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From:	Maggie (67.193.55.136)
Subject:	Great! Then you should be able to do just about all.....
Date:	April 6, 2008 at 10:04 pm PST

In Reply to: Re: Help!!! posted by M.D. on April 4, 2008 at 7:12 am:

of their courses together. Here are some suggestions of programs to check out:

History:
Notgrass---for World History, American History, and Government. The World and American History programs also include some literature study and Bible.

Literature:
---Learning Literature from The Lord of the Rings---a one year course, can be used during any year of high school, I think. Would be great for someone who likes the LOTR books.
---Learning Language Arts Through Literature, their British and American Lit courses
---Hewitt Lightning Literature for high school Offers a variety of semester-length courses.
---Progeny Press study guides

Science:
Apologia is my preference. Christian based. Some people prefer Abeka. Either way, you can order science kits containing the supplies for the experiments from Home Training Tools. Very convenient and well worth it to have the supplies right on hand without having to hunt them up yourself.

Writing:
---Format Writing
---WriteShop I and II
---Put That in Writing
---Wordsmith Craftsman (and if they are behind in writing, you could start first with Wordsmith)

Math:
---Teaching Textbooks. This program especially works well for those who struggle with math (or whose parents do!). You can use the CD's to teach each lesson; the CD's also have every single problem worked out, including all problems in the problem sets, and tests.
---Jacobs for Geometry
---Lial's or Foerster for upper Algebra. Haven't used either of these but some people really like them. You may be able to find a post about these further on down the board.
---Of course, some people love Saxon. I don't like it, but it depends on the student.
---Some students, especially hands-on learners, do well with Math-U-See
---My dd used UCSMP for Alg. II (Advanced Algebra) and beyond, and she did wonderfully on her SAT's. But she is a math kind of person. I like UCSMP because it makes the kids think with the math they are learning and it used real-life applications in its problem sets.

If possible, it helps to go to a curriculum fair or a conference with a good curriculum fair and actually look at the programs you are considering. Sometimes it helps to let your older kids look at the different programs and let them help pick the one they think they can relate to the best.

Also, as your students get older, check out dual-enrollment options at any local colleges (courses that high school students can take which can then count both for high school credits and then later on for college credits). Sometimes these are even free for high school students; sometimes they are a reduced rate for high school students.

For the rest of this year, it might work well for you to continue using the texts your students were using at the ps, if you are able to get ahold of those texts. Maybe the ps would rent them to you for the rest of the year? That way your students would not lose the continuity of the courses they were already in (unless those texts just really weren't working for them and you don't think you could make them work with individual teaching.)

Hope this helps some. Let me know if you can't find links to any of these programs or have other questions about them.

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