| Unit 1: Fractions & Decimals | Pages 4–9 |
| Unit 2: Ratios & Proportions | Pages 10–14 |
| Unit 3: Intro to Algebra | Pages 15–20 |
| Unit 4: Geometry — Area & Volume | Pages 21–25 |
| Unit 5: Statistics & Probability | Pages 26–30 |
| Math Review | Pages 31–33 |
| Unit 6: Literary Analysis | Pages 34–39 |
| Unit 7: Research & Informational Writing | Pages 40–45 |
| Unit 8: Argument Writing | Pages 46–50 |
| Unit 9: Advanced Grammar | Pages 51–55 |
| ELA Review | Pages 56–57 |
| Unit 10: Life Science — Body Systems | Pages 58–63 |
| Unit 11: Earth & Space Science | Pages 64–68 |
| Unit 12: Physical Science — Energy | Pages 69–73 |
| Science Review | Pages 74–75 |
| Unit 13: US History — Civil War to Modern Era | Pages 76–80 |
| Unit 14: World Geography | Pages 81–84 |
| Completion Certificate | Page 85 |
Plot these points and write the coordinates. Remember: (x, y) — go right/left first, then up/down.
| Type | By Sides | By Angles | Example angles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equilateral | All 3 sides equal | All angles = 60° | 60°, 60°, 60° |
| Isosceles | 2 sides equal | 2 angles equal | 70°, 70°, 40° |
| Scalene | No sides equal | No angles equal | 30°, 80°, 70° |
| Right | Any | One angle = 90° | 90°, 45°, 45° |
Probability = (favorable outcomes) / (total outcomes). Express as a fraction, decimal, and percent.
The Lighthouse
Every night for forty years, Old Thomas climbed the 127 steps to light the lamp. His knees ached. The storms were vicious. Sailors he'd never meet and never would were kept safe by his faithfulness.
When the lighthouse was finally automated, the town threw him a party. "You must be relieved," people said. Thomas smiled and nodded. But that night, unable to sleep, he stood at his dark window and watched the automated light sweep the bay — perfectly, relentlessly, soullessly.
He realized then that purpose and burden are often the same thing wearing different faces.
Choose a topic that interests you. Complete this research planner:
| Type | Structure | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Simple | One independent clause | The dog ran. |
| Compound | Two independent clauses joined by FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) | The dog ran, and the cat hid. |
| Complex | Independent clause + dependent clause (because, although, when, if, since) | Although it rained, the dog ran outside. |
| Compound-Complex | Two independent + one dependent clause | The dog ran outside, and the cat hid because it was scared. |
| System | Main Job | Key Organs |
|---|---|---|
| Skeletal | Support, protect, enable movement | 206 bones, cartilage, joints |
| Muscular | Movement, posture, body heat | Over 600 muscles (cardiac, smooth, skeletal) |
| Digestive | Break down food; absorb nutrients | Mouth, esophagus, stomach, small/large intestine |
| Circulatory | Transport blood, oxygen, nutrients | Heart, arteries, veins, capillaries, blood |
| Respiratory | Exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide | Nose, trachea, lungs, diaphragm, alveoli |
| Nervous | Control center, coordinates body | Brain, spinal cord, nerves, neurons |
| Excretory | Remove waste from body | Kidneys, skin, lungs, liver |
| Boundary Type | What Happens | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Convergent | Plates move toward each other | Mountains, trenches, earthquakes |
| Divergent | Plates move apart | Mid-ocean ridges, rift valleys, volcanoes |
| Transform | Plates slide past each other | Earthquakes (ex: San Andreas Fault) |
| Period | Key Events | Important People |
|---|---|---|
| 1861–1865 | Civil War — Union vs. Confederacy over slavery and states' rights | Lincoln, Grant, Lee, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass |
| 1865–1877 | Reconstruction — rebuilding the South; 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments | Lincoln, Freedmen's Bureau, Radical Republicans |
| 1865–1900 | Industrial Revolution — factories, railroads, urbanization | Carnegie, Rockefeller, Edison, Bell |
| 1880–1920 | Immigration wave — millions arrive at Ellis Island | Immigrants from Europe, Asia, and Latin America |
| 1917–1918 | World War I — US joins Allied Powers; Woodrow Wilson | Wilson, Pershing, WWI soldiers (doughboys) |
| 1929–1939 | Great Depression — stock market crash; FDR's New Deal | FDR, Hoover, Dust Bowl families |
| Continent | Largest Country |
|---|---|
| Africa | Algeria |
| Antarctica | (no countries) |
| Asia | Russia (spans Asia & Europe) |
| Australia/Oceania | Australia |
| Europe | Russia |
| North America | Canada |
| South America | Brazil |
| Ocean | Key Fact |
|---|---|
| Pacific | Largest — half of Earth's water |
| Atlantic | Separates Americas from Europe/Africa |
| Indian | Warmest ocean |
| Southern | Surrounds Antarctica |
| Arctic | Smallest and shallowest; mostly frozen |
| Zone | Location | Climate Description | Example Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical | Near equator (0°–23.5°) | Hot and wet year-round | Amazon Rainforest |
| Subtropical | 23.5°–40° | Hot summers, mild winters | Southern US, Mediterranean |
| Temperate | 40°–60° | Four seasons, moderate | Central Europe, Northeast US |
| Subarctic | 60°–70° | Very cold, short summers | Northern Canada, Siberia |
| Polar | 70°–90° | Extremely cold, ice year-round | Antarctica, Arctic |
Lumi Academy works best when printable practice connects back to a real learning routine. Lumi pairs screen-based lessons with workbooks, coloring pages, report cards, attendance records, and certificates so families can keep both digital and paper evidence of learning.
Printables are especially useful for handwriting, quiet practice, portfolios, co-op days, review weeks, and end-of-year records. They also give kids a hands-on break after voice-guided or interactive lessons.
For homeschool documentation, the value is consistency: digital lesson history shows what was taught, while printable pages show practice artifacts families can save.
Kids start from their own profile and move through a guided session with a friendly on-screen teacher, short explanations, interactive questions, and instant encouragement. Younger learners can use tap choices and read-aloud prompts; older learners can answer with typing, speech, quizzes, and subject-specific checks.
Parents can review lesson history, scores, subject progress, standards touched, attendance, and printable summaries. That turns daily learning into usable homeschool documentation instead of a vague "we did school today" memory.
Lumi keeps lessons short, varied, and forgiving. If a child misses something, the app can explain again, offer a hint, log the result, and bring the concept back later. That makes the curriculum feel less like a worksheet stack and more like a steady learning loop.
For best results, treat Lumi as the daily spine of your homeschool routine. Most families do one focused session per child, then add reading aloud, outdoor time, projects, errands, co-op classes, or hands-on practice around it. The app covers the repeatable academic work while parents keep the flexibility that makes homeschooling valuable.
If you are comparing programs, look closely at whether the tool teaches the lesson, checks understanding, saves progress, and gives you printable records. A page can promise "complete curriculum," but the day-to-day mechanics are what determine whether parents can actually sustain it.
Yes. Lumi is designed as a full K-8 homeschool curriculum with math, reading and writing, science, social studies, quizzes, progress records, and printable parent documentation. Some families add field trips, library books, religious instruction, or co-op classes on top.
Each learner has a separate profile with age range, grade level, subject progress, guide character, daily goal, and lesson history. The app uses completed lessons, missed questions, retry queues, and performance patterns to keep practice moving at a workable pace.
Most families begin with the free trial, add each child profile, choose age range or grade level, then let Lumi run the daily lesson sequence while the parent dashboard tracks progress.