Tentative Plan for 2011/2012 year:
July 2011-May 2012
9th grade:
Bible/Verses/Devotion/Study: KJV (continuing reading through alternating Old Testament and New Testament), Romans 6, Colossians 3, 1 Corinthians 13 Psalms 139, The Mind of the Maker, Commentary by Jamieson-Faussett-Brown and/or Matthew Henry (Mark, Ephesians, Esther), Saints and Heroes (should be finished, or almost, with Vol 1 and moving to Vol 2)
Math:
Life of Fred Beginning Algebra, Advanced Algebra, Khan Academy
Life of Fred Beginning Algebra, Advanced Algebra, Khan Academy
Writing/Literature/Grammar/Composition:
We are still using some of the resources/books from last year and will continue with them. I decided to go ahead and make this the official schedule because we school year round, we will be into the Yr6 and Yr8 materials towards the end of the 2010/2011 year. It all blends together.Written narrations, History of English Literature for Boys and Girls, Everyman: A morality play, Westward Ho!, The Holy War, The Roar on the Other Side, others?, Jensen's Grammar if haven't finished
History/Geography:
Western Civilization chapters 11-13 and 15-16, How the Heather Looks, towards the end of the year possibly Introduction to Geography OR The World Today
Science: Biology 9th Ed. chapters 1-16, BodyQuest (maybe not- because the amount of material covered in the biology text)
Government/Economics/Civics:
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Whatever Happened to Justice?
(followed by Are You Liberal, Conservative, Confused?
), Utopia, Francis Bacon Essays (will see how many we get to), followed by The English Constitution, Common Sense and Essays (by Jane Haldimand Marcet), Ourselves Book 1 and 2, Plutarch's Lives
(followed by Are You Liberal, Conservative, Confused?), Utopia, Francis Bacon Essays (will see how many we get to), followed by The English Constitution, Common Sense and Essays (by Jane Haldimand Marcet), Ourselves Book 1 and 2, Plutarch's LivesForeign Language:
First Form and Second Form Latin and Spanish (1010) possibly at the local community college.
For PE/Band/Choir/Music/Art I'm not decided yet. I am still looking for another trumpet program for Lee because the one she has is very beginner (she isn't done with it but will need something else soon). PE is an every day occurrence but never really scheduled. For Art, she may take a class through the community college (community education department- not for credit). Choir we have at Co-Op. As for 'music', we'll see how it goes...
First Form and Second Form Latin and Spanish (1010) possibly at the local community college.
For PE/Band/Choir/Music/Art I'm not decided yet. I am still looking for another trumpet program for Lee because the one she has is very beginner (she isn't done with it but will need something else soon). PE is an every day occurrence but never really scheduled. For Art, she may take a class through the community college (community education department- not for credit). Choir we have at Co-Op. As for 'music', we'll see how it goes...
7th grade:
Bible reading/verse/study:
KJV (continuing reading through alternating Old Testament and New Testament); a memory verse each week; Saints and Heroes (should be finished, or almost, with Vol 1 and moving to Vol 2)
Math:
Life of Fred: PreAlgebra with Economics and Beginning Algebra, Khan Academy
Writing/Literature/Poetry:
Will begin in earnest with written narrations; The Hobbit; Animal Farm; possibly followed by Tales of Troy; Robert Frost; Carl Sandberg
History/Geography:
The Story of the World Vol 4 (second half); Story of the Greeks; Story of the Romans; Following the Equator by Mark Twain
Science:
THIS IS VERY TENTATIVE
Secrets of the Universe (because I found them at a local library!!) OR Murches' Science Reader Book VI along with other 'readers' such as The Storybook of Science by Jean-Henri Fabre, The Fairy-Land of Science and Nature Study by Grades Vol 3
Foreign Language:
First Form and Second Form Latin
For PE/Band/Choir/Music/Art I'm not decided yet. I will need to find a better quality guitar for him because his is falling apart. PE is an every day occurrence but never really scheduled. For Art I am not sure what we will do but something will most likely present itself. Choir we have at Co-Op. As for 'music', we'll see how it goes...
