7TH GRADE HOMESCHOOL CURRICULUM PICKS/2024-2025/BOOKS/RESOURCES

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I share our homeschool curriculum picks for the 2024/2025 homeschool year for 7th grade.
All the words Vocabulary book www.amazon.com/All-Words-Voca...
Comic book templates
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Science books
Kingfisher science encyclopedia amzn.to/4597dnJ
Usborne science encyclopedia amzn.to/4aORj2U
Usborne illustrated dictionary of science amzn.to/3RdbYH3
DK encyclopedia of nature amzn.to/4c5cdvD
DK eyewitness human body amzn.to/3VdEg5i
It takes guts amzn.to/3VEp9nb
Achoo amzn.to/3x6idFS
Outbreak amzn.to/3Vebv8C
Gene machines amzn.to/4aVeRTH
Genetics amzn.to/3x5kWiI
An american plague amzn.to/45g1Xyv
Girls body book amzn.to/3RgXPZj
The skeleton book amzn.to/45ebaHD
Enjoy your cells amzn.to/4e7KnAS
Some secrets should never be kept amzn.to/3X6D2LX
Planet Earth amzn.to/3VahTOf
Fight against microbes amzn.to/4e7coIN
Food and nutrition amzn.to/4bY5bsK
Poop happened amzn.to/3Va27D4
Basher science microbiology amzn.to/4aMLfrH
The good germ hotel amzn.to/3RelGJi
Evolution amzn.to/4bK1reM
How to fool yourself amzn.to/3RjrD7F
Bones amzn.to/4c9yskq
You can't use your brain if you're a jellyfish amzn.to/4ecHFdi
Have a nice DNA amzn.to/4cpZ2G7
Germ zappers amzn.to/4bJhucP
Blood and guts amzn.to/4c6eHds
Biology for curious kids amzn.to/3Kv4E5L
The quest to digest amzn.to/3RcFPiE
The circulatory story amzn.to/3KuvWZV
Kays anatomy amzn.to/3RgAGGB
The museum of odd body leftovers amzn.to/3VqZyxE
Wow in the world the how and wow of the human body amzn.to/4aVh1mh
Operation ouch amzn.to/3Rehwks
Operation ouch amzn.to/3VecW70
Belly busting worm invasion amzn.to/4c8V1W8
The exciting endocrine system amzn.to/4c8qwQk
Human anatomy colouring book amzn.to/4bOeETE
Muscles amzn.to/4e8Qc0Y
DK human body amzn.to/45syCRP
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[@jessicajones611]

Rewatching for inspiration 🙂…would you be able to do a flip through the evolution book. Also interested in any books you have on the history of the earth and it’s creation. I am a Christian but complicated, I believe the earth is millions of years old and I do agree with much of the evolution theory in terms of its creation and with micro-evolution explaining how life has changed. Would be really interesting and helpful to glean some insight, it’s not a lot I hear about, but always feel unsure how to teach this, and which resources are good to teach from in a literature picture book method, rather than using textbooks.

[@TheLearningLadder]

I definitely will. 👍

[@jessicajones611]

@@TheLearningLadder thank you,

[@kristalwade1609]

Can you share a list of all of the science books you got?

[@TheLearningLadder]

I will add it to the description box tomorrow. Thanks for watching.

[@Keepasking123]

What is your average budget per school year?

[@TheLearningLadder]

It depends year to year based on what curriculum I pick, whether I make my own resource or buy additional things like games, furniture, etc. Generally, I set aside a monthly amount for homeschool and then use that for sourcing used books, curriculum sales, etc. Once I have decided on my curriculum, I add to it if needed. On average, the past four years, I have made a portion of our curriculum myself. That brings down how much I need to spend. I have also resold the curriculum we had finished with previously. This year, I didn't make my own resources or sell any curriculum. I picked a literature based curriculum option, which is often more expensive. I sourced a lot of the books used, which really helped, but my spending this year was higher than last. I have found it is more expensive to start with, goes down for a few years as you have built up a stash of resources, so to speak, then goes back up again for the higher grades.

[@jessicajones611]

Thanks so much for sharing. Just when I thought I had all the curriculum sorted, I am second guessing writing for my older child. Did you buy from iew directly? I see Conquest books sell this, but I am a bit worried about purchasing from them again after I bought MuS zeta which was like seriously out of date! It was all new looking, but had a good number of errors in the answer key and it was coil bound which changed eons ago to a bound book. Would love to know where you buy yours from? And I haven’t completed the teaching course for s&s course. I started to go through it, about 2/3 years ago when it was a Xmas gift. If I purchase it, can I go through it video by video as my child goes through the program week by week? I don’t think I have the patience to listen to it all in one go, 🫣. I’ve been putting off iew for years, 🙈 but we need some clearer writing instruction, and I think my son might like it, and perhaps I will too. He is is 11 1/2 currently and I am considering 1A, how does that sound to you? Too young? The 1B source texts look a lot longer, so because he’s not done this before, the 1B texts might be too much, not sure. Is 1A spoken in a way to younger kids, might it feel to young? Or should I go to 1B. He’s bright, spells and write well, his comprehension is more where he struggles, in terms of inference. What is the progression of the courses, say if in a perfect world, a student did every iew from the beginning? Is it, 1a, 2A, 3a then moving to b? And 1B, 2b, 3b and then onto C? 1c, 2c and 3c. I’ve tried looking online but can’t get my head around it, 😬. Is it quite hands off, with teaching also my 8 1/2 year old too, it’s a lot to juggle, so wondering how involved and any tips. Would love a flip through of iew 1b s&s please. Thanks so much, and apologies for the heap of questions, x

