Planning 2019-2020

LA

Learning Language Arts through Literature the gray book grade8 ordered from Canadian Home Education
crossroads 7 & sightlines 7 (in homeschool LA folder)
https://msporterstrose.weebly.com/

Math
Math Makes Sense 7 Text


Science
Science 7- Aligned from Canadian Home Education
https://wessner.weebly.com/science-7-textbook.html
Science 8- Aligned from Canadian Home Education
https://wessner.weebly.com/science-8.html


Social Studies
SS 7 Our Canada & Voices and Visions (in homeschool SS folder)
https://msporterstrose.weebly.com/grade-7-social-studies.html
(did grade 8 last year)


Health
Health 7 Health and Lifeskills (in homeschool Health folder)
https://www.ywcaofedmonton.org/programs-and-services/girlspace/
http://lifeissewdaily.blogspot.com/p/sewing-basics.html
Course outline https://mamaitsy.blogspot.com/2019/08/home-economics-elective.html


PE
PE 7
PE 8
Volleyball Registration is Sept 1, 10:30am - 12pm, Monday Sept. 30- Dec 2.
Argyll Natural Learning Community. Fridays Skating in Winter, Swimming in summer

Art
Art 7
Art 8
What do you see a Child's First Introduction to Art  by Laurie Bluedorn (vol. 1 free Amazon)
(Topics in IntroArt.txt homeschool art folder)

French
French 6
https://french.harkonen.ca/grade-4/my-classroom/
https://sites.google.com/erlc.ca/fsl-4-6/grade-6-fsl?authuser=0
http://www.2learn.ca/kids/ (FSL tab)
http://www.digitaldialects.com/French.htm
http://www.lsfrench.com/beginners2.html
https://www.french-games.net/
LearnAlberta.ca Program of study http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/fslav/gr06_alberta_av/gr06_alberta_mm.html

French 7 LearnAlberta.ca Program of study Animals
French 8


Resources http://mrnicerhs.weebly.com/grade-7-core-french.html
http://mrsbohaychuk.weebly.com/fsl-7.html

Home Economics elective

https://plainandnotsoplain.com/kitchen-skills-main-page/



Original source: https://7sistershomeschool.com/how-to-record-home-economics-on-homeschool-transcripts/

Food and Nutrition

• Healthy meal planning
• Cooking and baking skills
• Sanitary cleanup

Entertaining guests

• Planning for an event
  • Food
  • Utensils
• Basic social skills for greeting and conversation
• Setting tables
• Arranging living areas/decorating for guests
• Allowing guests to help cleanup, or not
• RSVPs

Necessary house cleaning

• Kitchen organization and chores
• Bedroom organization and chores
• Living area organization and chores
• Bathroom organization and chores
  • How to use a plunger
• External organization and chores

Laundry and clothing maintenance

• Basic laundry skills
• Ironing skills
• When to go to dry cleaners
• Clothing repairs
• Seasonal change-overs

Financial chores

• Budgetting
• Shopping skills
  • Digital shopping smarts
  • Brick-and-mortar shopping smarts
• Financial literacy course

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Interior design and decorating

• Working with a budget
• Basics of aesthetics

How to be a good neighbor

• Interacting with neighbors
• Setting boundaries when necessary
• Community involvement

How to be a good family member

• Family rights and responsibilities
• Basic communication skills

Car maintenance

• What should you check and how
• How often does your car need maintenance?
• Where to go for maintenance
• Checking tire pressure/adding air
• Changing a tire

Communications

• How to answer a phone
• Business communications
  • Complaint calls or emails
  • Contacting your politicians

Basic home repair/maintenance and safety checks

• How to check the fuse box/circuit breakers
• checking batteries in smoke detectors
• cleaning lint trap in dryer
• how to find a chimney sweep if you have a fire place
• replace air filter in furnace

Some people include childrearing in their Home Economics courses. It would be our suggestion that those courses need their own credits to do them justice. Here are our courses on childrearing.

Human Development

Early Childhood Education

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