funnygirl Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 After reading Heathermomster's history thread, I wondered if y'all would be willing to share any firm decisions you've made for 6th, 7th, or 8th grade next year. We will stick with ALEKS math; DD will likely be finished with pre-Algebra and move on to Algebra I. She is enjoying VPSP NTGR so far (she's only been at it for a couple of weeks.) If she continues to thrive with it we will move on to MARR. I am using The Writer's Jungle/Bravewriter Lifestyle and REALLY liking it, but we have yet to incorporate much of the day-to-day ideas into her routine. Hopefully we'll be sticking with it, as I really like the premise. I have Mosdos Gold Literature which I love, but she's not ready for it at the moment. I'm hoping she'll be more ready in the fall. It would be perfect for 8th grade. We will continue working on EF skills with the Linguisystems workbook. WHAT I NEED: I'd like to start formal logic (DD can argue a blue streak; might as well teach her how to do it!) I need a secular science curriculum (I prefer to supplement my own theology.) I need to make a decision about formal Spanish (We live in San Antonio; it's pretty much a bilingual city.) I'd like to have a plan for Geography. I'd also like something that I could pull out to do formal art once in a while. Okay, ladies. I'm all ears! :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathermomster Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 McDougal Littell Life Science for 7th grade. I'm hoping to supplement with a Van Cleave book and a book called Creepy Crawlies and the Scientific Method. There may be a worm dissection in our future and slides looking at onion roots, paramecium, and whatever else we can find. The future is wide open with the microscope at the moment. It's my dream at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 (edited) With my upcoming 6th grader: Definitely using: MUS Epsilon Barton Reading & Spelling FLL 4 Abeka grade 5 Science with Audio from Learning Ally( I am @ 90% sure on this) On the fence: WWE 4 IEW Ancient History Wrriting TOG year 1 UG using audio books Or VPSP OT/AE Or Textbook with audio Upcoming 2nd grader: Definitely using: CLE Math 2 Barton Reading & Spelling FLL 2 WWE 2 (He might need to wait until he is further along with reading) RS4K Chem & Biology On the fence: TOG year 1 LG Or VPSP OT/AE Or SOTW 1 Edited February 21, 2012 by Quiver0f10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 For grades 7 & 8 here is my tentative plan for next year. Everything is subject to change if anything changes in the kids behaviours/abilities/therapies etc Geography: Ellen McHenry's Mapping the world through art History & Literature: COntinue with what we are doing now (currently doing SL Core D, 1/2 of core 100 and Canadian history, along with Time Travelers CDROMS we will just keep pluggin along and start Core E when we get to it) Math: Jump Math 5.2 (we are starting 5.1 next week) and 6.1 As well as continuing through the LoF elementary books and starting on fractions. MUS will continue to be used as a supplement, we should be into the Delta book by then Writing: Meaningful composition 4+ (book II) and WWE level 3 Grammar: Not sure yet, leaving MCT, though the kids enjoy it there is no real retention Spelling: DS will continue working on words as they pop up in his work, dd should be into AAS level 3 by then Penmanship: BOth will continue learning cursive with HWOT Typing:not sure what program yet but it will get done Vocab & Poetry: MCT Science: Physical science using kits, lapbooks, and living books. If I can swing it I will get exploration education instead but I already have everything else to do plan A Fine Arts: Artistic Pursuits, Homeschool in the woods lapbooks for composers and artists, possibly private music lessons if I can afford them Logic: undecided between MP traditional logic 1 and Introduction to logic Foreign Language: we may or may not do this, it all depends on how the kids therapies etc are going. If we do we will do either LC1 or First form latin, mission monde for french and hey andrew teach me some greek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almondbutterandjelly Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 For my 6th grade, highly visual "right-brain" learner: Math: oh, you said firm decisions. Nope. Maybe Key To series. Maybe PACES. Literature: BJU As Full As the World and Worktext (picking and choosing and providing lots of extra visual aids). Somewhere in there also use Evan Moor Literature Pockets Tall Tales grades 4-6. Reading: Reading lots of grade-level books. About 30 minutes each day. No questions. Just enjoying. Grammar: Language Smarts D. Possibly followed by Abeka God's Gift of Language A. Composition: Winning with Writing 2 Handwriting: Reason for Handwriting F. Followed by Classically Cursive Book 4 to hopefully transition to writing smaller. Vocabulary: Super Duper Inc.'s Core Curriculum Vocabulary Cards Level 3. Followed by