First Form and Second Form Latin
For PE/Band/Choir/Music/Art I'm not decided yet. I will need to find a better quality guitar for him because his is falling apart. PE is an every day occurrence but never really scheduled. For Art I am not sure what we will do but something will most likely present itself. Choir we have at Co-Op. As for 'music', we'll see how it goes...
July 2010-May 2011
*updated 12/13/10
Yr7/8 AO: Lee (grade 8/9)
(Ambleside Online Yr 8 booklist
but we will not be using all listed and adding some not listed.)
Bible: Reading from the KJV bible and +studying using class books from Padfields
Math: Life of Fred: Decimals & Percents *finished*; PreAlgebra 1 with Biology *finished*; Beginning Algebra
Foreign Language: Latin (First Form, Memoria Press), Spanish (+Poco A Poco) *postponed to later in the year*, German and Japanese (various free resources) *postponed to later in the year* (It is my goal that they can at least have a simple short conversation in any of those languages- even only one might be satisfactory!)
Grammar: Jensen's Grammar *starts January 2011*
History:Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People (12 week text file), The New World Vol 2 of Winston Churchill's A History of the English Speaking Peoples *has been taken out for the year*, Beacon Lights of History Vol 8 *will be used later in the year*, World Studies for Christian Schools, biographies (may exclude these), In Freedom's Cause
*Church History: +Saints & Heroes Vol. 1, Vol. 2
*Natural History: +Animal Heroes, +The School of the Woods, The Sea Around Us (may exclude this 'subject' if others are getting 'crowded')
Geography: The Brendan Voyage, How the Heather Looks (after TBV),+Afoot in England (?) *decided to just use HtHL*, +The Life of Christopher Columbus: From His Own Letters and Journals and Other Documents of His Time by Edward Everett Hale, map drills; Kon Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
Science: Order & Reality by ABeka, Christian Kids Explore Physics, +The Sciences by Edward Holden
*Nature: Circle of the Seasons/+Life of the Spider *spiders aren't a favorite around here!*, try to keep a nature journal *has been taken out until warmer weather*
*Health: Fearfully & Wonderfully Made
Government/Economics: Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?, Whatever Happened to Justice by Richard Maybury, The Story of the Constitution by Sol Bloom and Lars Johnson
Citizenship: +Plutarch's Lives (more than one version available at mainlesson), +Ourselves by Charlotte Mason, +Thomas More's Utopia (haven't decided on which one), &/or +Francis Bacon's essays
*updated 12/13/10
Yr7/8 AO: Lee (grade 8/9)
(Ambleside Online Yr 8 booklist
but we will not be using all listed and adding some not listed.)
Bible: Reading from the KJV bible and +studying using class books from Padfields
Math: Life of Fred: Decimals & Percents *finished*; PreAlgebra 1 with Biology *finished*; Beginning Algebra
Foreign Language: Latin (First Form, Memoria Press), Spanish (+Poco A Poco) *postponed to later in the year*, German and Japanese (various free resources) *postponed to later in the year* (It is my goal that they can at least have a simple short conversation in any of those languages- even only one might be satisfactory!)
Grammar: Jensen's Grammar *starts January 2011*
History:
*Church History: +Saints & Heroes Vol. 1, Vol. 2
*Natural History: +Animal Heroes, +The School of the Woods, The Sea Around Us (may exclude this 'subject' if others are getting 'crowded')
Geography: The Brendan Voyage, How the Heather Looks (after TBV),
Science: Order & Reality by ABeka, Christian Kids Explore Physics, +The Sciences by Edward Holden
*Nature: Circle of the Seasons/
*Health: Fearfully & Wonderfully Made
Government/Economics: Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?, Whatever Happened to Justice by Richard Maybury, The Story of the Constitution by Sol Bloom and Lars Johnson
Citizenship: +Plutarch's Lives (more than one version available at mainlesson), +Ourselves by Charlotte Mason, +Thomas More's Utopia (haven't decided on which one), &/or +Francis Bacon's essays
Logic: The Fallacy Detective, How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler (maybe)
Pizza Hut Book It! incentive program for Lee to read some of the additional readings (scroll down to the bottom).
Daily News and Dictation/Copywork
Yr5/6 AO: Fox (grade 6/7)
(Ambleside Online Yr 6 booklist
but we will not be using all listed and adding some not listed.)
