Congratulations. :party:

We visited older son at Freshman Family Weekend a couple of weeks ago. We had a great time, and younger brother was able to stay in dorm room with older brother. Now younger son wants to go there also! We had to explain that college is more than hanging out in dorm and going to a football game. It was good to see son happy and settled In. It was also nice to meet his new friends and students in his dorm.

We will be using Elementary Statistics by Triola (ISBN-10: 0321462572) plus the solution guide (ISBN-10: 0321462580).

I finally found a place for my son to take the PSAT. I live in Chicago, and dealing with the Chicago Public School system is, shall we say, frustrating. You talk about the blind leading the blind, and the one in the lead either doesn't care or is very confused. Anyway, thanks to my homeschool e-group, I found a nice Christian school in NW Indiana that will let my son come in to take the test this fall. Also, my younger son will be able to play basketball on their team as a freshman. (We live about 10 minutes from IN). Anyway, I have read here on this forum, more than once, not to wait until the last minute about contacting schools regarding the PSAT. Thanks everyone for the great advice. God bless.

My younger son (8th grade) scored lowest in reading comprehension. I am starting him on Reading Detective by The Critical Thinking Co. Check out this series at http://www.criticalthinking.com/series/015/index_c.jsp. It is something your daughter could do by herself.

Good for you and your daughter! :party:

You could add the dvds Chemistry 101 and Biology 101 for a video component. Also, you could check out Khan Academy and videos on Youtube. Quizlet.com has online flashcards and "games" for Chemistry and Biology.

At www.Currclick.com, they have an online writing class using IEW that cost about $100.00. I have not used it, but I have seen it posted there. :001_smile:

Here we used Christian Liberty for Biology. My son get so much more out of this book and finds it much more readable that Apologia (my son made it to module 6 and then said "No more! I can't take all the talking."). Anyway, we are doing Spectrum Chemisty with Greg Landry. My son really likes the class, but he dislikes Chemistry. (He would dislike chemistry no matter what). He finds Spectrum Chemistry understandable and very doable. This is a solid, first year chemistry high school course. Next year, he will be doing Physics with Greg Landry and they use Conceptual Physics by Hewitt.

I am interested in opinions on these too. I am considering using these within the next two years. Thanks

We will be using this for 8th and 10th grades this year as 0.5 literature credit. I am really looking forward to this. My boys are very excited about some of the titles. I believe this will be a valuable resource in teaching my sons to view movies critcially and learn to analyze what is going on in a story. I can't think of any reason "not" to use it.:001_smile:

You might want to check out www.Yourteacher.com. I believe the problems are worked out step-by-step. You can get a discount at www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.com

This looks very interesting. Thanks for posting.:001_smile:

Hi Ibbygirl, We did Algebra I in 8th, Geometry in 9th, and will do Algebra II in 10th. We will then do Pre-Cal in 11th.:001_smile:

This is what we are doing for 10th: Bible - New Testatment English - IEW Windows to the World & Teaching the Classics w/Jill Pike lesson plans; R&S English 8 (finishing this from 9th grade); Essentials in Writing; Literature from Biblioplan Medieval Math - Algebra II using Math Relief & YourTeacher.com Science - Chemistry w/Greg Landry History - Medieval & Ren w/Biblioplan French - Rosetta Stone Electives: MBA in a semester w/Greg Landry Fine Arts: Guitar Performance, lessons and theory P.E.- Tennis