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Have any of you had a child take the College Algebra CLEP test? Do you have any sources for practice tests? Did they take it after Algebra 2?
Thanks,
Kendall
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56 minutes ago, cintinative said:
I am not sure what grade level your kids are?
My two that will be doing physics will be 11th and 12th next year. Thanks for all of the great ideas, everyone!
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I just looked at the title of the DVD set, and it is Physics in Your Life not the Joy of Physics(I corrected this in the original post). Glad to hear that he liked it. I hadn't heard of Take Home Physics. I'll look into that. Thanks!
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Next year is the physics year for two of my children. I am looking for resources for me for deepening by understanding of concepts-videos, blogs, websites, books, audio. I am also looking for interesting but accessible trade books on physics in general or individual topics.
I plan to read the Stop Faking It books. I have the Teaching Company Physics in Your Life DVD set(opinions on this?). I'm considering the Physics 101 (mostly so my younger ones can view it). I have access to Five Easy Lessons by Knight. I know about the videos that go along with Conceptual Physics (my older one will use this text, the younger I will teach from the Knight text). I own Six Easy Pieces by Feynman.
Do any of you have other ideas?
Thanks,
Kendall
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I've done the Algebra/trig book through Chapter 12 for Algebra 2 and then The newer Foerster pre-calc and trigonometry book. I did this for 3 kids. I think I may try a different pre-calc book next year with my next two kids. The pre-calc book was quite graphing calculator heavy and the text more on the difficult side I think, and I need something else for the next two.
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2 hours ago, mom31257 said:
That is awesome! I wish I had heard of this idea before. I'm tutoring two algebra students who could benefit greatly from this approach. I'm thinking I could start with with my own ds to help get him ready for testing later.
Yes, I wish I had done this years ago. It has been so great for us the past year or so. I got the idea from lewelma in this thread. https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/630994-where-to-discuss-math-pedagogy-and-how-to-teach-specific-concepts
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I just started making cards for my algebra 1 child, so I don't know yet about her. My algebra 2 kids (10th and 11th) do not usually remember the answers. My 10th grader said it helps going through them, even the ones that she remembers because it reminds her of the concept or process and she works through the process. But the stack is pretty thick and they don't usually remember. My goal is for them to remember what to do so it doesn't matter if they have done the exact same problem before. I like that it is totally mixed review so they are seeing the problems outside the context of the chapter that covered that. I am usually near by when mine are doing this review and I also know they understand the point of it and aren't just going to say I know the answer and move on. I have a few cards in there that they do aloud with me. Such as tell me everything you know about y=mx+b.
I do let them decide if a card needs to be pulled out and put in a separate stack that we will review maybe quarterly. So if they think they will never forget it and it is super easy for them now, they will pull it out.
My 11th grader also does this with an ACT test (problems on cards). She cycles through those and I think it has helped her overall problem solving and given her confidence that she knows how to approach a problem.
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I know you asked for ready made, but I've found great success with writing a problem, or two if they are related, on an index card. Ideally I start this at the beginning of the book, but if I don't we make cards as we come across things. My 8th grader just finished the Foerster Algebra 1 book tonight. As she missed problems in the final whole book review test, I made a card. I either found the original chapter and picked a problem or made one up or just used the one in the test. I will have her cycle through those the rest of the year and next year during geometry and I'll keep adding things. I've made cards for my Algebra 2 daughters throughout the year for each major concept/procedure. they cycle through them about 5-10 minutes a day. Sometimes we shuffle them.
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Next year will be the only year of my homeschooling career in which I have 3 high schoolers.
Yikes!
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Math: Geometry Jurgenson and continue Art of problem Solving Introductory Algebra a few days a week. She doesn’t want to do Geometry every day and usually learns math concepts really quickly with minimal practice needed so I think this will work.
Science: Science Shepherd Biology
Latin 1 or 2 (not sure how I will transcript this. She is already half way through Henle 1 so she will finish that.
