The homeschool curriculum choices blog posts are great, but what I really want to know is what families thought AFTER they used the curriculum they chose! I have shared many of these posts, you can see them all here. This is my second child to homeschool 8th grade, which is why the post is titled “Round 2!”
Here’s a reminder of the original 8th Grade Curriculum Choices post.
Below I will give a small review of each subject, if you have more specific questions about anything, just leave me a comment and I will do my best to answer!
Math ~ Teaching Textbooks Algebra
Once again, Teaching Textbooks does the job for us! He completed Algebra and will be continuing on with Teaching Textbooks Geometry for 9th grade. Wondering if TT math is a good college prep math program?
Science ~ LIFEPAC 8th Grade
We gave LIFEPAC science a try in 7th grade and the format works for him so we stuck with it for 8th!
History~ Notgrass – From Adam to Us
My kids were combined for this {5th and 8th} and it worked well. They don’t love it but they don’t hate it either. Neither of my kids loves history in general so the fact that they don’t hate it is a plus. I love it and was really happy with my choice.
Geography ~ Country by Country
We completed Country by Country AFRICA and got through 3/4 of ASIA!
Reading ~ 8th-grade reading list
Books read together :
- A Long Walk to Water
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
- The Finest Hours
Books read independently:
- Finding Gobi
- Running for My Life
- Milkweed
He does NOT like to read, at all. He doesn’t mind listening to me read, but it is absolute torture for him to read a book. Thus the difference in his list compared to my daughter! He did like the books we read, his favorite was Running for My Life.
Grammar ~ Fix It Grammar
We continued with IEW’s Fix It Grammar and it is a good fit!
Writing ~ IEW
We finished up SWI B {I combined my kids for this 5th/8th}. He dislikes writing, although he will say that IEW is his favorite writing curriculum.
See all of our past reviews and choices for other grade levels here!
