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It's that time again... I'm finally getting to the agenda books for the coming year. This has not been a difficult task, but not a short one either. I've detailed the agenda books in an earlier post from March of last year. So far I've created the calendar pages for the year, August-July. Each child has their specific font & background. I've included scripture for each month as well...food for thought I suppose. I've also added our school breaks, end of quarters for the older ones in CLASS, and various other activities. I think they've turned out well. I'll have the girls proof them once more before printing. I would hate to waste that much ink on an error. I've also added several things to the reference section. These are very child specific. For instance, Cassie has Latin declensions/conjugations, a summary of Chemistry experiments, periodic table and other various chemistry formulas and conversions. Jess has a summary of experiments for Physical Science. Jacob on the other has his spelling lists for the year and a reading log. No doubt I will be adding things such as grade tracking on their experiments, Vocabulary words, time tracking for music and typing, etc. And as soon as I finish this, I will begin on my own personal little planner. I believe I'll include my school checklists laminated, color coded copies of the kids' checklists, color coded lab supply lists, correspondence logs, a year at a glance, and the monthly calendars to coincide with the childrens. Pretty much anything I need to see printed out and can travel. All else stays on the computer, such as grades. That's all for now... back to the grindstone. |
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A forum friend had the wonderful idea of putting together Student Agenda Books or Student Planners. What a grand idea! So I thought I'd do the same.
I picked up cute little binders with matching tab dividers at Walmart. A different binder style for each child. I also scanned the dividers to have possible backgrounds for other printouts.
The book is constructed as follows: Curriculum Key in the very front.
1st Tab: Monthly Calendar. I put this together in PowerPoint using the Title + Object layout. The Title is the name of the month plus a scripture of choice. The Object is an Excel Spreadsheet, with short cells across the top for the name of the days & tall cells below for the day boxes. I then typed the number of the date & any holiday or occasion in each cell justifying it to the top left. I added clipart from the Microsoft website formatting the picture using the watermark feature (but adjusting slightly).
2nd Tab: Weekly Agenda Sheets. I put this together in Excel making each column a day. The top half of the column has their assignments input by me for neatness sake and the bottom half is blank & lined to write any activities, appointments, etc they have that day. There are 6 wide columns for each day (Sat & Sun sharing a column) and 6 very thin columns to check off assignmnets. Cell A1 has the heading "Week of:" and the dates. Such as "Week of: March 13 - March 19"
3rd Tab: Student References: So far I have included a commonly misspelled words document & a percent/decimal/fraction equivalent chart (courtesy of DonnaYoung.org). I will continue to add to this section as the need arises.
4th Tab: Contacts. I have added lined loose leaf paper for the kids to compile contact information for all of their friends. As these pages fill, I will enter them into a spreadsheet & print them.
5th Tab: Personal Stuff. This is for however they want to use it. Jessica already has doodles, song lyrics, and journaling there. I suppose Cassie will put her songs there as she writes them. Jacob, well who knows. He may not use it, but then I could show him how to track his favorite sports teams...
I have coordinated the fonts for the calendar, curriculum key & the agenda sheets. This is also coordinated to each child so that each has their own font.
For some samples of these books, visit http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mtbriere/album?.dir=7fa0&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos . |
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Since the move is official now, I have decided to get on the ball with the next year's planning.
I have the go ahead from Christian Liberty for my substitutions in Jessica's & Cassie's curriculum. So their schedules are complete, luckily we already own Saxon Algebra 1 & 2, Apologia Physical Science, and Story of the Constitution. We should get some kind of price break for that.
I still need to purchase the rest of their curriculum through CLASS renewal. They also will need Vocabulary From Classical Roots B, Apologia Chemistry 2nd edition, and Alg 1 DIVE cd (which I will try to find used or at discount), and each will need to pick 3 novels from the CLASS list for book reports. I was able to pick up a used Solutions Manual for Alg1, which I think will be a great benefit to us next year.
