Happy New Year!! Our Side of the Mountain posted a mid-year summary that I thought was inspiring. It was nice to be able to see the exact progress of the first semester of school, as well as state some second semester goals. I told her I was going to copy this great idea. So, here goes ... Dawson ~ 9th Grade Algebra: Life of Fred Beginning Algebra finished Lesson 49 of 108 Grammar: Easy Grammar finished Lesson 44 of 180 Critical Thinking: Reading Detective, Beginning finished Page 61 of 146 Typing: Good Typing did about 15 minutes, twice a week Writing: Institute of Excellence in Writing, U.S. History Supplement finished Lesson 10 and extra Thanksgiving poem History: America: The Story of Us finished Lessons 4 of 12 the First Settlers Boston Massacre Boston Tea Party Paul Revere Valley Forge The Declaration of Independence Westward Expansion Lewis and Clark Pioneers Gold Rush Alamo Trail of Tears The Erie Canal Slavery Underground Railroad (spent extra time on the Westw...