9th GRADE CURRICULUM CHOICES | Homeschooling High School | Curriculum Picks 2022-2023

[@mitzifox4601]

Bring on any & all High School content! I also have a rising 9th grader in the 2022-2023 school year!

[@DB-yn9qx]

Thank you! I would love to see how you do grading and transcripts. I'm also planning to use GRH for high school for a few subjects.

[@joannabananaberry]

Yes would love to hear more about your lit logs!

[@msacres4350]

I’d love to see a video on the literature logs. I have a child going into 9th grade next year and that sounds right up her alley. Thank you for sharing.

[@joshandkrystalwhitehead]

Yes!! I would love to see a video on how you do transcripts and keep track of it all! My daughter is going into ninth grade this year and I feel lost and have no idea how to do this!! We have been homeschooling for 5 years now but high-school seems so daunting and important!

[@codyaustin8836]

Also, I'd love your plan for transcripts💙

[@garlandofbooks4494]

I love that idea of having the heavier load in the front half of high school to allow more wiggle room at the back end for alternative learning / career experiences or endeavors.

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

Yes really hoping it pays off!

[@mamabear_the3]

Sarah I have been waiting for your curriculum picks with excitement. I get on KZbin and bam there it is!

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

Aw thanks!!!

[@tinac7897]

Would love your tips on Lit Logs!

[@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife]

We love the US History from Gather Round.

[@lisalewis2456]

Do I want a video on Lit Logs? YES PLEASE!!!

[@amytoren3357]

Same!!!

[@reginadake5672]

I would be really interested in how you plan to do grading! I have twins going into 7th grade next year and I'm thinking about high school and wanting to prepare them and myself. We have not done any grading so far and some curricula don't have quizzes and tests that are straight forward for grading. Thank you for this content!

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

Ok - Thanks ☺️

[@jerilyn-ourhomeschooltable]

I would love to see what you do for Literature Logs.

[@melaniebergshoeff4424]

I love your tip about a slightly lighter load in later high school years!!!

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

Yes I’m really hoping it pays off.

[@handsathome]

Thank you for this video! Yes, all the high school topics discussed please, grading, record keeping, transcripts, applying credits, etc. thanks!

[@juliequezada7504]

I love your videos! Your heart for other homeschool moms is evident. Thanks for sharing.

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

Oh my thank you sooo much!!!

[@awesomegrace6]

I’d love to see your literature logs. Along with anything High school related that you are willing to share! I also having an upcoming 9th grader. It’s amazing how time flies!!

[@julierobertson8029]

Definitely would love to heR how you do the literature log as well as high school grading.

[@melaniebergshoeff4424]

I have my first homeschool high schooler next year too!!!! So excited for this video!!

[@homeschoolingthroughhighschool]

Me too! We've got this!!!!!!!!

[@lisachristinaconfirmed5067]

I’m interested. Particularly in your lit logs as well as how you teach history a little bit more in depth on that. Thank you.

[@CalmintheChaosHomeschool]

I’d love to see the lit logs.

[@carebear74]

Thank you so much for all the information! I am starting my homeschooling journey for the first time and you really put me at ease on a direction to start. I too have a 9th grader and I appreciate you taking the time to make this video for newbies like me!

[@amandab.6815]

I love how you are very specific and that you laid out how you will use everything.

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

Thanks!

[@theolivecreative]

Hey Sarah! Just checking in on ya! As a fellow homeschool Mama, I appreciate your content, especially as we are eclectic and my kids are just a few years behind yours. Hope all is well, and miss your videos in the KZbin world! Blessings!

[@JoyfulNoiseLearning]

Thanks for sharing, Sarah! Love your idea to have a heavier workload for 9th and 10th grade. I hadn’t thought of it that way, but I’ll have to keep this in mind as we get closer to 9th grade!

[@cfoster0212]

Thank you so much for sharing. My kids are all still pretty young so while we have a long time before I really need to worry about high school, I feel like it will be here before I know it and I'd love to already have an idea of what we are going to get into. I have found that there is a TON of great content for the younger years that my kids are in right now but I would LOVE to see more on middle and especially high school as we approach those years. I think sharing how you plan for credits, grade work and create transcripts would be incredible helpful for so many mommas in the future.

