I have been a teacher for a loooonnng time at private,public, and Co-op schools. But, teaching Lacie all of her classes is helping me hone my teaching philosophy. Lacie is enrolled with Kolbe. I’m using their syllabus, study guides, and tests. (Chemistry and Algebra are Co-op classes.). But, the direct instruction is at my discretion. How should we structure the lessons? Some families have a detailed daily syllabus with short assignments in each subject. Lacie meets with me three days a week; Chemistry is three hours twice a week. Honestly, it runs a little over. Lacie needs time after class to process the lesson. We’re working on all of her classes in blocks. Tuesdays, after Chemistry, we work on Theology and History. We may work two hours editing a paper assigned from Kolbe. (I keep copies of each edit in a folder on the computer.). Wednesday, Lacie spent six hours fixing a paper and two hours doing ?Chemistry nomenclature. Today, after Chemistry, she corrected a test, took a guitar lesson, and worked the rest of the afternoon on Algebra. By working in blocks of time, Lacie has time to do an exercise, correct it, and then test. The material we do finish is done well.
Now, I’m starting to worry about Latin, Grammar, Vocabulary, and Composition. So, Lacie does some work at home: Bible reading, novels, outlines, etc. I’m going to have her work through the entire book, Better Writing, at home over the next month: exercises, tests, writing samples, everything. Then, I’m doing the same thing with Vocabulary. I’ll have her do every exercise at home until the Vocabulary D is completed. Now we just need to carve out time for Latin and Grammar.
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