Materials (bold are required, italics recommend):

Literature (In order covered in class):
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
The Magician's Nephew
Number the Stars
Amos Fortune, Free Man
The Secret Garden
The Door in the Wall
A Gathering of Days
Crispin: The Cross of Lead
The Bronze Bow

The Lost Tools of Writing, student and teacher books

Henle Latin 1 Text
Henle First Year Answer Key
Henle First Year Grammar
Cassell's Latin Dictionary
Latin Workspace A (many students found this newish resource very helpful)

Nature Sketch Journal (this is not necessary, but you will need an organized place to store your child's science drawings/paragraphs, and this is a good option)
Lyrical Life Science materials

It Couldn't Just Happen
The Fallacy Detective

Saxon Math 8/7 (Saxon is CC's recommendation, but you may use whatever math curriculum works for you and your student)

Highly recommended: Trivium Tables (English Grammar, Latin, Rhetoric, Logic, and Math)

See website/catalogue for more helpful resources:
https://classicalconversationsbooks.com/collections/challenge-a?page=1

*There will be a Cartography resource released in July that we will need to purchase. I'll keep you up to speed as I know more.

MOTIVATION

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure." - Colin Powell

It takes consistent, diligent effort to achieve something worthwhile. This is obvious when we stop and think about it, but we all lose sight of this fact in the day to day application. I encourage you to put in the effort this year. Plan your Challenge A work, and then work that plan every day. 

Problems and struggles should be seen as opportunities for growth.  Meet any obstacles head on, and remember that working through them is where the magic happens! 

Get excited for the journey, and keep a hopeful expectation for the academic year to come. Your enthusiasm about the process will drive your efforts this year!

"Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved." - Ralph Waldo Emerson