Back to School

We have been on summer holiday for a bit now.  I really haven’t blogged in quite a while.  We took the CAT test in April and found some weak spots that the kiddos needed to work on during the summer.  Math facts to be exact.

So they worked diligently until the end of June and are still cementing some facts.  In August, school will pick back up for us.  I learned a lot last year and hope to be a better teacher this year because of it.

Here is a line-up of our curriculum for the upcoming year:

2nd grade

HOD’s BLHFHG as written with LLATL Red for phonics, reading, spelling, grammar, and vocabulary, HWT Printing Power, Singapore 1a/1b, and sitting in on Zoology 1 as well.

4th grade

HOD’s BLHFHG with The Catholic Faith Comes to the New World to beef up history, Zoology 1 for science, LLATL Orange for grammar, reading, vocabulary, spelling, writing mechanics, poetry, research and creative writing, GUM B for extra grammar, Wordly Wise 1 for extra vocabulary, HWT Can do Cursive, Singapore 2a/2b, 3a/3b (getting as far as we can), and Phonics 4 for Young Catholics as needed.

5th grade

HOD’s BLHFHG with Exploring American History (CLP 5th grade) to beef up history, Zoology 1 for science, LLATL Purple for grammar, reading, vocabulary, spelling, writing mechanics, poetry, research and creative writing, GUM C for extra grammar, Wordly Wise 1 for extra vocabulary, HWT Can do Cursive, Singapore 2a/2b, 3a/3b (getting as far as we can).

We will also be doing History Pockets to make American History fun and interesting.

I plan to blog weekly and use this blog as a digital scrapbook of our home school adventures.

Until school starts, I will have several posts about our portfolio record and setting it up.  Record keeping and fun organizational things of the like.