English

• Our focus is to read more challenging material, work on summarizing and analyzing deeper meanings within those texts and gaining more experience in spelling and proper use of the English language within writing and speaking.
• Reading items we will be including
• Amos Fortune- Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
• Bound for Oregon by Jean Van Leeuwen
• The Windeby puzzle: history and story by Lois Lowry
• Only the names remain: the Cherokees and the Trail of Tears by Alex W Bealer
• Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyam
• The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
• The Last Crusader - Christopher Columbus by George Grant
• The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Streams to the River, River to the Sea by Scott O'Dell
• The Good Master by Kate Seredy

Texts we are using: Language Lessons for Living Education - 7th

Math

• Our focus is Pre-Algebra - understand integers, work with fractions, work with decimals, apply ratios and proportions and understand and apply basic geometry concepts.

Texts we are using: Abeka Pre-Algebra,

Science / Health

• Our focus is exploring more about the Earth God gave us
• We plan to complete additional science units with our local Co-Op class.

Texts we are using:  Cornell University - Veterinary Science

History

• Our focus is understanding civics and government

Texts we are using:  Notgrass History - America the Beautiful (This curriculum is also literature rich, which we LOVE!)

Books to accompany the Text:

• Growing Up Dakota by Charles Eastman
• Brady by Jean Fritz
• Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
• Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
• Blue Willow by Doris Gates
• Homer Price by Robert McCloskey
• Katy's Box by Mary Evelyn Notgrass McCurdy

Electives

Typing  - These skills are being practiced as we type our English papers - not a set curriculum

Handwriting and Cursive - To become more fluid in cursive

Gym  - To promote continued body care and maintenance (We live on a farm, so gym is a daily occurrence)

Art - To improve drawing skills we are participating in a drawing class through our local Co-Op.

Music - Our Co-Op is offering a Music Appreciation class for this elective!

Bible - Our Co-Op offers a chapel class where the boys are working on verse memorization. We are also big fans of The Adventures in Odyssey and found this Devotional.

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