2010/2011 Curriculum Breakdown

"They say there's beauty in the breakdown, and I'm about to breakdown for you." -Beautiful Tuesday

As soon as I typed the title, the chorus to my son's (and his friend's whom I love like my own) band's song popped into my mind (Wow, that was a convoluted sentence).  You can click the link above and check them out, although those recordings don't do them justice (They wrote both Beauty in the Breakdown and Lullaby).  They're hoping to host a show in October and raise enough to create a CD (I can't wait).

Enough with the parenthetical sentences and shameless promotion of my oldest son's band.  On to the curriculum breakdown, which I'm about to breakdown for you (Uh oh, I'm singing again.  And writing in parentheses.)  Some have asked what we plan to use for this school year, so for those interested, here's the scoop;

Sophomore: 

                    Sonlight Core 300 (20th Century History) Unit

                    Sonlight Economics

                    Life of Fred Advanced Algebra
                    One Year Adventure Novel

                    Grammarlogues

                    Life Relationships

                    Programming/Gaming

                    Biology Lab (Apologia)

                    Origin Theories
                   

3rd Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, & 8th Grade: 

                   Further Up and Further In Unit Study (The Chronicles of Narnia)

                   ROAR!
                   Various LapBooks for each Narnia book (Hands of a Child, Live & Learn Press, etc.)

                   Teaching Textbooks (various grade levels)
                   Grammarlogues (6th & 8th graders)

                   Grammar Ace (3rd & 5th graders)

                   StartWrite handwriting (using Narnia quotes)
                   Switched on Schoolhouse Science (we are giving it a try, may not work for us)
                   

We will also be integrating various review items and enjoying online subscriptions such as Mathletics and JumpStart.  This year should be an exciting one, with The Chronicles of Narnia unit study as our core.  I'm excited about sharing a great series with my kids and really enjoying the year together as we LapBook our way through the books. Hopefully we can share some of our fun with you right here!