for particular books I want read. Maybe I should think about that. (Sticking with CW Homer, handling character driven fiction plots for sixth grade, beginning with Rivalry. We will continue to use Harvey's grammar, but Latin is providing us with quite a bit of grammar as it is. May do some punctuation work with Jensen's. Boys opted to do a literature challenge this summer-we are all tackling a book with a literature guide from MP. One boy has The Hobbit, one picked The Dangerous Journey and I'm handling Beowulf.) History-Don't know. I'm leaning to OUP books covering the Medieval/Renaissance period. (Got my OUP books picked out and a few other resources to lean on if I need them) Science-Earth Science. Don't know what texts I'll use. I usually end up at the library for Science, because it becomes a mix of reading, observation and documentaries. I've got some geology stuff (Tarbucks), I found a cool weather series at our local library, and I do have something for astronomy should I chose to use it. (I'm liking the Science Explorer series of books to act as a spine. Library will supply most of the readings, though. Picking up a few books to have on hand at the house.) That's about it. I've got art and music resources here, state history, plenty of things I can add in on an elective basis, so I'm good. (Up in the air on piano lessons--I don't want to sacrifice to much time. I caught one of the boys borrowing and reading The Annotated Mona Lisa. I suspect that I'll do a focus on Medieval and Renaissance art this year.) Phys. Ed-Running for both, possibly golf for both. If my windows are going to get broken I'd like them to be learning something at the time. (Running and I might just get a bike for my birthday...we have a good area to ride in.) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerforest Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 Oh! I have so much to say to everyone.. let me see if I can do it right.. Not attempting multiquote.. Aurelia: Which level of Phonetic Zoo? DD did A this year and it went fast. She is a weak speller (and we've done LoE, How to Teach Spelling, are on Megawords 3...), but she's grown tremendously this year, though. I can't decide if I should do the next levels of Phonetic Zoo or not. We are doing Brain right now and are enjoying it. I've added a few things that we've enjoyed. Melissa B: Have you used Galore Park for foreign languages before? Why did you choose that option for French? I am still trying to decide. I'm fluent in Spanish; DD was born in Guatemala; but she wants to learn French for circus purposes! Ack! (One of the best circus schools is in Montreal!) mc26: What is this program? Geography: Discovering the World of Geography Arcadia: What's this: Language Arts - Grammar for writing Farrar: Does she have info about this on web; I haven't heard anything about this yet: Faltering Ownership Soror: I bought one of the OUP history of technology books. They are excellent, but the material and reading level is above that of the OUP World in Ancient Times series. They are very content dense too. We've been mostly reading snippets of them to supplement our ancient studies. I'd put them closer to high school level (at least 8-9) than middle whereas I consider the other OUP series to be solidly upper el to middle school. If you want to see comparison, PM your email and I'll take a few pics and send them to you. Critterfixer: OH!.. logic. DD loves it, and I never remember. I have Philosophy for Kids and just now remembered I was considering that so perhaps I'll do that. General comments: So many of us are using Mapping the World by Art, and doing Middle Ages. :-) We haven't tried online classes yet. I spent hours going through them last weekend, and I haven't decided. We are staunchly secular and so many are not so it has taken me a lot of time to evaluate the options. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 blasted broken multi-quote.... Critterfixer- You remind me that I'm considering doing some formal logic, we had a blast with our BA logic and I have an interest in furthering my own study. Dh has done the MP Logic Course and we actually have the books so I think it would be a fun family study (although anything MP makes *me* want to poke my eyes out)- I need to look again at resources. deerforest- thanks for the heads up about the books, sounds like we'd do better with library books then, I'll keep it in mind when I finish planning. Mapping the World with Art- I actually have this but my son is sooooo not interested, I'll have to save it for dd. