Forty-Two, Thank you !!! Now I get it ! The key was thinking of the phrase "that (we, us) painters need help" as a dependent clause. Once I recognized it as a dependent clause then everything fell into place. My daughter uses IEW for writing and they teach who/which and www.asia.b (when ,while, where, as, since, if , although, and because) as clause openers . It did not occur to me to recognize "that" as opening a clause. Thank you for responding because it was really driving me crazy to not be able to know why N.answered the question incorrectly. Violet Crown, Thank you very much for your input. I had never heard of a personal determinative. I read some additional information about personal derminiatives. This definitely helps me understand the grammatical structure in a deeper way. I was thinking of we painters as a pronoun/ appositive pair but I knew that wasn't quite right. Your post was very helpful! Trafal

I have a grammar question. My daughter is using Hake/ Saxon Grammar Grade 5. On lesson 99 # 12 The exercise reads I think that (we, us) painters need help. So, as I understand it The nominative case is used for subjects and predicate nominatives (being verb) . The nominative case pronouns are I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they etc) . The objective case is used for objective of the preposition, direct object, and indirect object (action verb). The objective case pronouns are me, you , him, her it, us, you, them etc) When I analyze the sentence above I am drawing a blank. I= subject think= verb painters= direct object The teacher book says the correct answer is "we". However it seems to me that the pronoun is functioning as an indirect object and the answer should be "us" Does anyone have any insight? Thanks!

Does anyone know of an online class for World Religions suitable for Middle School students? I have searched the forums and I've seen some great suggestions for a home-based class but I would prefer an online option.

I am looking for classes similar to Derek Owens . My 10 yr old dd is almost finished with his PreAlgebra class. I love the asynchronous structure plus the teacher grading. I have 4 kids and my 10 yr old is the youngest and the only one I am home schooling. The others are 16, 17, and 19. The 19 yr old is mentally and physically disabled plus the 16 yr old has been a real handful this year and has significant mental health issues. I work full time- blah blah blah. Point being my time is precious and there is never enough of it. Online classes are challenging because if I have a bad week with tons of appointments then its easy to fall behind. On the other hand, it is hard for us to stay on track without having some sort of imposed structure. Derek Owens provides a very detailed syllabus and I really love the fact that someone hand grades the homework and tests. They will assign partial credit when appropriate or occasionally have asked her to re-do an assignment. This helps me tremendously because it is one less thing I have to evaluate and implement but I feel assured that this is a high-quality program. The flexibility to go at our own pace is really important to me balanced against the accountability of finished the course within a year. So, any suggestions? This is tentatively what I have planned for next year. Derek Owens Algebra 1 Local Literature Class that meets 2-3 times a month IEW online class (Her weakest area. I think she needs a writing teacher beside me even though online can be tricky for us) Veritas Press History- Year 4 Early Modern BJU Science 6 I also have BJU Reading 6. I've already paid for it so am tempted to use it as it covers vocabulary and literary elements while the literature class is more focused on reading a book and discussing it. Would love to hear from anyone who has a lifestyle to similar to ours- several kids, challenging health issues, and work outside the home. DD is working 1-2 grade levels above other than writing where is she on grade level but definitely not advanced and Science is her favorite subject.

Lori, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for giving me such detailed feedback. Your post was very helpful. Scholastica, I will look at the cards again and try to use the clues to determine if the phrase is an adjective or adverb phrase. Thanks for your suggetions.

I am doing Winston Grammar with my daughter this year. She is on Week 18. I am having trouble understanding whether a prepositional phrase in a sentence modifies a noun (adjective phrase) or a verb, adjective, or adverb (adverb phrase). Here is an example Beyond the hill, we found a beautiful little pond. The teacher guide says that "beyond the hill" modifies found. How do you know that? What questions do you ask yourself? I look at the phrase and I say to myself , " Does this tell me where "we" is or does it tell me where " to find the pond" because it seems to answer both questions. Is it easier to think of this as the subject and the predicate and then only phrases with the subject can modify nouns and then phrases with the predicate would modify verbs, adjectives, or adverbs? It was cold and windy on the shore of Lake Huron Looking at the teacher book I see that "on the shore" modifies was and "of Lake Huron" modifies shore but I am confused on how to break this down and explain it to my daughter who is 10. Am I making this way harder than it needs to be? I would appreciate any help or suggestions.