Bible: Reading from the KJV bible and +studying using classbooks from Padfields
Math: Life of Fred: Fractions and Decimals & Percents, websites, worksheets
Foreign Language: Latin (First Form, Memoria Press), Spanish (+Poco A Poco) and German (various free resources) (It is my goal that they can at least have a simple short conversation in any of those languages- even only one might be satisfactory!)
Pizza Hut Book It! incentive program for Lee to read some of the additional readings (scroll down to the bottom).
Daily News and Dictation/Copywork
Yr5/6 AO: Fox (grade 6/7)
(Ambleside Online Yr 6 booklist
but we will not be using all listed and adding some not listed.)
Bible: Reading from the KJV bible and +studying using classbooks from Padfields
Math: Life of Fred: Fractions and Decimals & Percents, websites, worksheets
Foreign Language: Latin (First Form, Memoria Press), Spanish (+Poco A Poco) and German (various free resources) (It is my goal that they can at least have a simple short conversation in any of those languages- even only one might be satisfactory!)
History: +This Country of Ours, Story of the World Vol. 4, What Everyone Should Know About the 20th Century (maybe), +Story of the Greeks,
*Biographies:A Passion for the Impossible by Miriam Huffman Rockness (if we can get through it) *we couldn't*, Theodore Roosevelt an intimate biography by William Roscoe Thayer
Winston Churchill (haven't decided on one)
*Church History: +Saints & Heroes Vol. 1 Vol. 2
*Natural History: +Animal Heroes, +The School of the Woods, The Sea Around Us
*Biographies:
Winston Churchill (haven't decided on one)
*Church History: +Saints & Heroes Vol. 1 Vol. 2
*Natural History: +Animal Heroes, +The School of the Woods, The Sea Around Us
Geography: Map work of places from readings
Science: Order & Reality by ABeka, Christian Kids Explore Physics, +The Sciences by Edward Holden
*Biography: Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity, Galileo and the Magic Numbers
*Nature: try to keep a nature journal *in warmer weather*
Literature: +Oliver Twist, Animal Farm, +Age of Fable
Citizenship: +Plutarch's Lives (more than one version available at mainlesson)
Pizza Hut Book It! incentive program for Fox to read some of the additional readings (scroll down to the bottom).
Daily News and Copywork.
Links with a (+) before them are free and available online.
Science: Order & Reality by ABeka, Christian Kids Explore Physics, +The Sciences by Edward Holden
*Biography: Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity, Galileo and the Magic Numbers
*Nature: try to keep a nature journal *in warmer weather*
Literature: +Oliver Twist, Animal Farm, +Age of Fable
Citizenship: +Plutarch's Lives (more than one version available at mainlesson)
Pizza Hut Book It! incentive program for Fox to read some of the additional readings (scroll down to the bottom).
Daily News and Copywork.
Links with a (+) before them are free and available online.
Wow, you Blossom, don't stop, you and Amy (from Peru where they speak Spanish :) -If I'm right in Central and Latin America, they speak primarily Spanish, Portuguese in Brazil, and in Belize Dutch, Spanish too...then in many countries with indigenous population they speak those languages or dialects. There may be some places where Italian and French may be spoken, but it's almost always in conjunction with Spanish. The three top spoken languages in the world are Mandarin, followed by English and Spanish as the third. (I'm also horrible with things like orientation, geography...so many things I'm uneducated about, but, like you, I'm not afraid to ask, what's the worse that can happen, that you'll get answers, right? LOL)
ReplyDeleteAnd your mom helped you to do the button box? Your mom knows about blogs and computers? That's so amazing.
I don't think I know a lot, but I've tweaked some tricky HTML code, and this button box, I got it right the first time, then I added a center command to the button html that was messing me up but WE GOT IT!
Those tutorials were helpful.
I need to blog about making yourself a favicon, did you know that your button or ANY PICTURE, if you upload it to flickr (and you can have a free account with any yahoo email account you can open for free then you will have a flickr account by default), and the pics can be private. If you upload any picture to flickr, and go to the picture sizes, and grab the square size, it's the right one for a favicon. Then follow this tutorial and you'll have your favicon. Too bad it doesn't show when you have the blogs in the blog list, but it'll show when a person is on your blog.