I just updated the dates and printed off report cards to fill in for the school year. Tomorrow is our last day of school. Most of my kids have finished most of their work. Therefore, most of my gradebook is complete and I can start filling in the report cards for this year! Although I… Continue reading Report card time!
Setting up my 2024-2025 planner binder
This has always been an exciting and uncomfortable time of year for me, planner-wise. I am coming to the end of one school year's planner and starting a new one. It is exciting to start something new and fresh. However, change is uncomfortable, especially when it involves shelving the records from the past year. In… Continue reading Setting up my 2024-2025 planner binder
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Making a Planner for next year
As the 2023-2024 school year winds down for our homeschool, I find myself running out of pages in my current planner. The past couple of years, I have used various online resources to print and piece together a planner that works for me. This year, I decided to take the bold step to make my… Continue reading Making a Planner for next year
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Planning for Summer 2024
The sun is shining, the trees are full of bright green leaves, and the amaryllis are blooming. Spring has sprung in central Texas! I can see the light at the end of the tunnel for this school year. My kids are getting toward the end of their curriculum and getting excited about the upcoming summer… Continue reading Planning for Summer 2024
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Teaching High School Spanish in Homeschool: BJU Press Spanish 1 & 2, games, books, and lesson plans
Last year, my ninth grader completed Spanish 1 with Bob Jones University Press Spanish 1, 3rd edition. We managed to successfully complete the curriculum and my daughter finished the year with an A. I went ahead a purchased Spanish 2 for her for this year, along with a few extras. The Spanish 1 and Spanish… Continue reading Teaching High School Spanish in Homeschool: BJU Press Spanish 1 & 2, games, books, and lesson plans
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Academic Calendar Plan for 2022-2023
It is 101 degrees on my outdoor thermometer right now. We are in the heat of summer, and it is not even July yet. Actually, it is not too bad in the shade with a light breeze blowing. It is definitely summer time. Summer means a break from school for my kids to attend Vacation… Continue reading Academic Calendar Plan for 2022-2023
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Apologia Chemistry Plans
(This post contains links to products in my TeachersPayTeachers.com store.) I have been planning our high school science course for next year. Yes, I know it is only February. Yes, I know we are only 10 units through our 16 unit Apologia Biology course. I cannot help it though. For me, a new calendar year… Continue reading Apologia Chemistry Plans
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Halloween STEM Activity: Pumpkin Chunkin’ Catapult
October is such a great month for incorporating fun STEM! From autumn to Halloween, there are so many opportunities to add fun scientific activities. Since those little candy pumpkins are all the rage around my house, I combined a favorite STEM activity, building catapults, with the scientific method and candy pumpkins, of course. First, we… Continue reading Halloween STEM Activity: Pumpkin Chunkin’ Catapult
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What we are using for 9th grade
(This post contains affiliate links that help to support this blog.) This is our eighth year homeschooling, but our very first year to have a high school student. I have to admit I am a little giddy because as a former high school science teacher, I am pretty psyched to teach upper level classes again,… Continue reading What we are using for 9th grade
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What we are using for 8th grade this year
(This post contains links, some of which help support this blog.) This is the second year in a row that we are homeschooling eighth grade. My oldest daughter is in ninth this year. We kept most of what we used with her to use with our middle daughter this year. For English Language Arts, we… Continue reading What we are using for 8th grade this year
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