Saturday, April 11, 2026

Homeschool Update 2025-2026: 6th Grade

We moved (only one house down!) at the start of this school year and I never sat down to write up our plans for this blog. Now we're more than six months in and winding down on some things already, but I wanted to give a little glimpse into what everyone is doing. To make it a little more manageable, I'll do one post for each grade level we have this year, starting with the oldest. 

M., 6th grade 

Math 

  • Textbook: Jacobs Geometry
  • The Great Courses: Geometry: An Interactive Journey to Mastery with James S. Tanton 
  • Khan Academy High School Geometry
  • Life of Fred: Pre-Algebra I with Economics
  • Singapore Math: Challenging Word Problems 4 

English

  • Essay assignments from Jensen's Format Writing (2002)
  • Sentence Diagramming 2
  • Editor in Chief Beginning 2
  • Daily Grams 

Science 

  • The Great Courses: Nature of Earth: An Introduction to Geology with John J. Renton
  • The Great Courses: Meteorology: An Introduction to the Wonders of Weather with Robert G. Fovall 
  • Monthly meetings of the Future Rockhounds of America
  • Participation in the Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show of the Gem, Lapidary, and Mineral Society of Montgomery County MD

History

  • The Great Courses: The Rise and Fall of the British Empire with Patrick N. Allitt (first half)
  • The Great Courses: War, Peace, and Power with Vejas G. Liulevicius (first half)
  • Tuttle Twins: America's History Part I

Music

  • Minuet in G on Piano from Anna Magdalena Bach's Notebook
  • "Taps" on French horn 
  • Scales and "Stars and Stripes Forever" on tenor recorder 
  • Denes Agay Book 3
  • The Great Courses: How to Play Piano with Pamela D. Pike 

Art

  • Concordia University course, grades 5-8 
  • Rainbow loom bracelets
  • Alcohol markers
  • Oil pastels
  • colored pencils 

Religion

  • New St. Joseph Baltimore Catechism
  • Advent wreath
  • Weekly Mass
  • Monthly TLM
  • Arise girls group (Also covers health topics)

Latin

  • So You Really Want to Learn Latin? Book 1 (and videos) by Nicholas Oulton 

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