History Ancient (not sure of materials yet, I’m not 100% thrilled with ancient resources)
Literature Ancient (pulling from the list I’ve used before)
English Finish WWS 2, Rhetorical Grammar, maybe start Writing With a Thesis
Elective: Code for Kids by Moritz
11th
Math: Precalculus - I’ve used Foerster in the past, but I am looking at other texts
Science: Physics by Knight (algebra based using regentrude’s materials)
American Sign Language (not sure how I will transcript it because she is beyond 1
History Ancient (same as 9th grader)
Literature Ancient (same as 9th grader)
English : I’m not sure, She is nearing the end of Writing With a Thesis.
Elective: Drawing
12th
Math: precalculus
Science: Conceptual Physics
American Sign Language 3
History: Maybe some reading in preparation for a CLEP test in Western Civilization
Literature: Books we couldn’t fit in the other years
English: Writing and reading difficult texts and summarizing them.
Elective: Maybe Code for Teens
I’m really up in the air about the first semester for the 12th grader. The 2nd half of the year is an extra half year and she will take 12 hours at a semi local community college. The first half I need to use to shore up skills.
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I went to a homeschool convention recently and attended a session about programming done by Jeremy Moritz. I liked that rather than pitching his book, he talked mostly about coding in general and different ways to approach it for different ages and benefits for all kids whether they are interested in programming or not. At the end he did share about his text and why he wrote it. It teaches JavaScript. I liked that it is not game heavy(only one game assignment at the end) and it is very incremental. Also, for those of you wondering, it looks like it will work equally well for religious or secular with no adjustments needed for either. He answers this on the website.
I though to share it here because I couldn't find the website using google (I was too lazy to get up and get the book). I think it is hard to find because it won't be available at amazon etc until late May. But you can order the book now from their website and it will ship free to the 48 states. I bought one at the convention.
I was looking for an elective for my rising 9th grader and I think this will be perfect. The website indicates that it could be used for 6th and up. I haven't thought about whether to use it with my 7th grader, but I may use it with my 12th grader. I will try to remember to update in December after I've had a child use it. I'm really tempted to work through it myself this summer.
There is a much better description on the website:
Kendall
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I went to a homeschool convention recently and attended a session about programming done by Jeremy Moritz. I liked that rather than pitching his book, he talked mostly about coding in general and different ways to approach it for different ages and benefits for all kids whether they are interested in programming or not. At the end he did share about his text and why he wrote it. It teaches JavaScript. I liked that it is not game heavy(only one game assignment at the end) and it is very incremental. Also, for those of you wondering it looks like it will work equally well for religious or secular with no adjustments needed for either. He answers this on the website.
I though to share it here because I couldn't find the website using google (I was too lazy to get up and get the book). I think it is hard to find because it won't be available at amazon etc until late May. But you can order the book now from their website and it will ship free to the 48 states. I bought one at the convention.
I was looking for an elective for my rising 9th grader and I think this will be perfect. The website indicates that it could be used for 6th and up. I haven't thought about whether to use it with my 7th grader, but I may use it with my 12th grader. I will try to remember to update in December after I've had a child use it. I'm really tempted to work through it myself this summer.
There is a much better description on the website:
Kendall
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My daughter lost a lot of time her sophomore year due to a rare disease/condition we didn't know she had. Between days she wasn't at full speed before diagnosis, days in the hospital, gaining strength afterwards, and treatments afterwards we lost half a year. We did choose to add a high school year. She was in geometry that year and we just finished it up the next year and then took a half a year solidifying algebra 1 and basic math and working on ACT. Cycling through reviews cards was so beneficial. It has made a huge difference in her abilities and confidence this year in Alg 2 and also improved her ACT score. If you want more details on how we did the review let me know.
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I realized in reading your answer that we have done lots of life science and some earth and that I am really looking for physics and chemistry. In my experience, at least with high school Chemistry by Zumdahl and Physics by Knight, those two topics are pretty light on origins. I agree with you that theory of origins gives a totally different approach to more than one subject; earth science being one of the biggest.
Thanks for the ideas. I'll look at TOPS and Middle School Chemistry.