Scholastic Vocabulary Cartoons grades 4-6. Spelling: Spectrum 6 - lists only, no written work except spelling test. Health: Abeka 6 - reading only Map Skills: Maps Charts Graphs D and E. Science: Interest led. Magnets for sure. And illustrated books on magnets. Bible Study: Veritas Press Old Testament cards. Reading Comprehension Test-Taking Skills: Comprehension Plus B History: Heritage Studies 3 and 4, maybe 5. Supplemented by Netflix. Spanish: Salsa (online) (by Georgia PBS) Latin: Cambridge 1 continued Social Skills: Art of Conversation for grades 4+ by Didax Various educational computer sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingerbread Mama Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 (edited) I will have two in middle school next year, yikes. ODS will be in 8th grade. He doesn't have a label but shows some dyslexic traits as well as signs of dyscalculia and dysgraphia, though his handwriting is night and day from where it was even eighteen months ago. He struggles mightily with executive functioning. DD will be in fifth, so her first year of middle school. I can't say I think she is SN, she is just highly anxious. She has a completely irrational fear of getting an answer wrong or having to re-do something. So with her I'm just trying to keep it simple. Right now we are using a FIAR approach and it is working well. I plan to continue that next year. I have found that adding good supporting books and projects helps beef up the material, so even if the book they row is a bit below them they still learn (and they tend to need to be a bit below their comprehension level in order to read the book to themselves and not be so frustrated they give up.) Through this approach we are getting history, grammar lite, geography lite, vocabulary, and occasionally science lite. Math - not a clue. Seriously. ODS is decidedly not mathy. We are still working on place value, converting decimals to fractions, and the like. Some days he gets it, other days not. DD is much more capable but this is also the subject she is most likely to become so paralyzed by the fear of being wrong that she can answer anything. Science - we are going super simple. I can't do it all, they came out of ps very behind where I feel they could be in the 3 Rs. I'm not going to sweat science too much. We will search out fun experiments, read books and magazines about science stuff, and hit on whatever science presents itself in our unit studies. History - covered in unit studies. Contemplating throwing in SOTW CDs just for a bit extra. Foreign Language - the kids think Spanish. I would prefer Latin, mostly because I aced Latin and flunked Spanish in high school LOL I'm thinking a very laid back approach to vocabulary from classical roots might be a good middle ground. Again, we need the basics far more than a foreign language at this point. Reading - unit studies as above I'm also planning to do some executive functioning strengthening activities with them both. For ODS, we are hoping to get an exam to evaluate the need for visual therapy. Our district, at least, doesn't put tons of emphasis on geography/foreign language/anything above general science until high school. History is laughable all the way through. I figure if I get their 3 Rs up to speed, let them do interest led science, introduce any foreign language/history at all, they will be getting better than we could have hoped for in ps. They will also not be at a disadvantage (here) should they choose to enroll in the local ps high school. Edited February 21, 2012 by Gingerbread Mama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamonaQ Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Considering we are just began our second semester in Feb, I am not hardly thinking about what we will do next! However, 8th grade may be the last year I homeschool ds (sniff! He wants to try out school! Wow! Who knew 8 years of homeschooling would go by in the blink of an eye!) For my dyslexic, dysgraphic 8th grader. math- Calvert 8th Grade (will decide whether it is algebra closer to end of spring--likely will be algebra) Science- Middle school Physical Science taught at Homeschool Resource Center by certificated teacher History- maybe Veritas Press Early Modern Level 2; we have done Level 2 Middle Ages this year and I will evaluate at the end of the year with ds to determine if we want to continue in this series. Otherwise, I will likely consider k12 Human Odyssey. Foreign Language-ASl 102- again at homeschool resource center (obtaining college credits! Hurray!!!!) Literature- We have enjoyed Lightning Lit this year. Who knows! Writing- I think we are (finally!) ready to just interleave instruction into history, literature and science. Probably instruction as it arises. Engineering-ds enjoyed competing with his team at the homeschool resource center so we will likely do this class again Reading-ds reads at least an hour a day for pleasure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiramisu Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 (edited) 7th grader with writing difficulties Math: CLE Math- finish 700 level and assess alebra 1 options Writing: WWS- continue and move on to next level when pubished; may play around with Jump In or enroll in Seton Reading for practice with literary analysis essays Literature: Worthwhile read-alouds with dh; independent reading; Seton Reading? Latin: Third Form Grammar: may proceed with the next Seton workbook since she likes it Religion: for read aloud & discussion: Baltimore Catechism, 2nd part; Schuster's Bible History, New Testament; saint stories The above is what we are serious about. What follows is gravy. If we overdo it, things can start to fall apart, so we will conserve our energy for the good stuff. Science: whatever she wants; low stress; fun coop class? History: whatever she wants; low stress; just reading; perhaps just once a week unless it's something she really likes Geography: thinking about Around the World in 180 days as she likes doing research Piano: if we find another teacher ;) Edited February 22, 2012 by NJKelli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyBC Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 (edited) For 7th grade ds next year MATH: Teaching Textbooks 7 ENGLISH: Grammar - Continue doing Rod & Staff orally and with whiteboards with younger sister Spelling - Megawords Writing? - Contemplating IEW's Ancient-History Based Writing Lessons. Not sure what would be best after using Wordsmith Apprentice this year. He loves the reality-based practicality of the newspaper premise. Probably IEW. :willy_nilly: SCIENCE: Considering Rainbow Science. Or we could come up with our own stuff for - Ecosystems - Chemistry - Earth's Crust HISTORY: Back to Ancients. I want to RA SOTW to dd, I plan to assign reading (Usborne, some SL fiction) to ds. Y'all have me looking at K-12's Human Odyssey which was not in my plan. At all. You're evil. If we do IEW's AHB Writing that would tie in nicely. GERMAN: Das Ist Deutsch BIBLE RA ART Not sure. How To Teach Art To Children is working out better this year than I thought, though that means we still have Mark Kistler's Draw Squad to finish up PE soccer + active living Edited February 22, 2012 by KathyBC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathermomster Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 (edited) I need a secular science curriculum Look what I found. This woman is a Rock Star!! I came across this thread for CPO Life science yesterday and wanted to share. There is a free online PDF book and lab manual. The CPO book is laid out far better than my McDougal-Littell text. I may use CPO instead. I'm going to wait and brew on it for awhile. Edited February 26, 2012 by Heathermomster CPO Science Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Shellers Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 (edited) My DS will be in 6th grade next school year. He has severe dyslexia. The plan is to school year round so we will just keep on doing what we are doing and move onto the next level. We are going to concentrate on reading, writing, and math, doing these subjects everyday. We will try and squeeze everything else in. My main goal is to get him reading fluently. Once his reading is up to speed I know other subjects will be easier for him. He's worked so hard and came so far since we pulled him out of public school. :) MATH TT6 & TT7 He's already started TT6 and I think he'll be moving onto TT7 in November. ENGLISH Spelling - Apples & Pears B & C (He just started B) Phonics - Dancing Bears B & C (He will be starting B next week) Writing - WWW3 Grammar - GWG4 Vocabulary - 240 Vocabulary Words 4th Grade Kids Need To Know Reading - 15 to 20 minutes per day, we are just starting to follow some of the wonderful ideas from Reading Rescue 1-2-3 GEOGRAPHY The Geography Book HISTORY SOTW 2 SCIENCE - We have a bunch of science books and will do a mix of different things. Giant Science Hands on Science Mysteries 365 Simple Science Experiments With Everyday Materials Usborne Science Encyclopedia Edited February 27, 2012 by Shellers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Finnella Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Look what I found. This woman is a Rock Star!! I came across this thread for CPO Life science yesterday and wanted to share. There is a free online PDF book and lab manual. The CPO book is laid out far better than my McDougal-Littell text. I may use CPO instead. I'm going to wait and brew on it for awhile. Yes she is! I'm most likely using that for our science. I even sent the PDF to my rocket scientist friend for review because we struggled with science curriculum so much last year. She's blessed it as thorough, so I doubt I'll look further. We only started homeschooling in the middle of last year, so we're playing catch up in the core areas. Language Arts - R&S 6; Apples & Pears Spelling C Math - MUS - Not sure what level; it depends on how much further we get this year; we've completed