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc26 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 mc26: What is this program? Geography: Discovering the World of Geography A "get-er-done" geography workbook series. We have done the 5-6 version this year and are going to continue on with the series (6-7 and 7-8) for next year. The kids like it and do it without complaint! http://www.carsondellosa.com/products/1575__Discovering-the-World-of-Geography-Resource-Book-1575#/?bookmedia type=f389e45b92884d48844baaf09d49e3c5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Arcadia: What's this: Language Arts - Grammar for writing It's the Sadlier Oxford one. My older likes guided writing programs http://schoolstore.sadlier.com/ProductsList.aspx?CategoryID=58 ETA: He is using the 8th grade book this year. The next book we are using is Grammar & Writing for Standardized Tests. I have already bought it and it fits my older's style of learning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Farrar: Does she have info about this on web; I haven't heard anything about this yet: Faltering Ownership She posted it on Facebook and in the BW Lifestyle group. She said it should be out in a couple of months. This is the table of contents that she posted. Mostly you do a big central research report throughout the year interspersed with other shorter projects. The screenshot had a cool picture of one of the dust jacket reviews - you actually design the whole dust jacket, it looks like. First Semester 1. Wild Words 2. Dust Jacket Book Review 3. Mini Report: Natural Disasters 4. Diary of a Historical Person 5. Year End Family Letter Second Semester *Semester Long "Party School" Report (divided into 5 mos of work) 6. Viewpoint in Language: Headlines! 7. Oral Report 8. The Pitch: Advertisements 9. Deep Dive into Literary Elements 10. Finish Report/Throw Party! BONUS PROJECTS 1. The Art of Fiction 2. Poetry Play 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in the UP of MI Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 This is what I have so far: Language arts: DD will finish AAS 7 and School Composition. She will also do ELTL 5. I'd like to start teaching literary devices. Not quite sure how we'll do this. Math: We are just starting pre-algebra now, while finishing up the last few topics of elementary math. Depending on what all we end up using for pre-algebra (which will include Jousting Armadillos) next year will either be all pre-algebra or we'll start algebra partway through. We'll still be working hard to get her comfortable writing out her work as opposed to doing everything in her head. History: Connecting with History: Volume 2 New Testament through Early Medieval, OUP Medieval & Early Modern World, and any TC courses that look good and can be borrowed from the library Science: finish Harcourt 6 then start either Earth Science (most likely) or Life Science. No idea what we will use for either. Definitely want lots of hands-on and will supplement either one with living books. Latin: moving from Visual Latin 1 to 2 and from Cambridge Latin 1 to 2 Spanish: ??? Plan to continue our Spanish studies but have no idea what to use. I haven't liked anything I saw at this level. Wish there was a local class. Religion: Baltimore Catechism, New Testament along with history, study of the book of Mark, saint stories (leaning more toward primary sources rather than biographies written by other people) Art, Choir, and Gym through our homeschool classes. Might also purchase Artistic Pursuits 4-6 level. Logic: The Art of Argument 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollyhock Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Here are my plans for fall; nothing special, really: Math: finish MM5 and move on to MEP 7 English: Climbing to Good English 6 Going to try R&S English 5 instead. He is struggling with grammar. Spelling: R&S 6 Writing: outlines, summaries, lit. essays Science: interest-led, probably various God's Design books, whatever he wants History: mishmash of modern world and Canadian history French: continue L'art de Lire We do art projects as a group (using ideas I collect online) and he'll keep on with piano lessons. Maybe. ETA: Forgot to add Logic Liftoff. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 I think just more of the same. French--tutor and at home Arabic--CTY Math: Forrester Algebra probably Whatever sport he decides to dabble in next (currently it's fencing) with year round swim classes and some tennis and running 5Ks thrown in. Skiing in the winter History: OUP series continued alongside Art History Science:. Probably what I am doing now, which is frantic jumping around (if I am feeling panicked) or "unschooling" if I am feeling generous with self. We would have hopefully finished some sort of life science by then, which I guess leaves Earth Science for the 6th grade year. I plan physical science (conceptual) in 7th. Vocabulary: continue with whatever level of Sadlier Oxford we're on by then. Literature: Not sure. Probably some online g3 class as he loves that set-up. He would be done with LL7 and LL8 so not sure what's next there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeghansMom Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 My daughter will be in six grade this coming August. Math-TT7 and Khan Academy Science-Biology for the Logic Stage and Earth Science and Astronomy for the Logic Stage History-Mystery of History IV Geography-Mapping of the World Through Art Literature-Various novels, two a month required reading. Book reports and study guides. Grammar-Rod and Staff 6 Progressing With Courage Writing-Time4Writing Spelling-Spelling WorkOut G & H Christian Studies-Memoria Press Christian Studies Two Logic -The Fallacy Detective Foreign Language- Lively Latin and Spanish Duolingo Music-SQUILT along with voice and piano lessons Art-See the Light Art Classes and Art Appreciation P.E.