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2nd Grade Homeschool Plan for J
2nd Grade Homeschool Plan Here’s what I’m planning on using for J this year. He’s at a weird stage where he’s mostly ahead in some areas and needs lots of focus in others. Reading This is where I feel like he’s far ahead of where he’s supposed to be. Rather than a formal reading curriculum, …
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8th Grade Homeschool Plan for H
Eighth grade for H has been a bit of a planning challenge this year. She attempted to use Alpha Omega’s online program last year. Although at first she really loved it, it didn’t take terribly long to realize it wasn’t a good fit for her. All of the subjects other than math were scrapped fairly …
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10th Grade Homeschool Plan for K
Well, it’s that time of year again. As I finalize what I’m using for my kiddos this year, I figured I’d share the info I have gathered so far. We start our new school year next week, and I’m a little behind the eight ball. It’s been a bit of a rough year for figuring …
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Is this the one?
The new writing program has arrived! I’ve had a lot of experience with IEW through our homeschool co-op, and K is taking it at co-op this year. H doesn’t really seem to like the approach that Writing Strands uses, so we’re going to try All Things Fun & Fascinating and see how it goes. Which …
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The First Farmers
I couldn’t have asked for a better start to K’s new history program. Not only did she do an outstanding job on all of her work, but she loved it while doing it! After reading about the early farmers, she decided that she wanted to do further study on how the early farmers tamed animals. …
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IEW – First Keyword Outline and Writing Exercise
Today K had her first “lesson” in keyword outlining, IEW (Institute for Excellence in Writing) style. We do not have any of their curriculum at this time, but I do assist in an IEW class at our co-op and I have taught the class before. (Of note, H is going to be using their Bible …
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Weekly Report – Weeks #14-15
The new year has been very good to us from a school standpoint. For some reason, however, Fridays seem to be the day of resistance from my pupils so far. K has officially completed her faux standardized reading test. (The results for part 2 will be revealed in a different post.) We will continue with …
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