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Sorry, I wasn't more clear. I'm really not sure how to explain what I mean, but think about what you personally look for in terms of accuracy if you leave origins (evolution vs. creation, etc.) out of the picture. I'm picturing Richard Feynman sitting in his basement and looking at elementary school science texts and exploding like a volcano on a regular basis because of what was written in the texts. Which will make no sense if you haven't read What do you Care What People Think. LOL! At least I think it was in that book. I know from time to time a science book has been mentioned on the boards as having a lot of bad explanations. I know there is a line (I don't know how fine of a line) between simplifying and losing accuracy. When you simplify you can't give the whole picture, but there are ways to simplify that really end up losing good science in the process.
Homeagain, thanks for the Noeo recommendation. I haven't looked at it.
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What programs should I look at that have the best science in them (most accurate, least mistakes) for my strong reader 5th and 7th. It doesn't have to be secular, though if it is Christian I prefer a program that let's God's creation speak for itself rather than always pointing it out.
Thanks,
Kendall
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Hero of the Empire by Millard. History that reads like fiction in a lot of places.
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The 39 Steps by Buchan
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (trust me)
Leave it To Jeeves by Wodehouse
Three Men in a Boat
To Say Nothing of the Dog
My 1st son read lots. My second son read only the books he saw his brother not want to put down. My 2nd son liked all of these.
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I have required very little output this year. Last year I had them take a test over one of the units (We use The History of the American People by Johnson over two years). This year they read and write summaries of each paragraph.
Not in answer to your question, but this year I did something my girls have loved. They read and do the above for 3 days and the other two days they read a non fiction history related book. These are books they are enjoying so much but would not likely have picked up and read on their own time. If your son likes history, he would love this. IMO it might be worth considering dropping whatever is on your list that you need to in order to give him time. You may find he wants to spend some of his own time reading them once he gets started.
Kendall
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I'm loving this discussion and wish I had time to ponder it more and add to it. It makes me think of retrieval practice and the balance between covering content and spending time to master and my dislike for so many workbooks, but realizing that some of the questions in them are good and wishing I was a better judge of what was a good question. I also appreciate that thought that what is busy work to some might be meaningful for others. I'm going to have to really think on all of this.
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My daughter wanted to do the Apologia Anatomy book that is red and geared toward upper grade school/middle school. I wanted her to do Conceptual Physics. So she has done both. With Conceptual Physics she reads and sometimes watches videos and then she answers the review questions aloud with me every few sections.
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Thanks so much everyone. I've been looking at samples and am going to look in person at the ones I can at the homeschool conference.
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I would love some kind of workbook that has places/rivers/etc for students to find in an atlas and mark on a map. I am also open to other ideas that would accomplish the same thing but are low prep for me.
Thanks,
Kendall
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Hang in there. This is hard.
Yes, we did this, but she did not have co-op classes or online classes. It was in mid 10th grade. The crisis weeks leading up to and including/diagnosis/kidney failure/hospitalization etc were about 5 weeks, but a month or so before and a month or so after she wasn't at full school work level. No work was done during the 5 weeks except that I read Jane Austen's Mansfield Park to her in the hospital-it is all she felt like doing. Didn't even feel well enough to watch TV at first. We continued 10th grade into and through the next year and she will graduate when she is 19. Best decision ever. If it had been a different child of mine and happened toward the end of a middle school or earlier year, I might have gone ahead and advanced them in grade the next year.
Since the courses aren't going on the transcript you could just drop them based on answers to Ana's good questions.
Kendall
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I probably would not suggest a crash course on trig unless the student is scoring 33,34 and just missing those. I would, however, review sine, cosine and tangent ratios in a right triangle and 45-45-90 and 30-60-90 ratios. The texts I use teach this in Algebra 1 and Geometry. If the student has not had those ratios then I would spend time to teach that. The trig problems that go beyond that can even sometimes be guessed at enough to rule out some choices and I think there is usually just one that goes beyond those ratios in right triangles.
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instead of dictation
in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges
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I've done bits of this kind of work here and there and I really want to do more of it. I found it too time consuming as I would spend forever looking through good books trying to decide what a perfect sentence would be that was appropriate for their abilities. This post has inspired me to try again. Do you have a file of sentences/paragraphs? Or do you just grab a book and somehow quickly pick one? Sorry, I am hijacking this thread I guess, should I start a new one?