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  1. My 20-year old still has problems with cleaning up after herself. She claims she manages fine at her house (she has 3 roommates at college), but when she is home it's a different story. She even freely admits this. Says it's painful for to do dishes here, but it's something she just takes care of at school. *sigh*

  2. I guess I would have to say yes. I remember timed tests for both adding and multiplying. I also remember my step mother buying me flashcards and a push button board to help me learn them, neither of which helped. She wouldn't have done that out of good will, but most likely because a teacher complained I didn't know them. So, basically no one was going to help me learn them, but I was expected to learn them.

  3. I'll offer another option. Go ahead and purchase the "guide" for all of WWE -- The Complete Writer; Writing With Ease; Strong Fundamentals. It offers 6-8 lessons per level as examples. Pick out where you are in WWE2 and go from there. The WWE guide will give you select, representative lessons from each level in order of increasing difficulty. You could finish the WWE2 level in a matter of a couple of weeks, then go on to the WWE3 level (all contained in one book). If he reaches a point where the material is too challenging, you could stop and order the WWE3 workbook, starting where he began to struggle. But if he bops along able to handle the increasing work, you just continue on to the WWE4 level.

     

    As a 10yo with no learning challenges, I would expect you to be able to work through the entire sequence this school year.

     

    :iagree:

     

    Good suggestion! That is actually what I did with WWE1, but I'm still not using the workbook on level 2. I think I will for level 3 though.

  4. Are you using the workbook? I'm guessing you are. Either way I would say to go ahead and give him the evaluation now. No sense in spinning your wheels on WWE2 if he is ready to move on. If he isn't ready then I would fast forward to point that would be challenging. You can also continue to work on narration with other readings. I just started WWE2 (text) with my 2nd grader and I plan to skip weeks here and there so we can finish by the end of the year.

  5. Dd would be in 2nd next year. Would it be ok to start her in MM at that point? Is she missing anything from the 1st grade book?

     

    I started my son with MM2 last year and he was fine. The first chapter is always review and you could also have her take the 1st grade test, which I believe is on the MM website, to see if she has any holes that you need to cover before starting. The author looks for an 80% pass before going on to the next level.

  6. We are on our 2nd year using MM and I love it. My son is better at mental math then figuring it out on paper so I like that it includes both. Makes us both happy. Like others have said there are a lot of problems on each page, so we skip every other one. I use the "extra" problems to do additional teaching or for extra practice. I plan to continue using it.

  7. I know when I first joined the board, I had one post moderated but I figured it was because I had added a link to :svengo:"homemade laundry detergent" LOL. It showed up within a couple of hours. I agree that the mods were probably just making sure it was an appropriate link from a new member :seeya:.

     

    :iagree:

    Same here. When I first joined I linked to something and got the same thing.

  8. I found these, but would like some more. My son can memorize a poem in an afternoon, but math facts...forget it! :glare: I showed him that list and he loves it and it is helping him remember his multiplication facts, so I was hoping the hive had some more suggestions for me.

     

    TIA

  9. My 2nd grader schedule is very similar to what's been posted. We too finished FLL 1, WWE 1 and SWO-A before Christmas and are moving to the next level this week. I don't use a handwriting book, he practices a lot with our regular curriculum load. Once a week I have him practice cursive on lined paper. Sounds like you are on the right track.

  10. I love herding dogs! We have two Shelties and I can see them doing the same thing. We take them to our local dog park and their favorite dogs to play with are Labs. The Labs will focus in on chasing down the ball and don't care that our two are working together to herd them back to their owners. Spaniels are good too because they want to be chased and mine are eager to do it!

     

    We had an Aussie for a while, but we couldn't run him hard enough and had to find a family that could. He was one of the sweetest and smartest dogs I've ever known though.

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