Having organized the 4 year high school course plan based on our state’s graduating requirements, we mapped out what classes to take when and had a plan for 9th grade. With English, Writing, and Literature being lumped together in high school as one course, we chose to continue with the English curriculum we have […]
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A lot of the coursework as a sophomore was similar to what we did during freshman year…including English, Literature, History, Spanish , and Health. We continued through the same English book and Literature book. History was focused on the Medieval time period. Spanish included interpreting spoken dialogue. And Health continued to dig into nutrional
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An overview… In our state, a homeschooler can participate in athletics if they take one class at the high school. It is up to the superintendent of each school corporation as to whether to allow participation by a homeschooler. So, when our eldest was in 7th grade, we inquired about the opportunity to do
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Books we enjoyed looking through, reading, exploring, and/or re-reading… LANGUAGE Brian P. Cleary books (parts of speech/grammar) Alvin Schwartz books (Busy Buzzing Bumblebees) MISCELLANEOUS Too Many Pumpkins (L White) McBroom (S Fleischmann…tall tales) Five Little Peppers (M Sidney) Alfred Hitchcock’s Solve Them Yourself Mysteries Chocolate by Hershey (B Burford) Time Zones (D Adler) Disaster (DK…Richard
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Here are the “Read Alouds” that we have read and enjoyed as a family (often times in the car while driving to and from places). Many of these followed our history curriculum while others were just selections from the shelves of the library (particularly Caldecott, Newberry, and other award winning books). Come On, Seabiscuit
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Now, let’s talk resources for choosing curriculum. Cathy Duffy has reviewed all kinds of materials for so many years which is why she is probably the most often used resource by many homeschooling families. She has her website…www.cathyduffyreviews.com full of reviews (and a “How to Choose Homeschool Curriculum” PDF for sale). She also has
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So…got the curriculum…now what? We like routine and have to have routine…so I homeschool with a start time of 8-8:15 am (we have farm chores to do first). I schedule the day out and then, if needed, roll and adapt as we go. For us, this is what we need. If we don’t start the
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Obviously, if they are passing quizzes and tests, there is a good chance they are learning at their grade level. However, sometimes we think they are, only to find out later that they aren’t/didn’t. (This happened in a couple early grades for us with spelling in particular.) As a former middle school science
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What were our boys reading…? 3rd grade 4th grade 5th grade 6th grade 7th grade 8th grade high school
Books our boys were reading during high school… Stand By, Boys! (K. Norel) Henry’s Red Sea (R. Smucker) Hidden Riches (H. Romaine Stauffer) 1984 (G Orwell) Animal Farm (G Orwell) The Scarlet Letter (N. Hawthorne)