[@TheLearningLadder]

I purchased from conquest. No problems with the editions. All brand new and up to date versions that I received for IEW. I did do the course. You can definitely do it by unit for the twss course if you prefer. I don't think you have to do the tsww course to do structure and Style. I think for the thematic units you do. But if you watch the videos with them, you get the idea of how to do everything. He makes a big thing about them finding their editor to check their draft, so unless you have either watched the video or read all about the checklists, etc, you might find the course useful for that aspect. Again, I think you can figure it out, but if you decide against doing the course, maybe watch the first couple of lessons to understand what they are doing. It is 1a, 2a, 1b, 2b etc. The source text gets longer and more challenging to read with each level, plus the amount they write increases. For 1A, it is 3 paragraphs, 2A, they go up to 5 paragraphs etc. The source text in 1A is a mix of fiction and non fiction. It is shorter at first, but gets longer as they work through. 1A didn't feel young to me, I think the technique, etc, is quite skilled, so I don't think it is too easy. I did skip 2A and go straight to 1B. On their website they offer a sample of each level. I would watch the video of the level you think they might do and see what you think. The kids in 1b are definitely older in the class videos. I would consider meeting them half way with 2A. But if you decided to go for 1A, you could always skip 2A like I did and go straight to 1B next year. Also I would email them and ask their opinion. They are super knowledgeable and really helpful. I will definitely post a flipthrough of 1B soon. 👍

[@jessicajones611]

@@TheLearningLadder thank you, I wasn’t sure if we could jump into 2A not having done any before or any 1s. ? A few videos I have watched, I think it was Carla Cannon, said to do level 1 if you haven’t done any iew before, so I was thinking either 1A, or 1B. That’s really helpful about seeking out the editor, I think I’ll get the teaching course, especially if it ends up being successful, I’ll probably need to understand it, but I’ll try and watch a bit ahead of time before each lesson. How hands on/off is iew ss? Some say it’s pretty intense and others not so much. Would you say it’s an enjoyable program for most students? Writing instructi programs are so hard to find a good fit, well for us anyway, 🙃

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@jessicajones611 When I asked them whether it was OK to skip 2A and move on to 1B, this is what they advised me. "Typically we recommend that families stick to our progression for the SSS courses: 1A, 2A, then 1B, 2B, and then 1C, 2C. This progression is designed intentionally, offering incremental increases in challenge and new concepts are gradually introduced over the span. Year 2 of each Level acts as a bridge to Year 1 of the next Level. However, we do understand that there will be exceptions. With your students having a larger foot into Level B (6th-8th grade reading level), we do want to look into this further with you. "If they completed SSS-1A easily, and it was very basic for them, you can consider moving ahead to Year 1 of Level B (SSS-1B) next. However, if they struggled at times with SSS-1A and it was a good challenge for them, then you would want to continue the progression and choose Year 2 of Level A (SSS-2A). SSS-2A will add longer assignment lengths, research essays and formal critiques from Units 8 and 9, and additional sentence openers - slowly prepping them for Level B. By sticking with the progression you would allow them another year in Level A to practice our new methods, without them becoming overwhelmed by a jump straight into Level B. And, there is plenty of time to fit each of the courses in and you do not need to feel rushed." In terms of hands-off for you, he does a good job of explaining everything to them. We have only done 1A so far, but he really breaks it down for them. For the first few in 1A, he would always read the source text with them, and they would do their keyword outline together. After a few times of that, he would read the source text and then have them pick their key words, but then go through it as a class with what kids picked. Then he moves just onto reading the source text, explaining any new concepts and they write their own keyword outline alone. He always reads some of the kids turned in work at the beginning of each class too. So your child can see what others wrote. I imagine 2A would be similar but would probably go a bit faster. I did enjoy the course, but I'm biased as I love writing, and I found their process interesting. But I can see how it wouldn't be as interesting too. You could always get the course after if you think you need it, save wasting money if you don't need it etc. I think I bought the premier one from conquest that included it plus the word walls etc. I justified the possibility of not enjoying it with, I was getting the word walls, which were 50 ish separately, so it wouldn't be that bad if I didn't enjoy it, lol. Re kids enjoying it, I would watch his sample video with your boys and see if they like his style, etc. My daughter likes it, but she enjoys writing, so it isn't a fair review if a child didn't. She does like to change his assignments a bit to suit her, but I am fine with that as long as she includes his required elements. I think it can be a lot. The videos are long, but we just split it up over two years. I did it several years ago, though. Now, I will still spread it out over the school year and not try to complete it in 24 weeks, etc. If it takes longer, I'm fine with that.

[@jessicajones611]

@@TheLearningLadderthank you