[@JuliaCantley]

I love these high school videos! I have one going into 8th grade so what I pick this year will impact his 9th grade year. I bounced back and forth with what to do with science and ELA too.... We decided on shormann/Dive into science and then did all kinds of stuff for ELA. And online writing class, fix it grammar, well trained mind, etc...

[@xTheresaVCx]

Ok Sarah. I need you to teach me your ways for creating rubrics and grading high school. We're also a GR family, but supplement ELA and obviously Math. I overwhelm myself every time I start researching the best way to do this. We keep going back and forth on starting another "catch up" year for my son or just going ahead and starting high school. He's mostly catching up math and ELA but is not really any further behind than any of his classmates are in public school. We pulled him out of public school 2 years ago (preCOVID) and he has made such great strides since!! I want to keep going with homeschool and so does he, but grading high school and creating transcripts stresses me out!! I am so thankful I have had your videos to guide me since we started this journey. Thank you for sharing! :)

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

I am working on planning homeschooling high school content, so thank you for the suggestions. I’m learning as I go, and hope to take you all along on the journey with me (trial and error it will be I’m sure!). For now I would point you to Ann Karako’s books, talks, website. She has been a huge encouragement to me and is a wealth of info!

[@xTheresaVCx]

@@EverydayHomeschooler thank you so much for the recommendations! I will check her site out. Can’t wait to follow you on this journey. 😊❤️

[@lisablanton1381]

I would love to see a video about grading and transcripts. I’m a home school mama of a 9 grader this year. And would like some advice on how to grade and record what he is learning and transcripts for high school credits! Thank you so much. Live the curriculum you have chosen for your son Noah for his 9 grade year!!! Thanks. Lisa!

[@heatherbenza5185]

Yup definitely want to see Lit Logs.

[@zuyingovea757]

Yes, please! More info on Lit Logs

[@joyfullyhomeschoolingboys]

grading and transcripts, yes.

[@heatheraz4680]

Yes to more High school videos. My oldest is in 8th grade. I started looking i to what I may want to use for her last year. I know for sure Math U See and IEW will be used.

[@amandamendoza4181]

I have one in 7th grade and another in 4th. So we are quickly at or approaching the middle and high school years. Would love more content in this area. 😊

[@whitneygalarce9837]

Yes please share all things pertaining to grade keeping/ transcripts. Diploma? Etc. 😅

[@melaniebergshoeff4424]

I would love more info on your LitLogs

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

Ok! Thank you!

[@ashleylindsey1829]

I'd love to know more about your lit logs!

[@kyleighhiles9733]

Yay! Lots of good ideas for my upcoming 9th grader. Thanks for sharing 🙂 Yes, give us all the homeschool high school content!

[@homeschoolingthroughhighschool]

I use IEW and Not Consumed! Great video. Thanks so much.

[@joepotter106]

We are planning on doing the GR US History mini units this coming year for our high schoolers upcoming school year as well...starting in November and going through May of 2023. We also will do Artists, Inventions, Transportation, Careers and Trades, and Entrepreneurship. - Shell

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

Wow Shell that sounds like a great year! You have a big age range too right?

[@joepotter106]

@@EverydayHomeschooler Yes, we just graduated our fourth child...so 3 more to go. We plan to do all the units from GR and have a 4 year high school plan that we actually started doing in 8th grade for our fifth child. They LOVE it. - Shell

[@kimberlycanzonere7334]

@@joepotter106 I would love to connect with you to see how your using GR for your high schoolers. I’m using it currently but now I’m worrying after watching this video that it may not be enough. Worried mama here.

[@joepotter106]

@@kimberlycanzonere7334 Are you on the GR Community FB page? I would be happy to FB message or email you our 4 year plan and GR unit with course title for transcripts if you like. - Shell

[@joepotter106]

@@kimberlycanzonere7334 Don't worry...after 24 years of homeschooling, I couldn't be happier. - Shell

[@abbigailgutierrez6880]

On Christian Book they have a notebook as well!! I’m doing this with my son. We love Berean Builders!!