Thanks for the suggestions. I think I will give her the various placement tests for MM and AOPS and then we will move forward from there.

I need help determining how to find the right level in math for my youngest child. She is 9 . Previously, I homeschooled her but she attended a Christian School this year. The school year ends in late May and I am unsure of what to do for next year. I sent her to school because I was physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausted from several issues involving family members. I needed some time to recover from burn out. She was eager to go to school. It's been a mixed bag. It has been great for her to see that other kids have to be on a schedule, have deadlines,etc. I think the work for her was not very challenging and socially she did not have much in common with the other kids. She wants to come home for the next school year. I think it will work out . I probably won't make a final decision for several months due to the complicated family situation I referenced earlier. She has a September birthday. If she had to go to public school then that would place her in the 3rd grade this year as our state's cut-off is September 1st. Our school district is very inflexible about allowing kids to skip grades. Basically, they don't and the options for acceleration in elementary school are few. The Christian school was willing to work with me. They placed her into the 4th grade. She has made A's all year and very seldom does any homework or studies anything at home. The school uses the Abeka curriculum. I expect she will complete the 4th grade Abeka math book during this school year. Last quarter her average in math was 97.5. Last year she took the Iowa via group testing through a local home school group. She was in the 98 percentile. This year the Christian school chose to have her take an additional test through our state's Association of Christian Schools. This is not a large group- maybe 50 schools? Anyway, she was one of 2 students in the 4th grade at her school who took additional testing in Language Arts. She scored 3rd in the state for 4th grade Language Arts. Although, keep in mind that this was a relatively small group that was tested. The school does group testing in April but I won't have those results for 6-8 weeks. This child is different from my others. Her older siblings are all teenagers. My oldest is physically and mentally disabled because he has a genetic disorder, my oldest daughter is average academically although very creative and spiritually mature beyond her years, my middle daughter is learning disabled , hates school, and generally difficult to deal with in all aspects of life ! This youngest child is like a sponge. She grasps things in a way that's ... well, it is just hard to explain. Assuming I homeschool I need help deciding exactly what to do.We used Math Mammoth the last year that I homeschooled her and she also attends Kumon. In Kumon she is 1/4 way through level E which cover fractions. I believe that Level F introduces positive and negative numbers. Should I have her take the chapter tests for Math Mammoth and then skip those chapters that she can pass? If so , what should be the cut-off ? 85, 90 ,95 %? So we would continue on with MM through Level 7 and then pick an Algebra course? Should we take the summer , BTW, let me interject and say that if we homeschool she and I decided together that we would have her do 10 weeks on and 3 weeks off. So should I take that first 10 weeks and finish up most of elementary math? I have the book Math Coach and the author lays out a good plan for covering the essentials of elementary school math. That way we could start AOPS pre-alegbra during the next 10 week session. I would expect that we would move through the materiel slowly and I am fine with that. I also am willing to hire a math tutor/ coach to meet with us once a week as I am not in the slightest "mathy" and will need assistance at some point. If we stay with MM then I'll continue to use CWP for additional problem solving skills . My impression is that it would not be necessary to add anything to AOPS. Her Kumon teacher tells me that she is very good at math.I have found Kumon to be very beneficial. She has learned (a little) how to focus and concentrate. She enjoys the positive praise that she receives at the center and I have piece of mind that she is learning the basics in a way that allows her to multiply, divide, etc almost automatically. She doesn't love math but she doesn't mind it either. She favorite subject is science and I've tried to reinforce that the math is important because she will hit a wall eventually with science and won' be able to proceed without the math knowledge. Any suggestions , comments, or criticism is welcomed. This is new territory for me. I feel responsible to allow her to go as far as she can and not waste her ability. Then again sometimes I wonder maybe I'm over-estimating her ability. I don't know other than I'm fairly certain this year has less of challenge than I would like. Thank you for reading the post. And thanks in advance for the help.