-Competitive swimming, horseback riding Extracurricular-AHG Troop 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinivanMom Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Our tentative plans are: Math- Finish AOPS PreAlgebra and then start algebra. I think we'll be staying with AOPS for algebra, but I want to finish out prealgebra first and see how we feel before deciding. Science- Story of Science 2: Newton. She'll also be studying biology along with it. I've been looking at The Way Life Works as a potential spine. History- K12 Human Odyssey 2 along with lots of primary source documents. Literature- To dovetail with the history. I'm just starting the booklist, but I want to shift the balance even more from historical fiction to literature. The only thing I'm sure about at this point is that dd wants to do a Shakespeare play or two (maybe R&J and MSND?). She's swooning over Shakespeare right now. Grammar/Vocab/Writing- MCT Voyage and continuing to have a daily "Writing Block". Dd is also wanting to learn how to diagram, so we may take a break from Killgallon and learn diagramming on the side instead. I've been looking at Diagramming: Drawing Sentences, but I'm not sure. Latin- Latin Alive 1 French- Galore Park's SYRWTL French. She'll be finishing up book 2 and starting book 3 midyear. Logic- Art of Argument and Argument Builder. We'll also be finishing up Philosophy for Children and starting The Examined Life: Adv. Philosophy for Children midyear. Art- Artistic Pursuits: Junior High Book 1 Extra- Piano, harp, and ballet. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa B Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Melissa B: Have you used Galore Park for foreign languages before? Why did you choose that option for French? I am still trying to decide. I'm fluent in Spanish; DD was born in Guatemala; but she wants to learn French for circus purposes! Ack! (One of the best circus schools is in Montreal!) I used Galore Park French 1, 2, and 3 in combination with Memoria Press First Start French Levels 1 and 2 for my older two girls and it worked well. But, I think it only works well because I took several years of French in high school. I really like Galore Park materials in general and had both Galore Park Spanish and Galore Park Latin, but neither of those worked well for us, as I didn't know either of those two languages. I think the language materials assume a teacher with at least some knowledge of the language. I don't really know what level my older girls were at after finishing the three Galore Park books. My eldest chose to only move forward with Latin once she reached high school and the second has chosen not to take any foreign language during her 9th and 10th grade years and most likely dual enroll in ASL for 11th and 12th. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clear Creek Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Here is what I have decided on so far for this fall: Math: continue with MUS at her pace, Daily Mental Math 5 English: I don't know...maybe R&S English 6? I was hoping to find something either online, on video, or at least more engaging, but so far nothing has seemed to fit the bill. Spelling: R&S Spelling 6 Literature: read from a selection of books chosen by me and discuss with me, no lit guides History: Famous Men of Greece Latin: Second Form Latin Science: PHSE Discoveries in Life, Earth, and Physical Science (along with library books for deeper study of interesting topics) Writing: Writing & Rhetoric 5&6, Killgallon Paragraphs for Elementary School Logic: Red Herring Mysteries Health: R&S Health 6 Bible: no idea yet 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Aurelia: Which level of Phonetic Zoo? DD did A this year and it went fast. She is a weak speller (and we've done LoE, How to Teach Spelling, are on Megawords 3...), but she's grown tremendously this year, though. I can't decide if I should do the next levels of Phonetic Zoo or not. We are doing Brain right now and are enjoying it. I've added a few things that we've enjoyed. Level B. I didn't get the CDs, I just do the list with DD orally, so when level A started becoming too easy, I switched to B. You can always do it with her and see if level B or C would fit better before buying a level. I hear lots of good things about her curricula, and DD really likes Mapping the World with Art so far, so I've got my fingers crossed she likes The Brain and The Elements, because I've already bought both! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerforest Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 We completed A already using the CDs, and she really liked that it was indepdendent because not much of our curriculum is. But, I think the narrators drove her a little crazy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Christian Light Education Math 6 Life of Fred, Fractions - Pre-algebraEnglish Lessons through Literature 5 R&S English 5 (grammar lessons, odds)Classical Composition- Fable & Narrative First Form LatinApologia's Zoology 3 w/ notebook journalTiner's History of Medicine, then Tiner's Planet Earth, written narrationStory of the 13 Colonies and the Great Republic w/ workbookFamous Men of Greece, written narrationThe Trojan War, oral narration BJU online science starting in