Alpha through Gamma this year so far. Handwriting - continued practice with HWOT Cursive Logic - Discovery of Deduction I know we're doing early American history but I haven't finalized the book choices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 (edited) Still struggling. He will technically be 9th grade next year, but we will most likely do mostly 8th grade subjects except for math. Math- TT Everything else- whatever he can do independently without too much help. We are butting heads hourly around here and I am sick of it and can't take it anymore. He either does something on his own or he goes to school. It drains the life out of me to try to teach him. I ordered some Lifepacs and ACE PAces and he is working with both to decide what he likes best. He hates CLE so recommending that won't help. I have thought of BJU teachers but school for 3-4 hours a day sends him into a tailspin, can't imagine 8 hours a day. Dawn Edited February 29, 2012 by DawnM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funnygirl Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 :grouphug: to you Dawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Thank you. Dh gets home from his business trip tonight, thank goodness.....Dh and I need to sit down and have a talk with each other and then with him. We have GOT to get him tested. Right now they told me it would happen around summer. He has been on the wait list since September. If it doesn't happy by summer I will pay for it. It has to be done. EVERYTHING I give him is met with comments......this is stupid. why do I have to do this? I already know this. Oh great, this AGAIN? That is followed by chicken scratch and heavy pencil marks that he can't erase so that he can get out of doing it. Dawn :grouphug: to you Dawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathermomster Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 (edited) 7th grade....Lord, help me... Reading--6-8 texts that coincide with Ancient History History- History Odyssey Level 2 Ancients, with Oxford Press books, and K12Vol1 for back up Science -- CPO Life Science with a ton of supplementation and labs Math-- Math Mammoth supplement with Dolciani Pre-Algebra Writing- WWE3, Killgallon Sentence Composing for Middle School Grammar-Analytical Grammar (never tried diagramming before; hoping this works) Logic- Mind Benders Vocabulary - Vocab from Classical Root Tutoring---Wilson tutor twice per week Music- Trumpet lessons and hopefully performance band once per week. Bible- Memoria Press Vol 2 Wish me luck people...I need to acquire a microscope and the lab materials and then I'll almost be ready...My history ref library is looking pretty amazing at the moment and there are books everywhere. Edited March 17, 2012 by Heathermomster I wasn't homeschooled... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funnygirl Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share Posted March 18, 2012 This looks great, Heathermomster! I'm jealous!! I've got to make a new decision about History, as dd isn't liking VPSP. I need to do more than just SOTW. Still have lots of other decisions to make as well. I recently purchased Fallacy Detective to try out for Logic. She seemed to enjoy perusing it, so I've got my fingers crossed. I love the science program you found, but I wonder if I would do better with an "all in one box" type program, like Noeo. I tend to think if I had the stuff on hand I would be more inclined to get it done. On the other hand if it all just sits in the box then I've wasted my money. Hmmm.... I'd love to hear what books you have planned for Reading! Care to share? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathermomster Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 I'd love to hear what books you have planned for Reading! Care to share? These books are a part of the HO level 2 reading list, and I haven't picked these up yet. Tales of Ancient Egypt by Roger Lancelyn Green The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw The Children’s Homer by Padraic Colum Greek Myths by Olivia Coolidge (I picked this up by another author.) Theras and His Town by Caroline Dale Snedeker Caesar’s Gallic War by Olivia Coolidge (This books looks extremely difficult and I may select something else about Caesar) I'm hoping to download Japanese Folk Tales and other WTM recommendations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funnygirl Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share Posted March 18, 2012 These books are a part of the HO level 2 reading list, and I haven't picked these up yet. Is the reading list included in the textbook? I've looked for it online but haven't had any luck finding it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funnygirl Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share Posted March 18, 2012 Wait - you're doing History Odyssey not Human Odyssey. Found it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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