SewLittleTime
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And we loved it! Anyone else see it or have plans to?
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Aw, I love Harold. Thanks for sharing.
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We have experienced much of the same problem with sloppy handwriting and showing work. My solution has been much the same. Ds works on a white board step by step. We check each problem as he goes. Sitting with him has made a world of difference.
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He got it done. He finally wrote on refrigerators. I broke the assignment into smaller chunks, and he was able to get a grasp on it. But good grief it's been a long weekend of school. We are working on time management skills and accountability (turning work in on time). Whew! It's tough some days.
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Have you gone through the 'how to help your student' part in the teacher text? I assume you have.
Yes, I have done this.
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He is mechanically minded. He constantly reads and explains how things work (just wasn't able to it yesterday for whatever reason), so that is not the issue. We have covered various things in science. He has also completed WWS 1. So this assignment is not beyond him. He has always been a reluctant writer, but WWS has been good for him and has helped him really grow in writing. I gave him some books to look at and told him to sit down and get it done. Playing mean mommy today on Saturday.
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I'm not sure what to think. This kid is smart...brilliantly smart. But it seems as if he has lost his ability to think. He cannot seem to figure out how to describe a machine or tell me even orally how one works. I have been through machine after machine, given him books to look at with machines in them, and he just looks at me and as if I'm asking him to do brain surgery or something.
:cursing:
I'm beginning to wonder if I'm just asking too much for his age. Am I being to rigorous? Do I just need to step back and let him do narrations and dictations for a few weeks and then come back to it?
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I had to google it. It looks very interesting and Pintrest has lots of little cute hexagon patterns with anything from cupcakes to animals to make the hexagons super cute.
Personally, that project is too big for me to undertake. My attention span is too short. I've been knitting a blanket for dd for 2 years. I have a lot left and might finish by the time she gets married. I prefer shorter projects: dishcloths, scarves, hats. They give me just enough to fill my need to knit, but success at actually finishing a project. Which is why the blanket is not done...too much project. I am also a seasonal knitter. When the weather is warm, I prefer to be out running or biking with my spare time.
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Yes, horrible wind here. I am so tired of it. Our new roof is damaged again. We had it fixed 2 weeks ago and last night's blizzard took shingles off again. It was a very noisy night between the 55-60 mile/hr winds and the flapping shingles. I am ready for a hot summer!
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I would not skip WWS 1. WWS 1 is very meaty. My 6th grader began it in 5th grade and is just now working on the final project. While the books are written to be done in 36 weeks. I think that is pushing it. It has taken us more time than that. But slowing down has been better than tears and frustration. Ds has learned far more than narrations in WWS 1.
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Interesting!
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Roofers came out and fixed it. The wind is so strong though. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that's the only problem we will have with it.
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The winds here have so strong this week. Strong enough that apparently we have wind damage again to our roof. Today I wish we would have bought in a different location.
Vent over. Thanks for listening.
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This ( which is usually about 350-400) miles. I switched to an asics this last go around from a Brooks. Might get more out of this pair.When my knees hurt. It's a very scientific calculation.
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I think I need some. Surely, I need another knitting project!
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Thank you all for the responses.
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I'm borrowing this except for putting the x and division before the + and -.I've written it out for my kids like this:
------> (pretend this is a normal looking arrow)
( )
+ -
X % (pretend that's the division symbol)
We go top to bottom. First parenthesis, then addition and subtraction, then multiplication and division, all of it left to right (the arrow).
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This makes sense to me and gives me the "why" ds needs. It is what I was thinking, but he kept referring to PEMDAS. In his mind, the addition should be done first regardless of working left to right.In order of operations, you don't have to add before subtracting or multiply before dividing. You work left to right and do any multiplication/division *in the order you come to it* before you do any addition/subtraction *in the order you come to it*. If a subtraction comes before an addition while working left to right, you subtract first.
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Ds worked a problem in Saxon 8/7 today. It involved order of operations. His answer is wrong according to the solution manual, and I see how they got the answer, but I can't explain the why they did what they did.
Here is the problem:
24 - 4 x 5 divided by 2 + 5 (The problem is written horizontally with a little division sign where I have written divided by)
Here is what ds did.
He multiplied 4 and 5 = 20 Then divided 20 by 2. He then had 24 - 10 + 5. He then added 10 + 5, then did 24-15 = 9.
The solution manual shows he worked it fine up till he got 24 -10 + 5. Then it shows to subtract then add. 24 - 10 = 14 Then add the 5. 14 + 5 = 19.
The lesson refers back to order of operations. According to that he should add before subtracting, but in this case the solution manual shows something different. If you can follow this, can you explain why to me?
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He's almost 12 halfway through his 6th grade year.
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Are they chirping? Our piggies sometimes chirp. They sound like birds. It only happens occasionally though.
I'd separate the new piggie till the scans clear up and double check your he isn't a she.
Would you recommend genetic testing
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All 3 of my children had genetic testing last summer. My oldest is the only one that tested positive for what we were looking for. His disease may not affect him until much later in life, but we needed to know if he had the gene mutation. Yes, lots of people will know by the time he is grown. Yes, it will affect his future spouse and even if he will have children. It will take a very special woman to marry someone who has a disease that we know is genetic and can be passed on. Will it affect his job? Possibly, if he needs surgery to remove a tumor that will develop with our particular disease. But can I guarantee my son will not care a bit about if I invade his privacy by having him tested. If anything, he'll be thankful that we know, so we can treat a very ugly disease that is often misdiagnosed.
In our case, we were looking for a very specific thing in doing the genetic testing that affected not just his life and his parents, but also his siblings. My two negative children have other issues to deal in being negative. They have will to come to terms with that they might be caregivers at some point to me or their brother. They may even deal with guilt that they don't have it and were spared. So, this is a heavy issue. My husband has also had some difficult moments. We didn't know I had the mutation before we married or had children. Had we known it might have changed how we planned for our family or if we would have married at all. Regardless of the ifs, he has been supportive, loving, and an advocate for us. He drives us to appointments and sits endless hours waiting while imaging tests are done on us. He listens and allows me to cry when I need to.
OP, I don't know the specifics, but in our case, genetic testing was medically necessary and life saving. If that's the case, then yes, go for it.