[@OneMamaToAnother]

Wow, you are so organized! I would love to see a video on the literature logs.

[@howowen4519]

Thanks Homeschooling high school…all the things, please! What do your kiddos like, dislike, enjoy, or love, etc. with their courses? How is the workload and daily schedule feasible compared to middle school level workload? How much can they successfully accomplish independently through their eyes and yours? We understand each student is at their own levels, but it is nice to hear others opinions and experiences. Helps some us know how to alter accordingly for our learners too. And then, also, you said this is a college prep plan. Is that like a community college, state college, university, etc.? Really, any and every info your willing to divulge in your prep. & planning is greatly appreciated!

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

Saving this comment for video ideas in the future. Thank you!

[@christinasheaff6097]

Looks like a great year. I spotted you at the homeschool convention but didn’t want to freak you out by saying hi. Glad you were able to find some great stuff at the convention.

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

Oh my word! You should have come and talked to me!!!!!

[@christinasheaff6097]

If there is a next time, I definitely will. It was a really awesome convention. So encouraging, especially for homeschooling the High school years.

[@jennajadeg7010]

awesome, we are entering 9th grade as well!!

[@kikik5266]

I'd love to hear about lit logs

[@kimberlycanzonere7334]

I would love to see how you plan on assigning credits and how you will pull it all together. Are you not using gather round as a spine anymore? We’ve been using them for awhile but I’m wondering if it’s enough as my children begin to approach these high school years.

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

I’m thinking about putting out a video with more details about how we plan to use GR this year. We are using it for the spine of our history this year, and then I am planning on doing a few of the science themed units with my younger kids.

[@audreyvelderrain9117]

I'm sludging my way through updating a transcript now! I would love to hear how you are doing this. I think you are right about doing a lot of credits in 9th and 10th grade. We got a lot of them out of the way, which will help my daughter have more time for her college classes next year.

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

Oh my, can’t believe she will be starting college classes already! Time goes too fast.

[@gbcflower]

Yes, please do a video on transcripts. 🙂

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

Ok - ☺️ thank you

[@ileanaruth]

This was the most organized, informative homeschool video I’ve ever seen. Perfection!! 💙👏🏼

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

Wow, thank you!

[@kikik5266]

We have a ninth grader this year too!

[@TheChan7]

I enjoyed your video. We are going to use berean builders, but elementary level. Wondering if you’ve tried apologia and whether you were considering it over berean builders and why you chose berean builders overs apologia. I go back and forth about those for the high school years.

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

Honestly I went with Berean Builders because a friend of mine I trust (and who knows my kids well) recommended it. Also the Vimeo instruction option was a huge selling point!

[@TheChan7]

@@EverydayHomeschooler are y’all happy y’all went with BB for high school?

[@davinacoleman5603]

Thank you for your content! I am interested in literature logs, grading and transcripts for high school. Also, what are your plans to prepare for the ACT/SAT?

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

Still deciding 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@LovingLifeinHim]

Hi! Thanks for sharing all this with us, I'll love to see what literature logs are all about. And how you will do grading too!

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

Ok!

[@nena0583]

Love your videos. So helpful for this new homeschool momma :) question for you: this was 2 years ago (video) do you still recommend this 9th grade curriculum?

[@cherrymaple6068]

I'm interested in learning more about lit. logs. Thanks for making helpful videos.

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

Aw thanks!

[@irinak9476]

Any high school content please!!!

[@dknealellis]

I just subscribed especially to see how you're going to do grading and transcripts. Are you doing your own diploma?

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

Yes, right now that is the plan

[@hollys6821]

How did the Earth Science with Berean Builders go? How did you use it?

[@amytoren3357]

Your videos are always so well put together and I’ve been waiting patiently for your curriculum picks!! I plan on using Berean Builders for high school also. He just came out with his new Biology also. Do you think Analytical Grammar would work with a child with ADHD and some learning challenges?