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Thanks so much for the detailed replys, I think I will order the Dora reading test just for peace of mind and also doing a test prep book is a excellent idea. I considered doing so this year but we just ran out of time towards the end of the school year. I used a combination of math materials this year but for the coming school year I've decided to use Math Mammoth along with a few problems each day from Singapore's CWP. We may also do a little LoF just becaue she really enjoys Fred. I also take her to Kumon. My older children (all teenagers now) have all struggled with math as I did during my school years. The Kumon keeps me accountable and this particular child responses very well to praise from others so she enjoys going to Kumon and getting "Kumon dollars" etc. She doesn't particulary like the drill but I encourage her to learn the basics so we can get to the stuff that is more interesting. Her favorite subject is science and I try to stress that math is a road that takes you to the science. Anyway, we will keep moving forward- I hope!

My dd age 7 was group tested with the Iowa through a local home school group in May. She took the 1st grade test , I recently received the results. Overall- 99% Math- 99% Language- 99% Reading- 78% The reading score was divided into vocabulary 97% and word recognition 71% I don't really know anything about the Iowa . I've never taken the Iowa and parents were not allowed in the room while testing was taking place. I read the material that came with the results and I think word recognition is a combinationi of phonics and prefixes/subfixes but I am not sure. I stopped teaching phonics because dd was reading IMO very well. Last year we used the read a louds from Sonlight Core B . We read the Read a Louds together alternating the pages and discussing the questions orally. She seemed to grasp the books well I thought but now I'm second guessing myself. Some of the books were Mr Poppers penguins Detectives in Togas Charlottes Web Follow My Leader Henry Huggins She reads for fun but not in a systematic way with a desgnated free reading time every day. She does not read independently and then answer questions in a formal way with a work book and as I mentioned we have not studied phonics intently. I feel like I did not do a good job. Can anyone give me advice or suggestions for next year? I will be totally honest and say that scoring high on a standarized test is important to me. I see the tests as a gate to pass through and one has to get over that gate in order to get to the better and more interesting stuff that lays on the other side.

The recent planning threads have gotten me started thinking about next year. I am currently only homeschooling my youngest child because my oldest three are in b&m schools. My older three are high school/middle school and my little one will be in 2nd grade next year. we have a 2hr commute each day to take my oldest dd to school. It is 30 minutes each way in the morning and afternoon. She is attending a Christian school and absolutely loves it. I do not mind driving her but we really need to use that time as efficiently as possible. What good workbooks would you suggest that can be done completely independently? The commute takes place in a metro area and I cannot be distracted by questions while driving 65 MPH on the beltline :-) To me an example of a good workbook is MM and an example of a poor workbook curriculum is Growing with Grammar just to give you an idea. We have used a hodgepodge of stuff this year. Spelling- word lists from Scripps, AAS homphone workbook , inform review of AAS rules Grammar- GWG Reading- Buddy read from son light Core A read alouds plus independent reading from the 1000 good books list. Current book is The Lion the witch and the Wardrobe. Writing- WWE 1 just started WWE 2 Math - started with BJU 2 but it is not challenging enough . I have transitioned her into MM 2 with CWP as a supplement along with the drill program from Abeka. History - VP Science - BJU Latin just started SSL2 Any suggestions appreciated. This child listens to audio books every night before bed.

My 7 yr old reads silently for 35 minutes a day. I am gradually working up to a goal of 60 minutes per day. We are also buddy reading the Sonlight read-a-louds from core B. We read a chapter a day and answer the questions.

The navicular and the scaphoid are the same CARPAL bone. There is an alternate naming for some of the carpal bones. The greater and lesser multangular are also known as the trapezium and the trapezoid. The navicular is also one of the tarsal bones in the foot.

X-Ray tech here. We had to learn all the bones back in the day when I attended Radiologic Technology school. A mnemonic device works great for learning lists of bones. A famous one is Carpal bones (multangular names) “Never Lower Tillie’s Pants. Grandma Might Come Home.â€: Navicular Lunate Triquetrium Pisiform greater Multangular (trapezium) lesser Multangular (trapezoid) Capitate Hamate The carpal bones are the bones in the wrist. I also remember P. U. as in something that smells bad as a trick for remembering the ulna. P.U. stands for pinky/ ulna i.e. the ulna is the is the lower arm bone that is medial when the body is in the anatomical anterior/posterior position or in plain English the ulna is on the same side of the body as your pinky finger :) Also, the fibula is the smaller lower leg bone because a fib is a small lie. I can't think of any more right off the top of my head but there are lots. You can find other mnemonics online but beware that many are filthy!! Just thought I'd better mention that so you dd doesn't get an unpleasant surprise.