What We're Doing for Middle School This Year
Dear friends, A couple of days ago, I wrote a post on www.startwellhomeschool.blogspot.com about What We're Doing for Elementary School This Year . We're also home schooling two middle school students: a son in 8th grade and a daughter in 6th grade. My son has always been home schooled, while my daughter attended a public elementary school for the last four months of the last school year. Our family is continuing with the home school co-op that we've been in for several years with the exception of one year we just home schooled - at home. Here is a run down of what we're doing in and out of co-op. My daughter is taking 6th grade math, with only one other student in her class. They are using the McDougal Littell text, along with a student notebook volume. For science and history, she is in mixed level classes with 4th-6th grade students. The science class is using the Apologia text about flying creatures , which is mainly birds and insects but include...