Look at edx geometry. Might work for what you need. He might be able to get it done over the summer. https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-geometry-schoolyourself-geometryx-1

Also, how much are you assigning? Most people assign odds or evens.

IMO block schedule is not great for math and science. Our older kiddos were in a block schedule school, and the only benefit was that it was easier to schedule dual credit classes. I can see blocking English and History.

I like the way the new syllabi are set up. Use whatever textbook/ reference you have, look up and read these things then write from the following prompts. Given that many of us have a lot of history books around, I think it would be a good option.

First exposure to calculus or precalculus? Would this be appropriate for someone whose been exposed to precalculus, but needs deepening of understanding?

I'm truly fuzzy on Precalculus scope and sequence, but my dd does really well with the Edx format. How would something like this https://www.edx.org/course/pre-university-calculus-delftx-calc001x-1 fit into a math sequence?

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IMO Foerster works well for this. Dd does it on her own mostly, and it works great if she reads and does the sample problems. Not so great if she say "oh yeah, I got this" and jumps in. We have the videos, but I watch them in case she needs help so I don't have to play catch up to answer a quick question.

Has anyone used this? I logged in to look at it today (they have a self-paced option), and it looks really good for our purposes as a physics first course. The videos are engaging and I like the looks of the textbook, although it is huge; 1000+ pages. Has anyone tried to get instructor solutions to an OpenStax book?

She has not had chemistry, and I think she'd have a friend in chem, so a potential lab buddy. Not sure about doubling up with physics. That sounds like it could be a heavy course load. I intended to a physics-first thing, but she wants to do a year of astronomy next year. Maybe I should do physics with that? She'll be in 7th next year and already did DO's physical science. I was kind of thinking of AP ES as an "interesting" class and a chance to cover some topics in things like geology that get the short shift in high school, but I'm not sure I want to give it a whole slot in 9th grade. Things to consider... Thanks!

I liked 1066 and some of the ones on religions. Didn't care as much for their western lit series. I think the questions in their guidebooks are better than the Great Courses guides I've seen. They used to have a "final exam" but those seem to have disappeared.

I'm considering having dd do APES for 8th grade. Math-wise she'd be finishing Foerster Algebra 2 and probably doing some AoPS Intermediate Algebra. It looks like a lot of topics that are interesting to her. Can an 8th grader take APs still? After that, would it make sense to do AP Physics 1 for 9th? Then what- AP Chem for 10th? Calc based Physics for 11th? Where would Bio go? She's doing regular high school bio now. Thanks!

I can't help you with the transcript, but dd says the second part makes a lot more sense if you understand basic quadradics and parabolas from Algebra 1. We scheduled by time, but put it at the end of the day so if she needed to work a little longer to reach a stopping place, it was okay.

I'm looking for this particular course because it is a co-requisite for an AP Physics class available online through a B&M school. The precalculus class is not available online, though. This is the kind of school that would know about AoPS. Something to think about.

Does a course like this exist online somewhere? Precalculus for Advanced PlacementPrerequisite: Placement Credit: 1 credit per semester Offered: Fall/Spring Sequence This course provides the rigorous development of precalculus topics necessary to prepare students for studying Advanced Placement Calculus. The first semester will include the study of polynomial, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions and their graphs. Topics for the second semester include triangle trigonometry, polar coordinates, vectors, sequences and series, analytic geometry, parametric equations, and limits. Elementary proof techniques will be employed throughout the course. Successful completion of this course will generally result in enrollment in Advanced Placement Calculus AB or BC the senior year.

Browser for Discovery K12. I've got one of those cheap Black Friday Kindle Fire tablets. I really like it for watching teaching videos (including ones I moved from a thumb drive to a micro SD card). I needed to install a free file manager app, but it works great for that. I haven't taken the time to figure out how to install Chrome on it, but I think that would make it more useful to us because we do some much with Google already- Keep, Drive, ect. I love the text convert feature in Keep.

Discovery K12 will work on a phone. It looks like you'd want a composition notebook for "write an essay" and worksheet questions. I looked at the 10th grade stuff, and it looks mostly good except the math, which I'm only seeing lectures, not exercises, so maybe CK12 for that? The literature is pick your own so any eBooks would work. The student accounts are free.

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Hey- I bought this for $48 when GC had their employee pricing. I think it will do exactly what I need. I'm going to use an Anthology of World Lit set and a few stand alone novels. I have the TEs for the Anthologies and both EIL British and World. I think I can build nice flexible courses around these with plenty of discussion and writing. The course book looks handy for background info, but the questions are pretty light.

Hillsdale is (very, very) conservative, but unless it's changed since I was there, it's oddly not really "Christian" in the way one might expect. And not a STEM school.

We don't report to any agency, but are keeping a portfolio (a two pocket folder, actually) for each subject with each school year going into a small expandable file folder. I figure it's a relatively compact way to back up mom grades if ever needed, and kind of fun for her to look through later (or shred).

So really just an official looking list with some narrative? Kind of a reverse syllabus, maybe?

Before I re-invent the wheel, is anyone aware of homeschool friendly quarterly or semester grade "report"? I'm keeping a portfolio of work for each subject each year, but since we work to mastery, I'd like to have something to stick in it that has a way to evaluate or simply document all the other stuff we do that doesn't fit into an A-F grade scale. I do keep separete book list, field trip list, etc, but don't have a good way to record bunny trails and project-y stuff that doesn't fit into a file folder.

Glencoe Grammar Handbook: http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/workbooks/language_arts/grammar_gr10/la_0028182960_02.pdf Grammar Practice Workbooks are about halfway down the page here: http://www.glencoe.com/sites/alabama/teacher/languageart/assets/workbooks.html For example, Grammar Practice Workbook Grade 9: http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/workbooks/language_arts/gpw/9gpw2.pdf There are answer keys to these available if you search "Grammar Practice Workbook Teacher". There is only a one number difference in the web address from student editions. There doesn't seem to be answer keys online for any of the other workbooks. For example: Grammar Practice Workbook Teacher Grade 9: http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/workbooks/language_arts/gpw_blm/9gpw1.pdf We are using these in the same manner as Memoria Press' English Grammar Recitation. I put the definition of the part of speech into Quizlet flash cards for dd and then we work through the sheets. These inexpensive handbooks correspond well, are handy references and have additional examples and exercises. https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=grammar+and+composition+handbook&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Agrammar+and+composition+handbook I find that there are many more teacher editions available for the "odd" years. Must be most schools purchase 7, 9, and 11. Of course, I discovered this after I bought grade 10 for next year.

There's a lot of good stuff under the free category at her site.