blessed2fosteradopt Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Either for this year or next? I have an upcoming 7th grader and would love to get a jump on things. Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacy in NJ Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Math: Foerster's Algebra I with Math Without Borders DVD Language Arts: AG, Jump In, Spelling Mastery, Vocab Cartoons, and Lit via guides History: Ancients with Little History of the World and Augustus Ceasar's World Geography: Mapping the World with Art (McHenry) Tech: Logo to Lego via TPS Logic: Fallacy Detective Memory: Mom chosen selections Art: Draw Squad and outside class We're in transition in our Language study, and we're not studying science formally this year. Extra cirricular: Swimming, bowling, Aikido and running HTH, Stacy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Here's our seventh grade plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlovebaker Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Math - VideoText Algebra Sci - Campbell's Exploring Life (Biology) and Sonlight Sci 5 History/Reading - Sonlight Core 7 Writing - IEW SWI B & SICC B Misc - Vocab from Classical Roots, Grammar Key, Figuritively Speaking (Literary Terms) Foreign Language - Spanish, Rosetta Stone PE - Soccer, basketball team Art - Mark Kistler, Meet the Masters Music - Piano lessons, Classical Kids I think that's it ... more or less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 (edited) Calvin's curriculum is in my siggy, as is a sample weekly list. Best wishes Laura Edited January 10, 2010 by Laura Corin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kissy Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 History/Literature/Art/Worldview: Tapestry of Grace Year 3 Math: Life of Fred Algebra Science: Physical Science Prentice Hall Science Explorer Logic: Fallacy Detective Grammar/writing/vocab: Michael Clay Thompson Magic Lens 1 Foreign Language: Memoria Press French Health: Horizons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samiam Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Math: Videotext Algebra Writing: Writing Tales 2 Grammar: GWG7 Vocab: Wordly Wise History: All American History Vol II Latin: Second Form Logic: unsure Science: unsure Memory: Working on knowing all Presidents/their party/their terms and whatever else I decide to throw in...but these are the cores that will not change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Just beginning to work on 7th: Geometry (Jacobs, doing this class) History Odyssey level 2 - Early Modern Lightning Lit - Early-Mid 19th Century British (fall) / Early-Mid 19th Cent American (Spring) Poetry Primer (Whitling) (some additional reading from WTM7 list) Athenaze Greek 1 (I think. Still not 100% sure which Greek we'll use. We'll finish Elementary Greek 3 this spring.) Latin. Um... Doing Latin Prep 3 and Lingua Latina *this* year. Next may be SYRWTLLatin 3 and more Lingua? SYRWTL Science 2 plus lab work from Thames and Kosmos Christian Studies 2 Famous Men of Modern Times (book/workbook) Critical Thinking Book 2 (for logic -- I *think*... some other options still on the table) continued memory work... we'll repeat the mapping lessons from Mapping the World with Art next year, just to keep them fresh in mind... art and music undetermined... probably continuing with ballet 3x/week and Boy Scouts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachermom2834 Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Math- LOF Beginning Algebra/ MUS Algebra 1 (not sure which or both?) Writing- IEW American History Based Writing Lessons Grammar- GWG 7 Spelling/Vocab- SWO G/ Vocab from Classical Roots History- History Odyssey Level 2 Early Modern Geography-Runkle Geography (continued from this year) Science- whatever is offered through co-op Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Here's our seventh grade plan. OOOHHHH!!! This is beautiful. How did you make it? I want one...covet...covet...covet.... ~~Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 My dd will be in 7th in the Fall....This is a VERY tentative Plan: Math, Reading, Language Arts: CLE (not budging here) Logic: Fallacy detective, Thinking Toolbox History/ Geography SOTW 4 w/ VP materials (I already have all this so might as well) Will include library books and videos. I may skip some chapters that I don't want to get into with the younger kids. Science: Apologia General. This will be a BIG stretch for her...but we will try. I may spread it out over 2 years. God and the History of Art Part 2 Ambleside Online Artist, Poetry, Hymn, Plutarch, Shakespeare, Composer, Worldview, Free Reading etc from Year 6 schedule. HTH Faithe Not sure if we will try to start Latin. I have put it off so long with this one, i am not sure if i will even try. I will be doing Latina Christiana 1 with her Brothers so maybe she will join in...not sure..