January Read classics, 45 min daily Family school: history, geography, science, art, music 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stupidusername Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Tentative plan: Math: Saxon Algebra 1 (finish by January 2016), then start Saxon Algebra 2. History: K12 Human Odyssey vol. 2 + Oxford University Press + other supplemental materials TBD Language Arts: Institute for Excellence in Writing + Warriner's Grammar + selection of books TBD Science: Prentice Hall Science Explorer books TBD. Latin For the New Millennium 2 Music: Stefan Kostka et al., "Tonal Harmony," 7th ed. + violin + drums 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 I have to link quark's thread for a different sort of 6th grade year, lots of good thoughts.... http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/479044-brainstorming-help-for-an-alternative-6th-grade-year/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerforest Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 Literature- To dovetail with the history. I'm just starting the booklist, but I want to shift the balance even more from historical fiction to literature. The only thing I'm sure about at this point is that dd wants to do a Shakespeare play or two (maybe R&J and MSND?). She's swooning over Shakespeare right now. Grammar/Vocab/Writing- MCT Voyage and continuing to have a daily "Writing Block". Dd is also wanting to learn how to diagram, so we may take a break from Killgallon and learn diagramming on the side instead. I've been looking at Diagramming: Drawing Sentences, but I'm not sure. Logic- Art of Argument and Argument Builder. We'll also be finishing up Philosophy for Children and starting The Examined Life: Adv. Philosophy for Children midyear. Art- Artistic Pursuits: Junior High Book 1 Extra- Piano, harp, and ballet. I'd love to see that literature list when you finish it! How was the transition from Town to Voyage? I was going to wait until 7th but I don't have anything else I like yet for 6th. Grammar Revolution worked really well to give DD a solid foundation in diagramming and now we are using Drawing Sentences for ongoing practice. She really liked Grammar Revolution. How did you like Philosophy for Children? I keep thinking it would work better if it was more than just me and DD. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 I'd love to see that literature list when you finish it! How was the transition from Town to Voyage? I was going to wait until 7th but I don't have anything else I like yet for 6th. Grammar Revolution worked really well to give DD a solid foundation in diagramming and now we are using Drawing Sentences for ongoing practice. She really liked Grammar Revolution. How did you like Philosophy for Children? I keep thinking it would work better if it was more than just me and DD. Which Grammar Revolution book did you use? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerforest Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 Which Grammar Revolution book did you use? We used the online materials that included videos to correspond with most of the lessons. There were 37 lessons, and several were review lessons. She doesn't cover everything, but she covered quite a lot. DD liked her videos a lot, and we accidentally discovered that DD's analytical brain really likes diagramming. I gave her some from Drawing Sentences for independent work yesterday, and she said they were fun and she wanted more. After all the grammar work we have done over the years, diagramming finally solidified it all for her! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinivanMom Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 I'd love to see that literature list when you finish it! How was the transition from Town to Voyage? I was going to wait until 7th but I don't have anything else I like yet for 6th. Grammar Revolution worked really well to give DD a solid foundation in diagramming and now we are using Drawing Sentences for ongoing practice. She really liked Grammar Revolution. How did you like Philosophy for Children? I keep thinking it would work better if it was more than just me and DD. We haven't started Voyage yet. She is working through Killgallon right now before she moves on with MCT. I'll take a look at Grammar Revolution. We are loving Philosophy for Children. A group discussion would be better, but I feel like even the one-on-one has been great. We've been going super slow, just a single philosophy question a week. I put it on her weekly checklist so she can ponder it all week, and then we discuss it on Fri while she's doing art. Some of those discussions have been really great. I find myself sharing stories with her I've never thought to share before (who knew I faced so many philosophically-interesting moral dilemmas in college), and I find us talking about things we've never discussed before. Fun stuff. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 re: Philosophy for Children- I read through some of this on the kindle a few months ago. We got busy with other things but I'd like to do it at some point, perhaps next year. We used the online materials that included videos to correspond with most of the lessons. There were 37 lessons, and several were review lessons. She doesn't cover everything, but she covered quite a lot. DD liked her videos a lot, and we accidentally discovered that DD's analytical brain really likes diagramming. I gave her some from Drawing Sentences for independent work yesterday, and she said they were fun and she wanted more. After all the grammar work we have done over the years, diagramming finally solidified it all for her! Thanks, after I asked I went and looked again and I had already looked at that program and decided it wouldn't fit ds. Then I remembered I had Image Grammar on my list for next year as I've read it is a good follow-up for MCT and we're ready to move on I believe. I need to keep notes, I had looked at several programs and decided against them but then when I start planning again my brain goes blank, the samples of IG look like the best fit, so I officially put it on my list. I read through more of Maxwell's School Composition, the more I read it the more I love it. Read more and looked in Chriea more, I believe we'll skip it or at the least delay it, we'll see what WR's next book looks like. Now, I'm thinking of going back and forth between Maxwell's and content reports. Lastly it seems to becoming clearer that ds will be ready to move onto pre-algebra. Right now I think our best choice is to try out Jousting Armadillos and doing it alongside CLE 7 for some continued review. We will be working on review and finishing up any topics for now and during summer school and start with it in July/August when we start the new year. It just occurred to me that this is just like when we were getting ready to start MCT I freaked out that we weren't ready and made all these plans, then I went ahead and bought it and he did just fine and loved it. I think I'm just spazzing out. Writing everything out helps me think it out better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerforest Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 re: Philosophy for Children- I read through some of this on the kindle a few months ago. We got busy with other things but I'd like to do it at some point, perhaps next year. Thanks, after I asked I went and looked again and I had already looked at that program and decided it wouldn't fit ds. Then I remembered I had Image Grammar on my list for next year as I've read it is a good follow-up for MCT and we're ready to move on I believe. I need to keep notes, I had looked at several programs and decided against them but then when I start planning again my brain goes blank, the samples of IG look like the best fit, so I officially put it on my list. Oh, I forgot about Image Grammar. I need to look at that again. Re: Grammar Revolution. I have to admit that I think the main reason it was such a hit was because it was a smart, nice, 20-30 something adult woman teaching the material. I think it's similar to her interest in Danica McKellar books, Vi Hart's videos, etc.. If I could find all curricula written by or presented by wicked smart, hip women, I'd be golden! Luckily, she does also like hilarious geeky guys too like the Crash Course brothers. (And I think I was the last person on the planet to realize that was the author John Green!) Alas, I'm a smart woman but not young nor hip so I squeak by with a lot of love to my advantage I think! :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clear Creek Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Here is what I have decided on so far for this fall: Math: continue with MUS at her pace, Daily Mental Math 5 English: I don't know...maybe R&S English 6? I was hoping to find something either online, on video, or at least more engaging, but so far nothing has seemed to fit the bill. Grammar Revolution Spelling: R&S Spelling 6 Literature: read from a selection of books chosen by me and discuss with me, no lit guides History: Famous Men of Greece Latin: Second Form Latin Science: PHSE Discoveries in Life, Earth, and Physical Science (along with library books for deeper study of interesting topics) Writing: Writing & Rhetoric 5&6, Killgallon Paragraphs for Elementary School Logic: Red Herring Mysteries Health: R&S Health 6 Bible: no idea yet Music: continue piano lessons and choir Art: no idea yet, but I have to come up with something...she is very artistic and I would like to help her develop her talent Updated with a plan for English! ETA: Also added the subjects I forgot about :blushing: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homemama2 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Math: Finish Hands on Equations (if we don't this year) and work through the word problem book. Besides that I'm stumped. He was doing great in MM but didn't want to use it for 5th this year (me either.) So I went with Rod and Staff which I was using for his older brother but hasn't challenged him at. all. I'm actually thinking of moving back to MM for the remainder of the year...but he's not wanting to. Science: BJU grade 6 or possibly BJU Life science if I use that for his brother. History: Either AO year 6 or Sonlight 100 with brother if I go that route with his brother. Geograpy: Memoria Press Geog. 2 with Geo. 1 review--this again, will depend on which history we go with. We used Geo 1 this year with good