crimsonkelley Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 What are your plans for your sixth grader? Next year I'll have a 6th grader and 3rd grader. I feel like I didn't require alot from my 5th grader this year. I know I should requre alot more independent work....just trying to balance the independence of an older child and requirements of a younger child. (B/C my younger child is not a strong reader, I do alot of read alouds - instead of just assigning them to my older child.) We use SOTW - we'll be on #2 in the fall. We also use MUS, Latina Christiana, R & S English. I've always followed WTM recommendations for science. Although I start out great, I always end up just letting science slide - so I'm going to use Apologia Exploring Creation Series this year as our spine. (I think it will helpe me be accountable.) Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmamainva Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 I have a 6th Grader this year... English - IEW -- Saxon Grammar & Writing 5 (just the grammar portion) -- Spelling Power Math - Chalkdust Prealgebra History - Sonlight Core 100 (US History) Science - Real Science 4 Kids Level 1 (Biology, Chemistry, and Physics) Art - Various drawing books picked up at a local craft store PE - Swimming, Tae Kwon Do, Baseball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 I have a 6th grader this year- and she did -BJU English 6 (though we are changing for 7th) -BJU math -mom made health and geog (changing to apologia health and trail guides geog) -I also made my own reading- we will be changing to lightning lit 7 and skills for literary analysis for 7th -All American History vol 1 -Mystery of History vol 1 -Spelling Power (she finished it in Jan) -Wordly Wise vocabulary -Apologia Science We did most of that for 6th grade and before, but from 7th on we are changing quite a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 This year I had 6th graders and another working at 3rd/4th grade level - I've been thinking I may have given them too much independent work this year as I had decided I needed to focus more on my younger dd - up till this year I'd been focusing mostly on my older two and she had just been coming along for the ride... anyway, this is what my 6th graders did: LA: MCT Town (Grammar, Writing, Vocab, Poetry), Jamestown Best Short Stories, Editor in Chief Math: Singapore 6a/b, Math Detective Science: CPO Life Science, The Way Life Works, Science Detective History: K12 Human Odyssey, The World in Ancient Times, lots of additional reading German: Sat. School Spanish: Spanish the Easy Way Art: Outside classes for doing it, The Story of Art for art history Logic: Grid Perplexors, Venn Perplexors Music: both - chorus; dd1 - violin, orchestra; dd2 piano PE: dd1 ballet; dd2 skating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNLisa Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 My upcoming 6th grader will be doing the following: MFW's Exploration - 1850 for Bible, Science, History, Music, Art ILL - third section Writing Strands 4 (finishing up, then beginning WS 5) Saxon 7/6 with Saxon Teacher cd Prima Latina Christiana/Latina Christiana I Can't wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susie in CA Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Here is the plan so far: Math: Math Mammoth (finish 4, do 5, and start 6) this is what we have let slide somehow LA: SWO E and F, Voyages in English 6 (only Grammar), writing the WTM way with a little Writing Tales thrown in, Literature ala WTM and SL German: Rosetta Stone Level 2, German School once a week History: finish SL 6 and start SL 7 Science: WTM with lots of kits and experiments from How .... Works Series Logic: Mindbenders Art: Monart Class, reading Usborne Internet Linked Art Enc Music: Piano Lessons, this year we'll be reading through the Mike Venezia Artist books PE: Karate and whatever else comes along That's it! Susie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonkelley Posted May 11, 2010 Author Share Posted May 11, 2010 Thanks!!! I'm curious - how much of your work do you expect your 6th grader to do independently? Do you give a weekly notebook with lesson, daily assignments or do you still do alot of one on one? I just want her to be prepared and develop good study/work habits - which I don't think I've done a very good job teaching yet. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomOfOneFunOne Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Religion: Old Testament with Deacon at church,liturgical calendar, et c. Math: Singapore (below) Latin: Lingua Latina (below) Logic: undecided History: continuing the American History series below and back to Greek Science: undecided Memory: Continue with more poetry, documents, et c. Writing: Continue to write across the curriculum (a la writer's jungle) Violin and Riding Lessons to continue We still want to add a language this year. I was thinking of German but it doesn't seem to be working out. Then, when my daughter discovered that CAP offers Greek for Children, she's kind of in for that. We'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancer67 Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Mine is down in my signature line. We are still working on what to do for a foreign language though. As far as independent work, she has a student planner and she knows what to expect each day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 (edited) My rising 6th grader will do the following: History/Science/Bible/: HOD's CTC (which uses Apologia Zoology 3 as a spine for Science, and covers world History from creation to Christ for History) Reading: DITHR Language Arts: R&S English 5 (all of it, not as written in CTC), R&S Spelling 5 Math: CLE - finish math 5, complete math 6 by the end of the year. Foreign Language: Le Francais Facile Electives: R&S Health 4/5, R&S Music 6, Typing Instructor for Kids, Art in co-op P.E.: TKD, track, soccer My 6th grade son is about 95% independent. Most of what I do with him is discussion (Bible, English lesson, Read aloud, he reads to me, etc) The rest, he does on his own. On a typical day, I spend less than 20 minutes working with him unless he has a problem or some specific questions. Edited May 11, 2010 by Tree House Academy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Next year for 6th grade, my dd will do the following: LA: Classical Writing, Rod & Staff, Omnibus 1 (1-3 secondary books) Math: Horizons with MEP & Singapore supplements History: self-designed program with Grueber/Miller books as spine & lots of literature Science: The Elements by Ellen McHenry, Exploring Creation The Human Body (if time) Latin: Latina Christiana II, moving to Henle French: Tell Me More, French Smart, with books, audio CDs, DVDs German: OSU German I, Tell Me More Greek: Hey Andrew Level 3, moving to Elementary Greek Spanish: Calico Spanish Level 1 Art, Music & Shakespeare Study Extras to attempt to fit in :confused:: Lollipop Logic, Philosophy for Kids This year we've done school 4 days per week with only Math and a Latin quiz on Friday. This coming year I foresee we'll be moving to 5 days per week which is fine for grade 6. I've tried to make my dd more independent this year. She does very well if I give her a list to check off. If she doesn't have a list, even though she knows what she has to do, she seems to get lost and, seriously only gets about 1/4 completed! I find it bizarre but it's the way it is at this age. A list it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 (edited) . Edited July 9, 2022 by SilverMoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Here's what we've done this year: LfC B Lof/Dolciani pre-algebra Megawords 1, R&S English (grammar only) Writing was a struggle - ended with WWE 3 Art of Argument FMoMA w/ The story of the Middle Ages (Harding) 1st semester: Science Matters 2nd semesters: Biology/anatomy (Exploring the World of Biology) Religion: Study on proverbs Art: didn't go as planned Music: (see above):glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy in ME Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 (edited) This will be his return year from a terrible (my opinion; not his) ps year. MCT language (grammar, vocab, writing, poetry) R&S Spelling TOG Y4 (history, lit, writing, geography) Singapore Math 6 A&B Science: considering Rainbow with older brother or may let him choose from God's Design for Science topics) He will do Spelling, Science, and much of TOG on his own. Edited May 11, 2010 by Wendy in ME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hose Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 This is my tentative plan for my upcoming 6th grader. Hope it helps. Bible: Awana T&T Yr. 4 Math: Rod and Staff 6 English: Rod and Staff 6 and AAS 4 Latin: Finish Getting Started With Latin and LL1 or FF1 History: BJU 6 w/SOTW and Sonlight 6 readers Science: The Elements and Bite Size Physics Music: Violin and Piano Art: How Great Thou Art Typing: Typing Instructor Deluxe P.E.: Swim Team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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