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb in NZ Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Ds#2 turns 12 next week & this is what he'll be covering in 2010 when we begin next month: Maths: Math-U-See---Epsilon (finish), Zeta Life of Fred---Fractions, Decimals/Percents NZ Maths 8 NZ Logic & Reasoning 8 TTC: Basic Math English / Language Arts: Lively Latin 2 Sequential Spelling 2 Vocabulary Vine Jump In Writing NZ English 8 SL 3/4 Literature typing penmanship Science: Apologia General Science Story of Science: Newton NZ Science 8 Other: NZ Social Studies 8 TTC: Western Civ. TTC: History of World Lit. Tech. Drawing : Complete-A-Sketch, vol.2-3 Violin lessons + Trinity Music Exams Gymnastics (competative level 5) Field Hockey (April-September, club team + provincial team) Sailing (October-March) SeaScouts This looks like a lot, but not everything is done daily. Ds#2's day is divided into 4 "school" blocks of about a hour's work each + daily activities. Blessings, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 7th grade next year, subject to tweaking: LA: MCT Voyage level, maybe Lightning Lit 8? Math: Singapore Discovering Mathematics 1a/b History: K12 Human Odyssey with lots of supplemental reading Geog: Map Skills with World History Science: CPO Earth Science (tentative) Spanish: Spanish Now! Level 2 German: continue at Sat. School I'd love to add in some logic, maybe the Critical Thinking Book 1? There doesn't seem to be another secular option... Those are the main programs - we'll probably do LOF PreAlg/Bio over the summer, and continue with things like Grid Perplexors, Editor in Chief. etc. I actually own almost all of the curriculum above - everything except LL8, Spanish Now 2 and Critical Thinking - no wonder it seems like I spent so much this year! Oh, and for extracurriculars one of my futher 7th graders takes violin, is in a youth orchestra, and dances 3x/week, the other takes piano and a variety of things for PE. They will both take an outside art course in the fall - whether we manage to do any art the rest of the year remains to be seen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRG Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 7th grade next year: Math: LoF--Pre-Alg Bio and something else. I don't know that he will be ready for Alg I. LA: Jump-in, Vocab Cartoons II, Maybe RS 7(just to keep the Grammar skills well tuned). I always put together my own reading lists/lit. guides History: BJU Heritage Studies 7 and Texas History(putting that together myself) Science: Apologia General Science We'll keep on with Hey Andrew for Greek and start The Thinking Toolbox for Logic. That's what I've got planned so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 (edited) 7th grader: Math-R&S 8 and Singapore English- CW Homer, narrations Latin- First Form French-L'Art de Lire, First Start French Geography-Book of Marvels Arts-Art Album, Composer/Artist study, History of Art Sculpture, Piano, Drawing & Watercolors Literature- King Arthur, Puck of Pook's Hill, Age of Chivalry+ Legends of Charlemagne, English Literature for Boys and Girls, Ivanhoe,Canterbury Tales (Retold), Idylls of the King, various poems esp. Keats and Longfellow, Daughter of Time and Henry V World History- Story of England, Story of France, Story of Middle Ages American History-This Country of Ours, George Washington's World and our notebook Science-Botany Greek-Code Cracker Edited January 10, 2010 by Kfamily forgot some literature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siloam Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Here is Sweet Pea's Line up: Math: RS Geometry alternate days with Hands on Geometry and when that is finished Video Text Algebra. She will also continue with Singapore, but just do a few pages each day. Classical Writing Diogenes Maxim and Intermediate Poetry for LA Analytical Grammar for grammar Apologia General for Science All About Spelling-should finish this year, then will do Megawords Lively Latin 2 Mind Benders/Critical Thinking from Critical Thinking Press Bible Study Guide for All Ages for Bible Artistic Pursuits for Art TOG year 4 or 1 depending on how fast we are moving. That will cover history, worldview, fine arts, literature and mapping. Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Upcoming 7th grader: BSGFAA Saxon Alg 1/2 R&S English 7 SWR IEW US Based Writing Lessons TOG III Apologia General Science Henle Fallacy Detective Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elinor Everywhere Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Mine for the fall: Math CLE 7, and when finished, move into 8 Life of Fred Decimals & Percents, moving into Pre-Algebra Language Arts MCT for Vocab, Grammar, Writing, & Poetry CLE Language Arts CLE Reading (these are ALL not done every day!) Latin Latin for the New Millennium 1 Latin Prep 3 (when finished with LNM) Literature Lightning Lit 8 History TOG Year 3 Science Apologia General with lab (outside class) Logic Fallacy Detective & Critical Thinking Book 1 Other Violin Lessons Symphony Art Class Sailing Lacrosse Drama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 OOOHHHH!!! This is beautiful. How did you make it? I want one...covet...covet...covet.... ~~Faithe :iagree: My ds will be 7th next fall. Here's our 95% finalized schedule: Latin Alive book 1 Math: Algebra with Lof & Dolciani Finish CW Homer & possibly Lively Art of Writing History: Guerber Ren & Reform, George Washington's World, & Abraham Lincoln's World Religion: New Testament Lit: LL LoTR Science: Earth Science and Hakim's Story of Science Logic: Finish Art of Argument Memory work: Living Memory Art appreciation & projects (undecided) Music appreciation & trumpet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessed2fosteradopt Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 Thank you, ladies. Lots to think about. Keep your schedules coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 OOOHHHH!!! This is beautiful. How did you make it? I want one...covet...covet...covet.... ~~Faithe :iagree: I was just going to post about this!! This is what we are doing now. Math: Lial's Basic College Math Reading: Will soon begin Lightning Lit7 or CLE 6 Spelling: Spelling Through Morphographs, Megawords and Daily Copywork/Dictation Grammar: Junior Analytical Grammer and Evan Moor Daily Paragraph Editing WWE 3: For narration skills Writing: WriteShop; Bravewriter class History: SOTW 2, Famous Men of Middle Ages, Oak Meadow, Teaching Company DVDs Science: Supercharged Science, Exploration Education, Thames and Konos Physiks Workshop Spanish: Mi Vida Loca, then on to Destinos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 It's a table in an OpenOffice txt document. I screenshot it so I'd have it in jpg form, then cropped it in iPhoto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy loves Bud Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Here's our seventh grade plan. Rose, what are you using to teach html? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Lynx Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Our 7th grade plans: Finish Singapore 6, LOF fractions/decimals Latin - Cambridge through co-op, Latin Prep at home Greek - Elementary Greek II, through co-op Ancient History/literature - my own plan, whatever that will be CW Diogenes Maxim + he's writing various sci-fi and fantasy stories Hopefully we'll read the Iliad. Fine Arts - humanities in co-op, composer/artist study through Harmony Fine Arts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Rose, what are you using to teach html? Mostly Google. He's the type of kid who is good at teaching himself things but rarely is motivated to do so. During his "HTML hour" I have him sit at the computer in the family room so I can make sure he's working on his website. He's teaching it to himself, though, using whatever resources he can drum up himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Here's what I'm currently looking at for next year: 8-9 Reading 9-10 Math 10-11 Grammer, Writing, and Vocab 11-12 Alternate Latin/Greek (M,W,F) with Spanish (T,R - outside class on Tuesdays) 12-1 Lunch 1-1:30 Logic 1:30-3:30 History/Lit (M,W,F) and Chemistry (T,R) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginevra Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 This is my current 7th grader's schedule: Math - LOF Pre-Algebra Writing - One Year Adventure Novel Vocab - Vocabulary from Classical Roots (which I hate, btw) Literature - Currently reading Pride and Prejudice Penmanship - Spencerian Penmanship History - We were using SOTW, but we are beginning History Odyssey Science - Apologia General Science French - Rosetta Stone Health - Facing the Facts Piano - Weekly lessons, daily practice Art - dd is a natural artist, but we will soon work on Artistic Pursuits PE - soccer, Wii Fit Plus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeegal Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 This is both my current 7th grader's lineup and my plan for my current 6th grader next year. ;) Math: Saxon 87 Latin: This Year - Oxford Latin Book 1 Next Year - Lively Latin Book 1 Greek: This Year only: Hey Andrew Teach Me Some Greek Level 3 English: This Year: Rod & Staff 5, Pentime Penmanship 7, Vocabulary for Life CD-Rom Next Year: Rod & Staff 5, Pentime Penmanship 7, Calvert Spelling & Vocabulary CD-Rom History: History Odyssey Early Modern Level 2 (I separated the children's history this year) Science: Apologia General Science Circle Time at Breakfast: Memory work, art & music appreciation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Here's our seventh grade plan. Dragons, could I just jump in here and ask how you do science once a week? This is such a new concept to me, doing science or history only once a week, and yet it really does free up the schedule when you're doing so many other things all morning. How exactly do you do that? Anyone else who does it is welcome to chime in too. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Dragons, could I just jump in here and ask how you do science once a week? This is such a new concept to me, doing science or history only once a week, and yet it really does free up the schedule when you're doing so many other things all morning. How exactly do you do that? Anyone else who does it is welcome to chime in too. :) Actually, looking at that schedule makes me ask specfically - how do you get through CPO Life Science in only one day a week? Okay, I do see it's a 3-hour chunk, maybe that answers it a lot. We're doing a chapter every two weeks - reading the text and doing the section reviews one week, and doing the assessment the next week. If there's 3 sections rather than two, the third section is usually the second week. I also have them do 2-4 of the supplementary Skill Sheets from the CPO website. Then at the end of the second week, there's a 1 1/2 hour lab. How are you breaking it up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Dragons, could I just jump in here and ask how you do science once a week? This is such a new concept to me, doing science or history only once a week, and yet it really does free up the schedule when you're doing so many other things all morning. How exactly do you do that? Anyone else who does it is welcome to chime in too. :) We do it for three hours on that one day. 12yo reads a chapter of the text, does the written exercises, then works on an "investigation" while I check his answers. The reading takes about an hour. We discuss during and after the investigation. If I want him to read one of the "literary picks" CPO schedules, he does that during this three hour period too. So far we have skipped the kind of labs that require him to observe and record data every day (sprouts, brine shrimp). We happen to have done almost identical labs a couple of years ago in an ecology course. If we hadn't, I'd have him observe and record as part of setting up his schoolday or putting away his schoolday, ie, when he files papers or when he finds his books. Those sort of recordings only take a few minutes. There are thankfully investigations in the CPO TM that can be done in one period a week. It's written for schools, and school class periods in our state are thirty-eight minutes long, five days a week. That's just a bit over three hours. We don't have to deal with forming into groups to do experiments; we just hand parts of labs over to eager younger siblings sitting nearby. So CPO science fits right in to that time frame. I'm not sure it frees up our time, since our afternoon blocks are soooo long. But I feel that the kids are more likely to store the info in their long term memories if they won't be recalling it for a whole week. I also feel that it makes the mind stronger to focus on one task for three hours than to switch tasks all day long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kangato3 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Math: Chalkdust Pre-Algebra English: Lightning Lit 7, IEW Medieval Writing, VFCR, AG (season 2) History: The Medieval and Early Modern World (Oxford series) Science: CPO Life Religion: Faith and Life Art: Artistic Pursuit Jr Hi, Bk 1 Music: Private piano, homeschool band (sax) PE: Basketball, homeschool PE classes Spanish: Getting Started with Spanish Louise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 How are you breaking it up? I answered most of this in the other post, but I also wanted to say we don't have a chapters-per-month goal. We're moving at our own pace and so far it is varying wildly depending on how much the 7th grader already knows about a topic, how challenging the investigation is. Our core is just the textbook readings and investigations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa B Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 7th grade: Math - online class, finish Singapore Primary Mathematics Latin - online class Greek - online class French - First Start French (finish I and perhaps begin II) English - Magic Lens I / 4Practice I Science - Oak Meadow, finish Environmental Science History - online class, finish History Odyssey Modern 2 Geography/Art - online class, continue Mapping the World with Art Literature - Excellence in Literature 2 Religion - online class Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngieW in Texas Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 I'm still figuring out next year for my youngest. plans for 7th so far English either OM English 6 or Essay Apprentice, probably Essay Apprentice because it's cheaper and it looks very good I love IEW, but it doesn't work for my youngest. SL Core 6 readers, but probably just a selection of them since this dd is dyslexic and doesn't read quickly History either OM6 or SL Core 6, both cover ancients and middle ages, Probably SL6 because I already own it, but I really don't want to do SOTW again. Once was enough for me. Science Prentice Hall Science Explorer because I already own it and it works for my dd Math combination of Keys to Fractions, Decimals, Percents, Algebra and Lial's Basic College Mathematics Right now she does 5 minutes in one book and then 25 minutes in a different book each day, so that she works out of each book 2x/week, several days apart. Next year I plan to make it either 5 minutes and 30 minutes or 10 minutes and 25 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanaTron Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Math--Singapore; Life of Fred Fractions and Decimals/percents French--Learnables Level 2 Grammar--Growing with Grammar Spelling--Megawords Writing--WWE 3 and 4 Literature--Lightning Literature Geography--Trail Guide to World Geography Science--The Elements, Carbon Chemistry Logic--Orbiting with Logic Music is done through a co-op; PE is just outside play; and she is in Girl Scouts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
at the beach Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 DD is in 7th grade this year. We are doing: Math--Rod and Staff 8 (we add in other math, but I realized a few months into this school year that she really needed the gentle approach, constant review, and clear explanations in Rod and Staff) Science--Runkles Physical Geography and Handbook of Nature Study Foreign Language--Latin I Henle with RCA--love, love, love this! L/A--Nancy Wilson's Our Mother Tongue for grammar, Lively Art of Writing and Elements of Style for Writing, Painless Poetry (don't know that this is painless, but it's what we have), Vocabulary Coach free online, narration and dictation. I also added in a worksheet that covers literary terms. History/Lit/Bible--Core 5 from Sonlight (working to finish this, talk about a long haul, LOL, but she's learning a lot and enjoys it), starting Classical Mythology (a one semester class) this Spring with Lukeion Project. Once she finishes Core 5, we'll probably just add in light history on audio or possibly Lukeion history workshops and free Bible reading in the morning. Art--it never gets done anymore. :001_huh: We have a lot of resources. I decided yesterday that this week, after Latin, math and music practice get done, we're spending the rest of our days on art. Artist and Composer Study--A picture on our kitchen wall changes every few weeks or month, and we listen to lots of classical music but I need to make an effort to focus on one composer at a time. Other--We do the SAT question of the day usually. Also, outside classes are violin, piano and dance~she dances about a dozen hours a week this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meet me in paris Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Starting in the fall... TRISMS History Makers for history, geography, English & history of science IEW is blended into TRISMS for writing Oak Meadow Math 7 Oak Meadow Science 7 Tae Kwan Do & swim team for PE Piano and clarinet for music... done! I think it will be my easiest year yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mcconnellboys Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Yeah, I'm going to try vocab for the college bound this time around..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Here's 7th grade this year: Bible: Character trait study as a family History: Kingfisher spine, reading historical fiction Science: Rainbow Year 1 Math: Glencoe Pre-Algebra 8th grade book Literature: CLE Reading 7 and novels for book club and history Grammar: BJU, just added in diagramming and practice sheets from CLE Writing: Jump In and a local writing class by a retired teacher Critical Thinking: Orbiting with Logic, Think A Minutes, Mind Benders, Red Herring Mysteries Artist and Composer Studies Co-Op: various topics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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