Hi! I’m back! This year I’m working with a young woman, entering ninth grade. I taught Human Biology over the summer with four kids. For several years, I’ve worked with Co-ops teaching Chemistry, Biology, and Physical Science, along with teaching in a public school, and a small Christian school after I retired. Usually, I teach Biology or Chemistry. This fall it’s Chemistry.
Lacie is enrolled in Kolbe Academy. Today, we started her curriculum. Our Co-op starts right after Labor Day. I thought it would be good to get started early. First, we made sure Lacie has all of the textbooks and study guides. She is taking British Literature, Western Civilization, Algebra 1, Theology, Latin 1, Chemistry, and Guitar as a Fine Arts Credit. Next, Lacie took this Saxon Math Algebra 1 pre-assessment. She missed two questions which we corrected. We went over her assignments and my husband, Rob, gave her a guitar lesson. Lacie is working on the Periodic Table Cards, the summer assignment.
Kolbe provides syllabi and study guides. Lacie’s family and I bought or borrowed her books from Amazon and eBay. I set up Google Classrooms for each subject. We are combining Literature and Language Arts. I set up an assignment book and wrote her assignments into a document posted on Google Classroom. I’m going to post our progress here in the blog. The Chemistry blog is here.
Over the next three weeks, I want Lacie to get ahead reading Oliver Twist, her History textbook, A Light to the Nations, and Theology, which uses the Bible, Catechism, and Fr. John Laux’s History of the Bible. After Labor Day, we’ll add Chemistry, Algebra 1, Latin 1, and more Language Arts. She is going to need to do some composition and vocabulary. Once, we start Latin, we’ll start grammar concurrently. How will that work? The Co-op classes meet Tuesday and Friday. Chemistry and my husband’s Statistics meet from 10:00-11:15. My husband, Rob, is teaching Physics from 11:30-12:30 or so. Labs may run later. This year, our classes meet in our basement. Right after Chemistry, Lacie, Gen, and I are heading upstairs to work on Chemistry immediately. We might quiz on the Periodic Table, do over data, etc.
After lunch on Tuesdays and Fridays, we’ll review all of her assignments. Then we’ll tackle Latin, and Algebra. Once, we lay a foundation for math and Latin, we’ll add composition assignments with some literary analysis. Yes, I want to use the questions from Kolbe’s syllabus. But, I have some exercises in Literary Criticism I want to add as we study Oliver Twist, Pride and Prejudice, etc.
Lacie is getting a big head start in her Humanity subjects over the next three weeks. Her syllabi, guides, and textbooks have all finally arrived. Over the next three weeks, I’m going to read Oliver Twist and map out Latin and Algebra. Thankfully, Chemistry isn’t a challenge; I’ve taught it for 25 years. I help my husband organize Statistics and Physics. He’s taught Physics twice. We sit down and determine the labs together and pull the equipment before class. Neither of us has taught Statistics. The first week, we’re combining classes to introduce the graphing calculator his Statistics kids will use all year. My Chemistry class uses it infrequently; I like for the kids to have exposure to the graphing calculator before college.
Here’s hoping for a great year! It’s going to be a challenge!
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