results. Spelling: He will be moving into AAS 7 in a few weeks, but his brother is only on step 10 of that book, so I think I will look into something else. Older brother would NOT appreciate that. Looking for something that could be Vocab too. Lit: I might pull together our own stuff using TTC. But this has been the year of burn out for me, so pre-packaged is looking better and better. So maybe Lightning Lit 7 or Sonlight if we get that. Writing: Probably IEW SWI continuation level B with brother. It's the one thing I found that my oldest doesn't balk at doing. He thinks Mr. Pudewa is hilarious. Grammar: Continue with Rod and Staff I would love to finally get on the ball with a foreign language and music lessons, esp. for this kid. But since I say that every year, don't hold me to it. We also do a co-op, 4H, soccer, Awana etc. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeacefulChaos Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Link will be in 6th grade next year - crazy! :) Logic - Critical Thinking, Books 1-2 MUS Zeta TWTM 6th grade History SpellingCity not sure on other LA stuff - considering Language Lessons for the Secondary Child not sure about Science, either. Either TWTM 6th grade science OR we're going to find something else - I'm actually going to start looking into other stuff this evening. Japanese Bible - The Most Important thing You'll Ever Study Art - art classes Music - I'm *hoping* the homeschool band in the city about an hour away is going to start back up. I contacted them about it and they didn't say they weren't, but that they were in the process of revamping their homeschool program - and asked me my preferences, how far I'm willing to drive, etc - so I'm hopeful. :) If it does end up starting back up, he'll do that. If not, I'll probably look for lessons on an instrument he could play in the youth orchestra with sometime in the next few years (even if he never does actually go on to play in the youth orchestra). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Ds11's plan is so much in the air. His disabilities mean he is only going to be doing a 3rd/4th grade level when it comes to math and LA, he will be starting OT and SLP again this year so that may make a huge improvement before next year and cause plans to change but here is the plan thus far:Konos/Waldorf mix with dd7 which will cover pretty much all content areas Math: math for a living education vol 2 & 3, MUS Gamma, (if he makes a leap in progress this year it will be Delta) LA: LLATL yellow, AAR 2 (finish) and 3, HWOT(printing power or the cursive book depending on how this year goes), WWE 2, R&S 3 and SRA(from hooked on phonics), R&S spelling 3 and maybe 4 Science: primarily from konos but also apologia Zoology 2 and 3 History: primarily konos, but possibly home school in the woods time travelers cdroms French: Mission Monde 1 Logic: To be determined Art: Artistic pursuits K-3 book 2 Other: extracurrics: theatre, 4H baking, cadets, youth group, archery He also likes to create his own projects like right now he is pulling patterns off the internet to sew stuffed items from minecraft, and he wants to learn cake decorating, soap making and knitting. So we will add those in where we can. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdobis Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I'm finishing up my planning for my upcoming 6th grader. It almost feels too easy because my high schooler starts dual enrollment next year. :hurray: Bible-AWANA and Youth Group Math-TT6 Language Arts-ELTL 3, EIW 4, Literature chosen by me, Apples and Pears Spelling books A&B History-VP self-paced explorers to 1815 Science-curriculum created by me using living books Chinese-? Art, Music, and PE through co-op Extra curriculars-drama, knitting, track, anything artsy, maybe roller derby 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSprout Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Question: How much time per day/ week is appropriate for 6th grade? Here's what we are doing... already altered a couple of times. Early Modern Latin- Finish up BBLL2, then MINIMUS 2 and SCRIBBLERS AND SCRIBES Spanish MangoBreaking the Barrier iBook. May do a couple of intensive weeks this spring or summer. Finish Greek Alphabet Code Cracker (doing a few pages a week). Math- Finish DEREK OWENS PreA/ CTC PreGeo, AOPS Number Theory SCIENCE: Inquiry-based chemistry with the ACS Middle School Chemistry for Labs and an yet-to-be selected text for depth. EdX Harvey Mudd programming. She's doing a High School one right now, and it is challenging her, but in a good way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerforest Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 Question: How much time per day/ week is appropriate for 6th grade? I don't know. I know that, with one child, we seem to get through quite a bit in a single year. We have a fixed amount of time because I work full time. We work together daily from 6am-10am (luckily we're both morning people so this works well for us). Now, that doesn't mean that we do 1:1 time solidly for 4 hours daily. Some days we really do, but some days we do more like 2.5 hours together. It really depends on what independent work and activities she has. But, we have a hard stop for 1:1 time at 10am because that's when my work meetings generally start. Then, she has independent work to do, which she generally should be able to finish by noon. Sometimes she drags it out and doesn't finish until later. But, she has afternoon/early evening activities every day so she doesn't have a lot of wiggle room if she also wants free time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I don't see changing the school day length from this year to next year all that much. Maybe we might start 30 minutes earlier, since the boys want to add French to their curriculum. I do think I will increase the evening study period three nights a week from the current thirty minutes to an hour, and there will be more independent assignments for reading. