Name: CHEC Rocky Mountain Homeschool Conference
Start: 2025-06-12T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-06-14T23:59:59-05:00
Location: Denver, CO

Tagged: 7th grade, 9th grade, high school

This topic has 8 replies, 5 voices, and was last updated 11 years, 7 months ago by Wings2fly.

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October 17, 2013 at 2:00 pm
jill smith
Participant
HI, just wondered what most of your days look like for a 15 year old boy? Here is a run down of our school day for him.
History Module 1
Bible doctrine
math
Science (Apologia Biology class)
Liturature The Hobbit
English ( simply grammer) Which I am not sure I like.
Spelling wisdom 2
Any suggestions would be nice. Would he be considered a freshman at this age?
Thanks
October 17, 2013 at 2:12 pm
my3boys
Participant
I guess that depends on when he began school and when his bday is. My ds began at age 5 1/2 and will turn 15 during his Freshman year.
Our schedule is similar with the additions:
Latin (on his own 2-3 days a week)
a sport
Logic (1 x a week)
an Uncle Eric book (1 x a week)
will begin a handicraft soon
Health (2 x a week)
Science-related bio or other book that corelates with his text
written narrations (high school goal is 3 a day, but that is proving to be almost impossible, so he is at once a day right now with oral narrations)
HTH

October 17, 2013 at 4:00 pm
pslively
Participant
A freshman would conventionally be when they are 14-15, so you could consider him a freshman or a sophomore. If you are going to traditional public school, you start when you are 5. So if you’re not sure what “grade” he is, you could count up from there. That said, don’t get hung up on grade level too much.

My 12 year old daughter is a 7th grader. Here is what she does daily:
Apologia General Science
Math
Latin
History (Ancient Civilizations and the Bible)
Literature selections
Our Mother Tongue
Spelling Wisdom 2
The Creative Writer
Wisdom for Life proverbs Bible study
SCM middle east Geography (they do this daily at our house, not weekly)
Fallacy Detective(1x per week)

My 11 year old son does all of those same things except different science program, different writing program, different Bible study. In addition to this, they both have other personal development books they read weekly and some church history books.
For my kids, I think I would be requiring a lot more for them at age 15 than you are requiring. HOWEVER, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU SHOULD BE REQUIRING MORE. Every child, family, situation is different. I am only telling you what I would do.
I am not fond of Simply Grammar and I think that a 15 year old boy would probably hate it. But, like I said, every child is different. My son wanted to try Our Mother Tongue and it has worked out well for him, though it is a little challenging.
I hope this is helpful to you.
October 18, 2013 at 3:28 am
Wings2fly
Participant
my3boys, what are you using for health? I like your schedule and am planning for the future.
October 18, 2013 at 3:50 am
gcbsmommy
Participant
My 15 yo girl has the following courses, daily unless otherwise noted:
Scripture Memory
GOAL Bible Study
Artist Study (x2)
Poet Study (x1)
Greek/Latin Roots (X2)
Apologia Biology (1 class per week, 4 days of HW/week)
Lightning Literature – Middle Ages
History Module 4 (4X)
Independent Reading
ASL (class X1/week, HW varies)
Geometry
Analytical Grammar(x4)
Spelling Wisdom (x2)
Piano (1 lesson, 5X practice/wk)
October 18, 2013 at 5:03 am
my3boys
Participant
@Wingstofly…he’s using Abeka’s Health text. He is giving oral narrations + written ones and there is a small portion titled Use Your Knowledge (or something like that) that I have him answer in the same notebook for narrations. He says it has similar topics as Apologia’s General Science Human Body section but more indepth, he likes it. It was a toss up between that and Total Health. Total Health is a much larger text and just wasn’t his thing (I let him look at both and he chose).
He also uses Spelling Wisdom, adds to a Book of Mottoes and Discovering Doctrine Notebook 1-2 times a week, we’re using Module 2 for history, which I handed over the Bible portion to, as well as, the Geography Notebook may be passed on to him. He works better on his own, usually, and having to wait on me is proving to get him behind a bit. We can always make it an option from day to day…like we do certain read alouds. Sometimes he sits in with the rest of the family, sometimes it’s best that he does on his own.
October 18, 2013 at 12:49 pm
jill smith
Participant
my3boys, what do you use for Latin? gcbsmommy, is Analytical grammers teacher guide easy to use? Thats my stickler for the most part. I am having him Narrate everyday,everything he reads. This may be two much. Also copywork from the Bible.I am not useing a individual Bible study for him. I may look into this. Do you correct their narration or just let them write? I am still confussed on this. Im not sure i think he started when he was 5 so young. He had some reading issues. He is only doing Zeta because I was told not to skip around with Math u see. should I just put him in pre algebra? Ugh! so discouraged this year.:( Thanks for all the help.
October 18, 2013 at 1:47 pm
my3boys
Participant
@jrs5kids, he is using Getting Started with Latin in addition to Our Mother Tongue which has a definitions/root word meanings. I’d love to dig deeper into Latin, but we just aren’t there yet; I’m certain he can manage it next year. He started Spanish awhile back but that has not continued. I believe he’ll be able to do more next year for foreign language. HTH
I’m not gcbmommy, but I’ve used Jr. Analytical Grammar and I think the teachers guide is easy to use. It’s easier than Easy Grammar, which we’ve tried as well. I do not have my ds narrate every single thing he reads from daily. I have him do a variety of written (usually 1 of these a day) and oral, or if a book has discussion questions built-in I may have him answer them instead. We try to discuss the books he’s reading or things he enjoys and I may count that as a narration, but that always depends. He is not a big “talker” so when he is ready to narrate and/or discuss, I have to be ready to listen
Our dc aren’t math-minded and are probably considered a bit behind…oldest is just now dealing with Pre-Algebra (MUS). He’s getting it, but I may have to pay for a tutor in the future..we’ll see. My middle ds is really not math-minded and is not doing what most of his peers are able to do, but that’s okay with me. We just keep working at it everyday to increase speed, understanding, confidence and enjoyment. You could always test his skills on the MUS website to see where your ds is at and maybe he’s ready for more. HTH
October 18, 2013 at 7:35 pm
Wings2fly
Participant
I found this post on written narration to be very helpful, especially what bookworm wrote: http://simplycharlottemason.com/scmforum/topic/writing-advice
my3boys, there are not many options for health, is there? We have some Abeka health books too that we plan to do in the next few years.