Looking for High School Science for 9th Grader with Dyslexia

I wonder if your daughter might enjoy the science books by Masterbooks. They are at http://www.newleafpublishing.com .They have add in suggestions for living books with their science programs. I am planning to use them for my dd who also hated Apologia.

I’ve started my 7th grader dyslexic/dysgraphic child with Apologia General Science with accommodations.

We use Learning Ally for reading the text. The CD’s would be an option if you do not have a subscription for LA. Reading the text aloud to the kids would be the 3rd option.

I allow him to use Dragon Naturally Speaking for completing the Study guide/ On Your Own/narrations. If you dd can type well enough, then typing the answers with spell check would be an option. Scribing would be the 3rd option. Currently, I scribe the labs, but the goal is for him to do them himself.

So far (module 2), we have been doing the tests orally. My goal is to gradually progress to him doing written tests with extra time. I’ve been showing him how to use color-code highlighters to help make studying easier. Names are one-color, definitions are another, etc.

He doesn’t like textbooks either. Science is the only subject that we use textbooks. I keep reminding him that eventually he will be in college, and textbooks will be the norm so it is worth the time and effort to learn how to learn from a textbook.

Best of luck!

Thanks Sue! Sorry!

I have a student who has some emotional/anxiety issues, though is very bright.  We are trying this curriculum this year.

http://www.scienceforhighschool.com/shop/a4-high-school-biology-in-your-home-total-package/

It is more of a research method, rather than reading tons of information.  So for instance, Chapter 1 is on Cells, and she was given a list of 10 questions regarding life and cells and functions of the cell.  She research using a book and internet, then drew three diagrams, and then will do a lab/microscope/dissection on Friday.  This is heavy on microscope and dissection, which doesn’t bother my daughter at all.  It is expensive, but less than an online class, and so far, she is doing very well.  It gives her the opportunity to research things she is interested in more deeply, and others that she just needs to know less so.  She is interested in science and biology/chemistry, but her math is a bit weak and she doesn’t do great quite yet with a huge text book, so this seemed to fit the bill for us.  If anyone has any questions, let me know.  I haven’t seen this program discussed here, but I do think it is a good option for those kids that don’t do well with textbooks.

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