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemongoose Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 6th (Eek she cannot be that old!) Our plan: Math: AOPs pre algebra Latin/Grammar: The Latin Road Writing: Writing with Skill 1 Science: Elemental Chemistry and Physics (with rainbow science labs) History/Lit/Geograph/Bible: TOG year 2 Various Logic books Music: Violin PE: Dance 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacus2 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Tentative plans: Math: Math Mammoth 6 Language Arts, Social Studies, and Science: Moving Beyond the Page age 10 - 12 age 9-11, decided there was too much cool stuff to miss at the 9 -11 level Spelling: Rod & Staff 6 Science: NOEO Physics 2 independently History/Literature/Bible: Sonlight Core D with younger sister Writing: Write@Home course if finances work English: Finish what we don't complete this year of R&S 5, maybe Vocab from Latin roots, I think I am dropping spelling Music: Piano or band PE: not sure Edited: Totally changed my mind. :laugh: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Χά�ων Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Oh dear, time to think about this already huh? Math Pre-algebra History: History For Us All Science: Continue working through the books I currently have Language Arts: Something or other ASL ??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFM Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I am still in the beginning stages Mathematics: Singapore 6A/6B with CWP, IP, Process Skills book (maybe adding in Jousting Armadillos later). English: Rod and Staff 6 Writing: Writing From History Medieval L2. & Writing With Skill (towards the second semester). Spelling: Apples and Pears D History: Medieval a la WTM method and lots of good readings Science: Earth/Astronomy a la WTM method with lots of experiments and good books and 2x weekly nature study. Ceaser's English - this has been a hit this year and we intend on continuing. Latin: Latin for Children 1 Fallacy Detective Lots of good books, we are going through a list he and I have compiled that he would like to read. I am trying to give him more say in his education. Piano Soccer Choir AWANA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaceful Isle Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 This year has been kind of a rough year for us. We are going the BJU dvd route next year to give me a break. Also,our extras are: Piano lessons clarinet lessons Homeschool activities at local church 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Governess Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I think I am done planning! Math - Foerster's Algebra I Writing - Writing With Skill I Grammar - R&S English 8 Literature - hopefully putting a book club together with a couple friends for discussion of 6-8 books History - Ancients using various sources Science - Kolbe's life science plans Latin - Second Form Latin Chinese - Ni Hao Level 3 Geography - Daily Geography Practice Extras - a lot of ballet, and she may try a math competition group 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbsoil Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Plans so far: Math: CLE 600 English: R&S 5 Spelling: Spelling Workout F Literature: mix of choices from MP, Sonlight, Veritas (maybe some lit guides) Latin: Latina Christiana Science: Science in the Beginning History: Time Travelers unit from Homeschool in the Woods (still pondering) Music & Art Appreciation: living literature, homemade projects, and guitar lessons Bible: not sure yet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ella Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Our tentative plan: Math-either Horizons Prealgrebra, AOPS Prealg, or Derek Owens Prealg. Composition-WWS 1 (started in 5th, will finish in 6th) Grammar-Rod and Staff 6 or possibly CLE if she wants to switch Latin-Jump Start Latin at Wilson Hill History-Veritas Self-paced with her siblings and assigned reading (need to choose a time period) Science-nature study, supplemented with classes/labs at our science museum and arboretum Art-looking at Artistic Pursuits or possibly an outside drawing/painting class Literature-going to assemble a reading list for her of age-appropriate classics Poetry Memorization-Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization Piano lessons, gymnastics 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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