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By the Book
8.7.2009
Final Decisions for the New School Year
Well, I've posted several versions of our curricula for next year, and I have one more revision. I swear this is the final draft. (Unless, of course, something changes mid year and something is not working.)
K
Math - Math Mammoth (2nd grade)
Spelling - After we finish up the McRuffy 1st-grade material, we will be starting the first book of Sequential Spelling. This should be in January sometime, if each lesson only takes a day. Sometimes, however, she likes to do a week's worth of spelling in just a couple days, so we could be done much sooner.
Grammar - After the McRuffy is complete, we will be moving into 2nd-grade Growing With Grammar. I'm not quite sure when this will be completed, though. There are roughly 3 to 4 grammar lessons in each week of McRuffy, and I'm still breaking them down into individual lessons.
Writing - Writing With Ease. We are using the text version and not the workbooks. I have the first 8 weeks of copywork and narration already figured out and put into my "All That's School" binder. I've pulled sentences and narrations from The Adventures of Robin Hood, Little Women, Charlotte's Web, Anne of Green Gables, Story of the World, Harry Potter books, and others.
Reading - We have about 5 weeks of reading to finish up with McRuffy. After that, I'm not sure we will do a formal reading program. I might just use her history and science readings to asses her reading and comprehension. If we do decide to do reading separately, she got the Treasury of Illustrated Classics set for Christmas that I might just make up comprehension questions for and have her read a chapter a day. She is already reading Jane Eyre and she read the first few pages of Alice In Wonderland last night.
Bible - Continue on with Alpha Omega Lifepac 1st grade and then move on to 2nd grade.
H
Math - Math-U-See Primer
Language Arts - McRuffy Phonics & Reading (includes handwriting and spelling)
Bible - Once she is reading a bit, we will probably start the 1st-grade Alpha Omega Lifepac. I'm guessing this will be sometime closer to spring. I want to make sure she is able to read some Arnold Lobel books comfortably before I start on that, since some pages of the worktexts are for the students to read.
Both Girls
Science - R.E.A.L. Science (Life)
History - Story of the World (Finish book 1, Ancients)
Art - Meet the Masters
Unfortunately, we still have to purchase Math-U-See and Meet the Masters, but somehow it will all come together. We will be starting our year on August 25th, and attending school Tuesday through Friday. We were originally going to be involved in a co-op on Mondays, but I think that will have to wait for one more year. However, I think we need that Monday to do our major cleaning and chores, so I have left our schedule the same.
In the next couple weeks I will be busy finishing up our lesson plans. I would like to have our plans completely done for all subjects for at least the first 8 weeks of school. All I have left to finish is K's grammar and bible. So far, I think the biggest challenge has been breaking up the McRuffy Phonics & Reading program into separate subjects. However, it had to be done for K since she gets bored with certain things and still needs practice with others. I think this year will be a great one just for that reason. Everything is finally on its own, so she can work at her own pace and we can easily skip over extra practice of things that she already has down.
We will also be using workboxes this year, and I hope to have those completed soon so that I can post some pictures. There is only so much removing of Velcro backing that can be done in a day.
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