Curriculum Fall 2019

My oldest daughter will start high school this fall!!  Cue the record keeping, transcripts, credits, and so forth.  I think we’ve got a good start lined up for ninth grade.  I’ve pulled from Heart of Dakota and other curriculums and curated what I think will work best for us.  New this year, Lucy will be taking an online class through Saint Raphael School.  Having discussions with other Orthodox kids and the teacher will be good for her, especially since she isn’t working alongside Julia as much.

*I wrote this in the spring as I worked on planning.  A few things changed along the way and as we got started I changed a bit more.  Added those changes today (October).*

9th grade – Lucy

History and Literature – St Raphael Orthodox School online (2 credits)

Science – PAC Integrated Physics and Chemistry (1 credit)

Math – Teaching Textbooks Algebra 1 (1 credit) – switched to Unlock Math

Grammar – Fix It Grammar

Spelling – Rod and Staff 8

Writing – Institute for Excellence in Writing Student Writing Intensive C, using Help for Highschool from Bravewriter instead

Spanish – Lifepac Spanish 1 (1 credit)

Piano – (1 fine arts credit) 

Ballet – (1 physical education credit)

Art – Sketchbox combined with some lessons online (1/2 credit)

Logic – The Art of Argument (1/2 credit) took this out for now, it was too much for her.  Not sure if we’ll add the business course in the Spring or not:

Intro to Business – Whatever Happened to Penny Candy, Usborne Understanding Business, Common Sense Business for Kids (second semester, 1/2 credit)

Over the spring/summer we plan to listen to audio CDs of Story of the World 4 because we’ve just never gotten to much modern history.  Lucy also just started typing lessons online and will continue those over the summer.  (We didn’t get this done!  Lucy did request that I buy Mystery of History book 4 because she enjoyed reading book 3 last year.  She’s reading through it on her own.)

 

7th grade – Julia has been paired up with Lucy for much of her schooling so far.  With Lucy headed into high school, Julia will be working with Esther on a few things.  I’m excited about their IEW writing course, I think they will both enjoy that.  They’ll also be working together on history and science this coming year.

History – Around the World 2 – Beautiful Feet Books

Science – Apologia Zoology

Math – Teaching Textbooks 7

Reading – Reading Detective A1

Grammar – Fix It Grammar

Writing – IEW Fables, Myths, and Fairy Tales Bravewriter

Spelling – Rod and Staff 6

Piano

Art – Sketchbox combined with some lessons online

Byzantine Chant 101

Gymnastics

Spanish – Duolingo, Spanish for Children Primer A from CAP

 

4th grade – Esther  We’ve loved our Beautiful Feet Around the World studies.  We’re starting Part 2 in the next month or so and will continue on in the fall.  After Part 2, we’ll choose another Beautiful Feet program to work through together (Julia, Esther, and Isaac).

History – Around the World 2

Science – Apologia Zoology

Math – Math Mammoth 4

Reading – Reading Detective Beginning

Grammar – Fix It Grammar

Writing – IEW Fables, Myths, and Fairy Tales Bravewriter

Spelling – Rod and Staff 4

Piano

Art – Sketchbox combined with some lessons online

Gymnastics

Spanish – Duolingo, Spanish for Children Primer A from CAP

Lego education kit – gears, wheels, levers, etc

 

2nd grade – Isaac 

History – Around the World 2

Science – Apologia Zoology

Math – Math Mammoth 2

Reading – Sonlight readers with comprehension questions

Phonics – Rod and Staff Phonics 2

Spelling – Rod and Staff Spelling 2

Grammar – Fix It Grammar (he does the fixes in the book but not the copywork)

Cooking – Raddish Kids

Lego education kit – gears, wheels, levers, etc

Handwriting – Zaner-Bloser Handwriting 2M  What was I thinking?  Writing spelling words, writing in his phonics book, and writing in math is all this guy can handle.  🙂

 

Kindergarten!  We’ll have a kindergartener this fall!  Colin will use My Father’s World Kindergarten, modified slightly.  We’ll use the learn to read, math, and handwriting worksheets but skip the science/ unit studies portion.  I’ll also pull activities from A Year of Playing Skillfully, my favorite preschool program.

 

I don’t have Bible listed as a subject above because its something we do together in the mornings (or aim to!).  We meet first thing in the morning for prayers together, reading a saint story, and reading through some catachesis type books.

That’s my plan for now!  Any thoughts?  Care to share what you’re planning or working on?  Feel free to leave a comment.  🙂