mtomom Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 (edited) My oldest a rising 7th grader. What is missing? Math: CLE 8, Singapore Challenging Word Problems 6 LA: IEW theme book, CLE Reading 6, CLE LA 6 Science: So You Really Want to Learn Science 2. I have a Thames and Kosmos kit to add experiments. History: Human Odyssey I have Getting Started With Latin. I'm just not sure I'm ready to launch into Latin. My days with the kids feel full. He's not very independent. It's more often that not that we do science and history on alternate days--so completing what I consider full lessons 2-3 times a week, not daily. Is this ok in middle school? I'm feeling insecure after reading some other threads here. Edited June 17, 2016 by mtomom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilaclady Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 I think if you are able to get to all that each week and progress well especially with math and Lang arts, it is good. Middl school is for shoring up skills and preparing kids to be able to handle high school. If there is a way to add in exercise- does not have to be a sport, I will add that in. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freelylearned Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 It looks like you have the basics covered. The only thing that I can think of is an elective (but you may have that covered with extracurriculars and didn't mention). Let him pick something that he's really interested in and would gladly do on his own: coding, art, woodshop, robotics, cartooning, videography, foreign language, music, etc... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie of KY Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 I love to assign something more of the student's choosing that can be done independently - more reading of their choice, computer programming, watching Teaching Company videos, etc. In general, you have all the bases covered and I wouldn't worry about "needing" to add more. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtomom Posted June 18, 2016 Author Share Posted June 18, 2016 (edited) Thank you for the thoughts. I didn't mention extra-curriculars. He does robotics and scouts. He does inter-mural basketball, but not year round. I probably need to think more about the physical activity end of things. I like the idea of self selected electives, and I think that would probably really appeal to him. Edited June 18, 2016 by mtomom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Have you looked at Visual Latin with Duane Thomas? Very fun, simple, short and do-able! I would add in some memory work- a timeline or poetry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmrich Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 I think I would assign him to read or watch videos and take notes independently on science and history so he is doing it 5 times a week. Then he can also practice on his independent work habits. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 I didn't have my daughter start doing both history and science every day until 8th grade. I think what you have listed looks fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momto6inIN Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 I agree that it's totally fine to not have them do science and history every day. When my boys were in middle school they both liked to do a modified block schedule where they worked on skill subjects in the morning and content subjects for longer blocks of time in the afternoon a couple days a week each, and it worked out just fine and they covered plenty of material in that time. I also have had my 7th graders do some independent art lessons (Artistic Pursuits), music lessons, and some logic puzzles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 We just started doing science and history every day this past year when odd was in 8th grade. So her little sis, 6th at the time, got them both everyday starting then too. Otherwise we wouldn't have. And as I am rewriting the fall semester's schedule, I am considering switching back to an every other day set up for her for 7th. To me it seems lacking without an elective. In our case, my rising 7th grader would simply die without art of some kind. And we do foreign language, so my electives are easy for me. I would find something that he is interested in studying if there isn't anything else you want covered a bit more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKDmom Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 (edited) I think it looks good too, with the addition of something he enjoys and can do independently. FWIW, Getting Started with Latin is very low-key. The first several lessons take less than 2 minutes. Seriously. Lesson 1: Nauta means sailor. Repeat that a few times. End of lesson. So, if you're looking to add Latin, I think this is a very low-stress way to do it. ETA: If he's motivated in scouts, Merit Badge workbooks are a great way to learn new things and advance. I'm going to start emphasizing Scouting more with ds12. Not that I'll do any more with him, but I'll put it on his schedule and help him find merit badges that are of interest to him. And remind him to keep that darn log for Personal Fitness... ;) Edited June 22, 2016 by TKDmom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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