I had great intentions of blogging all summer long, but life happens.
I have been diligently working on my 2016-17 school year. I will be posting each of my children’s curriculum choices starting with:
8th grade Selections:
Study Skills-We are going to start our year with Victus Study Skill Program. I really feel this is important for him and so we are going to tackle his before he starts his heavy school load.
Pre-Algebra–Teaching Textbooks finishing level Pre-Algebra in January and start Algebra 1. Not sure if we will stick to TT or switch to Math U See with him once we hit Algebra 1.
Science– Apologia’s General Science at co-op along with Audio CD and Notebook Journal.
Language Arts- Hewitt Homeschooling Lightning Literature 8th grade curriculum. We did their 7th grade curriculum last year and I liked it. This year I am adapting it big time because of his two courses on Landry Academy.
Spelling– this will be our 4th and final year using Barton Reading & Spelling. Since he was diagnosed with dyslexia in 2013, we’ve been plugging away slowly. We are working on level 8 and need two more after that, but they seem shorter than the previous ones.
Analytical Grammar– This is our first attempt at formal grammar instruction. I chose Analytical Grammar because it is, well, very analytical. I am hoping it makes sense to him! Dyslexics have a hard time with grammar. I considered Winston Grammar which I will try next year if this fails miserably. We are doing it together with her sister.
Bible-CBS Bible Study this year we study “Return to Jerusalem” covering the journey of the Israelites from Capivity to Jerusalem.
World Religions-doing during Morning time with sister. I really felt it was important for the both of my kids to know about other religions but to study them in the safety of our home and with a Christian perspective. Hoping to have them both try and pass the DSST for college credit.
Ancient History– We will be using Exploring World History by Notgrass Unit 1-10 only. This is a high school course that I am adapting to 8th grade. Next year he will finish the book and earn his 10 credits.
Other Co-op Classes:
Spanish– This teacher (happens to be me) will use La Clase Divertida to teach Level 2 Spanish. He has been “learning” Spanish for the last 3 years but he will doesn’t want to speak. So my hope is to just get him used to hearing the Spanish and hopefully one day he’ll just speak….
Pop Art- Class in co-op not sure what this will entail but I hope its fun!
Drama– he will be part of our co-op drama troupe for Shakespeare’s Mid Summer night Dream.
Like his sister, Buddy Spuddy will start taking classes at Landry Academy. She has loved online learning, so I am really hoping he does too.
He will start with:
Writing Ropes- this is a 15 week course focusing on sentence, paragraph and essay writing for 6th-8th graders.
In the spring:
Programming in Python using Minecraft- I am hoping this is up to his level and he enjoys the challenge.
Reading Ropes-Focused on reading comprehension and “how to” read. I am really excited about this one.
On top of all this, I will be starting Home Ec which includes: cooking, home manangement, vehicle mantainance and carpentry.
It’s funny to compare what her sister was doing in 8th grade here.
Next time I will share my 11th grader’s curriculum choices.
Ligia
