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    Math for future engineer

    in High School and Self-Education Board

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    Thanks for your help in this. He does enjoy and easily gets math done each day, so maybe I just need to be thankful that he's found something that works well for him.

    I appreciate the time y'all took to help me remember that finding a good fit so the student can understand is probably the best program for that student.

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    Math for future engineer

    in High School and Self-Education Board

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    Forgive me as I'm sure this question has been asked, but I can't seem to find the correct search terms to find the answer.

    My son is going into 9th grade soon and he's looking at a possible engineering degree in the future. He has completed through TT Algebra 1 already. I've been hearing that TT isn't rigorous enough for those needing the higher college maths. Is this true? If so, what do y'all recommend?

    Thanks for you help.

    ATB dry with too many facts?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Wildwood - I'm glad to hear that someone else has felt the same way.

     

    I understand that some really love this curriculum. And I was excited to have an affordable, well reviewed option for next year. Unfortunately, we've come from a lit based curriculum, so this felt too much like a textbook. I was hoping to find a way to spice it up some.

    ATB dry with too many facts?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I have the America the Beautiful set from Notgrass for DD. She is currently in 6th grade and looking to use this in 7th grade. I had her look at a few lessons over the course of a few days. She thought the lessons were dry and had too many facts. She really enjoys things like SOTW and even MOH which are more of a story format. Has anyone else felt this way? Is this just what happens when you move away from elementary and into high school? Please share your thoughts or experiences.

    SOTW for 5th and 7th graders?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    For my DD in 6th grade we are reading a chapter a day out of the SOTW series. She likes it for the most part and is retaining more than she has with other curriculum. We don't do most of the activities in the activity guide, but she does do the map work just to be sure she understands where we are studying for the day. At this rate, she will finish most of the series by the end of the year.

    You could also look into getting a used Sonlight guide to help you get the series up to a middle school level.

    I know most here say that the series is only for grades 1-4, but in the beginning of the activity guides it says book one was written for grades 1-4, book 2 was written for grades 2-5, book three was written for grades 3-6, and book four was written for grades 4-8.

    Winter Promise vs HOD?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    Here is a comparison that the ladies on the HOD forums did awhile back.

     

    http://www.heartofdakota.com/board3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4553&hilit=winterpromise

     

    A few years ago when I was making this choice, I personally picked HOD over WP due to cost and the fact that my DD liked one book at a time for each subject instead of WP using a few different resources each day.

     

    For reference, I did own Animals and Their Worlds and used it successfully. We also owned the old Hideaways using SOTW and American Story 1. But neither worked well for us.

    Starting Over

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    With HOD you really need to rely on the placement chart. If he places in the higher level, than bump him up. But if he places in the level that would have been "next in line" for this year, use that one. Since he is in the older guides, you could do school 5 days a week instead of 4 which would make up some of that time. Also, if you school 180 days, that would help you be able to finish all the guides since most only have 140 days of plans.

    Favorite Audio Books for 11 yr old girl

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I have an 11 year old girl who is making a 18 hour car trip with her grandparents. What are some favorite audio books that we can get for them to listen to. So far she has been a reluctant reader due to dyslexia issues, so she hasn't read a lot of books herself. I'm hoping to get something that will be interesting for her and that grandparents (who are retired educators and fully support our homeschooling as the best thing for our kids) won't mind. We are Chrisitans who do not support evalution (no debates please) and are fairly conservative, so we'd prefer books that will not be contraversial since we don't want the grandparents to be uncomfortable. Things we've listened to and enjoyed: Adventures in Odyssey, A Cricket in Times Square, The Narnia books, 21 Balloons.

    Thanks for your help!

    Help me bring DD up to speed

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    DD is in sixth grade this year. We have been using a combination of HOD materials and Math-U-See for her entire school career. She has completed MUS Epsilon and is now working on Zeta. Is she on track with math? I've been reading (a terrible thing to do sometimes) that some kids are not prepared to do a traditional Pre-Alegbra after using MUS. Is this true?

    Also, we have not done a traditional spelling program, just dictation through HOD. DD is not a natural speller and is now trying to do level A of Phonetic Zoo. Though she is struggling with lesson 2.

    She has worked through some IEW materials at a co-op and is doing great in her writing skills. And she seems to be handling R & S English 6 well.

    Thankfully, there is no way to be "behind" in history and science. But for reference, we are using America the Beautiful for history and Sonlight F for science (her pick).

    Are we ok? Or do we need to catch up?

    Thanks!

    Finish R&S English 5 or move on?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    Thanks for the suggestions.

    KeriJ, that's how we ended up only being half way through level 5 and we're trying to go with a more classical or traditional approach rather than the slower CM appraoch.

    We looked at the table of contents and decided to go with book 6 keeping book 5 ready to fill in any lessons that may be needed.

    SOTW Timeline Question

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    While you don't have to do a timeline for elementary, if you are interested in one you can certainly do it. Sonlight cores G & H use SOTW so they have timeline figures you can purchase to fit with SOTW. Also there is a yahoo group "Hannah_hs_helps" that has files for memorization cards and timeline figures to go with SOTW that you can print out.

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