For Jacob, I have decided to change his Language Arts program back to LLATL. Since we already have the teachers edition from Jess, this will save money. I still plan on doing the Total Language Plus for My Side of the Mountain. Everything else is as previously listed this far. I have managed to find Saxon Math 76 (great deal!) Mind Benders A1 & LLATL student book all used. I'm hoping to find the Vocabulary & Zoology used as well. |
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Next year's curriculum is still a work in progress, but here is what I have so far...
Cassie ~ 10th Grade Theology: The Kingdom of God, 2nd Half by Christian Schools International Five Book Reports Pride and Prejudice Tale of Two Cities The Screwtape Letters Vocabulary: Vocabulary From Classical Roots B Science: Apologia Chemistry Streams of Civilization Volume II Foreign Language: Wheelock's Latin 1 (1st half of book) Art: How Great Thou Art Music: Voice & Guitar Instruction/Praise Band
Jessica ~ 8th Grade Theology: Life of Christ Persuasion David Copperfield Sense and Sensibility Math: Saxon Algebra 1 Foreign Language: Living Language Spanish by Random House Art: How Great Thou Art Music: Guitar Instruction Language Arts: Total Language Plus Book Studies My Side of the Mountain Cricket in Times Square The Hobbit The Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe Vocabulary: Vocabulary From Classical Roots Grade 6 Spelling: Natural Speller Critical Thinking: Mind Benders Math: Saxon 76 Science: Apologia Zoology PE: Swimming classes/Various Activities/Presidential Challenge Art: How Great Thou Art Music: ?? |
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It's official. With the convention for our state around the corner, I've begun my planning process for next year. I'm looking at what each child will need to study and see what I have and what I will need to purchase...
Apparently I have some research in store for myself. Tentatively for next year:
Cassie will continue with Christian Liberty Academy, substituting Advanced Math and Apologia Chemistry. She will continue with her Vocabulary studies for SAT prep and add on a foreign language, but with a more formal approach this year. She is taking Latin.
Jessica will be going with Christian Liberty Academy next year for 8th grade as well. She will be substituting Apologia Physical Science and Algebra 1. She will continue with her Vocabulary studies as well and add on a more formal foreign language course, Spanish.
Jacob will continue to study language arts using a literature approach using book studies from Total Language Plus. He will move on to Saxon Math 76, and Abeka New World History. But for Science I am undecided. It will most likely be an elementary science course from Apologia, 6th grade Abeka, or some type of hands on program.
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The girls have acquired a babysitting job for a women's bible study at church on Monday mornings. So, we took the opportunity to adapt our schedules to accomodate this and adjust things we needed to change. This is our goal...
Monday 8:45 Arrive at church 9:00 History w/Jacob 10:00 Language Arts w/Jacob 11:30 Lunch 12:00 Math w/Jacob 1:00 Leave church 1:30 Science w/Jacob & Jessica, Biology-Cassie 2:30 Music & PE-Jacob, Literature-Cassie, Language Arts-Jessica 3:30 Theology-Cassie, Geography-Jessica 4:30 History-Cassie, Spanish-Jessica Latin-Cassie, Begin Algebra-Jessica 6:00 Dinner Jessica finish Algebra
Tuesday 8:00 Biology-Cassie, Algebra-Jessica, History-Jacob 9:00 Grammar & Vocab (double lesson)-Cassie, Language Arts-Jacob 10:00 Language Arts & (double) Vocab-Jessica, Math-Jacob 10:30 Literature-Cassie 11:00 Spanish-Jessica, Math drills-Jacob 11:30 Lunch 12:00 Theology-Cassie, Science-Jessica & Jacob 1:00 History-Cassie, Geography-Jessica 3:00 Knitting Club 6:00 Dinner Latin-Cassie, Review w/Mom
Wednesday Same as Tuesday through 3:00 Latin-Cassie, Jessica Review w/Mom 4:00 Errands & Youth Group
Thursday Same as Tuesday through 3:00 Latin-Cassie, Review w/Mom 6:00 Jessica dinner meeting w/Julie, Cassie to prayer group
Friday Same as Tuesday through 3:00 Economics-Cassie, Jessica Review w/Mom
Saturday Art for everyone
*Note* PE is completed through morning workouts everyday. Music is practiced individually throughout the day, everyday.
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