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Well, we’re settled into our new home in Minnesota and loving the much cooler weather here! We’ve also met some great people!
9th grade:
My oldest is a 9th grader this year, and has decided to enroll in the Minnesota Virtual Academy High School. She’s a very strong writer, so they’ve put her into 10th grade honors [...]

“It killed off all the Romans, and now it’s killing ME!!!!”
My dear English cousin taught my kids this chant last year, and my middle two chanted it over and over all week long. (Thanks John!! Grrr….hehe)
We started school again this week, and although it doesn’t seem like we got much done amidst a variety of [...]

I’ve spent a lot of time this past week or so sitting at my computer typing up plans for the coming school year. Consequently, I’ve also spent more time goofing off and procrastinating by doing things like reading the Well-Trained Mind forum. This evening someone asked whether people had chosen a motto for their homeschool.
Oddly, [...]

Here’s the current working reading list for 8th grade…
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885)
The Call of the Wild (1903)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1908)
Animal Farm (1945)
The Pearl (1947)
The Great Gatsby (1925)
Fahrenheit 451 (1950 – Post WWII/Cold War)
*Death of a Salesman (1949)
All Quiet on the Western Front (WWI)
Murder on the Orient Express (1935)
The Good Master (Kate Seredy – WWI [...]

My 8th grader is going to study 20th century history this year, and after surveying a variety of texts, we decided to use Paul Johnson’s History of the American People. Sections 5-8 deal specially with 20th century history.
Here’s the 36 week schedule I created. I have some other books and resources I plan on adding [...]

Tentatively, this is what I’m considering…
Math – Teaching Textbooks Algebra II
Composition – “Lively Art of Writing” (continuing with this)
Latin – Wheelock’s Latin (next year will be her 5th year of Latin)
Logic – haven’t decided yet
History – Famous Men of Modern Times, Jenning’s “The Century for Young People,” and I think, selections from “The World is [...]

2008-2009 5th grade plans for KR
Math: Singapore Math 5A/5B
Composition: Classical Writing… either Homer A or Older Beginners
Latin: Henle I (we’ll see how this goes)
Penmanship: Can-Do Cursive
History: Famous Men of Greece/Famous Men of Rome
Geography: Evan-Moor North America unit
Science: Noeo Biology 2
Literature: My 5th grade reading list (in progress, specifically for KR, who’s an avid reader)

I created this last summer, compiling it from various links and my home library. I thought I’d post it here for reference. DA’s reading didn’t take off quite as I’d anticipated, so some of the more difficult “Reading Together” selections became “Real-Aloud” selections.
DA (first grade)
Booklists
http://www.hillsideeducation.com/
http://www.mainlesson.com/
http://www.amblesideonline.com/
Geography
Paddle to the Sea by Holling C. Holling
Literature (Reading Together)
K12 Classics [...]

Time to start making plans, as we finish up stuff for this year (or more likely, just get plain tired of what we were doing and start looking forward to a change)… and get income tax refunds. I’m not sure if we’ll actually be able to school through the summer, though I’d like [...]

Okay, so we’ve only got 9 weeks or so left in the school year, and this is the first time I’ve actually decided to put up a weekly report. Youngest to oldest…
DA (1st grade)
Progress in Mathematics, Grade 1, pg. 311-320
K12 Phonics 1 – Unit 18, lesson 5 and Unit 19 Lessons 1-4 (Contractions [...]