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July!!! Back to school sales, sooo many markers, pens, and cute colors. All the things to get a school supply addict excited! For many of us, we are just lucky that whatever we purchase, stays in our home. It doesn't get dumped into a communal bucket, but happily rests in each one of our own children's desk space.
Well, that's the easy part. Stocking up on paper, pens, and crayons is mindless fun. Scoring deals on cute staplers, tape dispensers, scissors, is even better. But what do you do about the real meat of your homeschool?
I love to spend hours searching catalogs and websites for educational supplements, fun things that get our kids excited, new reading material, and of course, the core curriculum. In this blog series, I'll be sharing what we have chosen for each grade by subject! When planning for three grade levels, I have to break it down this way so I make sure I don't miss anything!
This is what happened in May... I had to purchase everything before we went on vacation to avoid late shipments. It was fast paced, and kinda scary knowing that I was on a timeline. Part of the rush in ordering was due to our educational funds needing to be spent by a certain time. And then, the UPS guy showed up with everything in one day.
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No joke... all at one time. Ha! |
Here is our first Core Subject: Language Arts!
I often refer to this as English, because I'm a child of the 80's and that's how it looked on my report cards..so that's just what I occasionally call it. But Language Arts, or ELA usually encompasses English, Writing, Vocabulary, Spelling, and Reading.
We've decided to continue using BJU Press for our English & Grammar. I really love the style of the books, the ease of the Teacher Guide, and how each grade sort of follows another. For Vocabulary, my middle and high schooler are using BJU Press again, and my 4th grader is using BJU Press for Spelling. Then I added Patriotic Penmanship for the older ones to practice their handwriting, and my 4th grader will be using BJU Press Handwriting again this year (not pictured).
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4th Grade Language Arts |
- Simply Fun Word Bits (an educational game using letter dice to create words)
- Silly Starters Write Abouts (Great for creating stories)
- Story Cubes (Also great tools for creative story telling and writing)
- Rhyme Out! (A rhyming game)
- Main Idea Flash Cards
- Not yet ordered- BJU Press Handwriting, Simply Fun Games Gumball Words, and Hot Dots Vocabulary Cards.
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8th Grade Language Arts |
- Thinking Tree Journals Poetry Collection
- Teacher Created Resources Any Novel
- Simply Fun Word Bits
- Writing Starters Write Abouts
- Story Cubes
- Bananagrams
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10th Grade Language Arts |
Well, that wraps up our Language Arts Curriculum. Please comment if you have questions! Also stay tuned for our next part in this series, Math...
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