I noticed in another thread that there are a lot of kids going into 6th grade. My son started our 6th year on Monday. My mom was here for a visit last night and we got to talking about his written narrations - something we are struggling with right now. She started to compare him to PS kids. I about screamed! I've been homeschooling for 15 years and have graduated 2 already, you'd think by now that she would drop the whole PS stuff. I just told here I had no idea how he compared to 6th grade PS'ers.
It did get me to thinking about what other 6th grade CM'ers are doing though. Not trying to compare my ds but for my own benifit. I'd like to see what others have scheduled, maybe something I've missed in my planning or what-not. It would also be good just to see if others are having some of the same issues. Some of my sons issues are written narrations, spelling and remembering a person's name. He can't even remember his own friends names, he identifies them by where they live or what they look like.
Here is what our 6th year looks like: (we are usually finished by 12:30)
Term 1
History/Geography:
Mod 1: Ancient Egypt (just the History portion) 5x wk
A Child's Geography Vol. 1 (finishing up from last year) 5x wk
Math:
Your Business Math Series Pet Store (we are loving this!) 5x wk
Math It (just for fun) 1x wk
Science:Apologia Human Anatomy & Phisiology (finishing up from last year) 5x wk
Outdoor Hour Challenges (Saturday) 1x wk
Language Arts:
Intermediate Language Lessons 3x wk
Word of the Week Vol 1 (finishing up from last year) 5x wk
Easy Grammar 5x wk
Dictation Day by Day 5x wk
Dictation Spelling Book (he types this) 2x wk
Literature:
(mom reads):
Tales of Troy and Greece 3x wk
The Arabian Nights 2x wk
Shakespeare 1x wk
Cleopatra VII The Royal Diaries (bedtime) 5x wk
(son reads):
Little House on the Prairie (reads aloud) 5x wk
Book from library (at night) 5x wk
Personal Development:
Prudence and the Millers 5x wk
Poetry 1x wk
Picture Study 1x wk
Music Study 1x wk
Term 2
Bible/History/Geography:
Mod 2: Ancient Greece 5x wk (The Golden Fleece, Famous Men of Greece, The Children's Homer, Archimedes and the Door of Science)
A Child's Geography Vol. 2 (finishing up from last year) 5x wk
Math:
Teaching Textbook 6
Science:
Apologia Human Anatomy & Phisiology (finishing up from last year) 5x wk
Outdoor Hour Challenges (Saturday) 1x wk
Language Arts:
Intermediate Language Lessons 3x wk
Word of the Week Vol 2 5x wk
Easy Grammar 5x wk
Dictation Day by Day 5x wk
Dictation Spelling Book (he types this) 2x wk
Literature:
(mom reads):
Tales of Troy and Greece 3x wk
The Arabian Nights 2x wk
Shakespeare 1x wk
??? (literature book for bedtime) 5x wk
(son reads):
Little House on the Prairie (reads aloud) 5x wk
Book from library (at night) 5x wk
Poetry 1x wk
Picture Study 1x wk
Music Study 1x wk
Term 3
Bible/History/Geography:
Mod 2: Ancient Greece 5x wk
A Child's Geography Vol. 2 5x wk
Math:
Teaching Textbook 6
Science:
Apologia Exploring Creation With General Science 5x week
Outdoor Our Challenges (Saturday) 1x wk
Language Arts:
Intermediate Language Lessons 3x wk
Word of the Week Vol 2 5x wk
Easy Grammar 5x wk
Dictation Day by Day 5x wk
Dictation Spelling Book (he types this) 2x wk
Literature:
(mom reads):
Tales of Troy and Greece 3x wk
Robinson Crusoe 2x wk
??? (literature book for bedtime) 5x wk
(son reads):
Little House on the Prairie (reads aloud) 5x wk
Book from library (at night) 5x wk
Poetry 1x wk
Picture Study 1x wk
Music Study 1x wk