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

Yes I do! I would point you to their website for more info, but overall it is a very “to the point” curriculum. Black and white, no distractions or endless busy work.

[@MindfullyLiv]

Wow, I loved all of these! It gives me tons of hope that there are great options when we finally get to high school 😅 I hear horror stories of searching incredibly hard for options for that age group, and it looks like he's going to have a really well rounded and full school year.

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

Oh my, in most subjects I’ve had the opposite problem - so many choices it’s easy to second guess yourself!

[@MindfullyLiv]

@@EverydayHomeschooler Oh interesting! Well, we're not there yet, but that makes me happy to hear that!

[@NT-uj2de]

I’m going to purchase this science curriculum for my 8th grader! Do you think I could include my 5th grade science enthusiast for his curriculum? He has a passion for all things science and soaks it right up!

[@princessruth8429]

Love this. i do have a quick question, do you have to return the DVD's from BJU Spanish curriculum?

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

Yes - but they give you a return box and pre paid shipping label

[@Gina7441975]

Interested in lit log

[@Sr_owen1123]

This is my first high school homeschool too ❤️ I am deciding on curriculums gather round is one of them Are you using all the pages in the gather round high school unit plusyour other LA or substituting I hope that makes sense ☺️

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

The Gather Round mini units have fewer notebooking pages, so we will do all of them for the history units. In the past when we have done regular GR units we have skipped most of the LA pages since we use other curriculum.

[@nenafoley5206]

Greetings from the UK! Did you use the accompanying Student notebook for Berean Builder's Earth Science, or just the textbook and test booklet? Did your son enjoy the course? Would you recommend it for my upcoming 9th Grader? Many thanks x

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

Yes we loved it and would recommend it (especially with the Vimeo classes). We used the student book and tests (it was helpful to be able to track a grade for high school credit here in our state)

[@nenafoley5206]

@@EverydayHomeschooler Many thanks! 😊

[@laceejo8203]

A lit logs video please!!!!

[@laceejo8203]

Also a transcript video!

[@andrewscott2520]

May I ask how your science curriculum is going? I'm losing sleep over choosing 9th grade science as well...

[@shalon4jc2]

Berean builders earth science can be used as a physical science plus lab? Is there videos to watch the experiments if we dont do all experiments? Thank you

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

Yes! Dr Wile told me this is a great place to start (especially if you are doing it with an 8th grader, or a 9th grader who hasn’t had much science experience, or isn’t planning to go into a scientific field). As far as if the experiments are videoed, I would direct you to the Berean Builder site. Since we haven’t done this course yet, I’m not exactly sure what content is included on every recorded class.

[@codyaustin8836]

Sarah, does the lab kit come with complete instructions or are they in the student book? We are going with GR earth science this year (or I could change my mind 7000 times🤣) but we want a good lab set to accompany it. Great reading list! My upcoming 9th grader will be starting with The Hiding Place.

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

I double checked - The lab instructions are not in the kit, you’d have to purchase the textbook too.

[@codyaustin8836]

@@EverydayHomeschooler thank you for checking! Do you think that the book & lab kit would be a good combination with the GR Earth Science. If we are learning about volcanos in GR, we could go to that section of the book and learn more then do the experiment from the kit? I'm thinking of it as an additional resource 🤷🏼‍♀️ or would it be confusing?

[@sarahannrolston]

@@codyaustin8836 Honestly I think it might be a little too much or confusing to plan and pair. We did the GR Earth Science Unit in 20-21 and loved it (seriously it's been my favorite GR Unit so far!). At the time I did purchase a couple small lab kits from Amazon to go with the lessons (by National Geographic and Magic School Bus).

[@codyaustin8836]

@@sarahannrolston Great to know! Thanks so much❤❤❤

[@brittanyedwards3293]

I’d love to hear what you think about Berean Builders after using it for a few months!

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

Ok!

[@GinaRLacy]

Did you just say 9th grade?! What?!

[@EverydayHomeschooler]

I know right 🤪

[@robinp9047]

Interested in lit 🪵 logs!