Update: Sunday night after a week break and having school on Monday, she started having her stress verbal tics. Mostly a moderate "woo" sound. The only time she's had them in the past is after major surgeries so I'm surprised they're showing up again. They are not quiet and will be noticed. Last night she had trouble going to sleep because of the tics. She came home pretty stressed because she wants justice for her teacher who is having trouble controlling the class. Now, she is adding to the chaos with verbal tics that can be disruptive. She does not want to be homeschooled. She doesn't want to leave her school but has been begging every day to be put into a new classroom. The classrooms are all packed to the max. She has a girl in another class who's verbally bullied her in the near past so that classroom is out. There are two more possibilities. I'm pretty sure that she won't be able to change classrooms and the verbal tics will need a good long break at Christmas to go away. Basically, I'm not sure what to do. She is very sure she doesn't want to homeschool again (I know I'm the parent, but with this child, resentfulness is not a good way to start - I haven't told her what will be happening next year) but the school thing is not working on many levels and getting worse. I'm going to set up a time to talk to the principle and am trying to problem solve with the teacher.

I asked for a new kitchen sink for 2-3 years (it had stains I couldn’t get out and it visually drove me nuts) for every holiday including Valentine’s Day. I’m not too sentimental and DH didn’t get the pretty obvious ask for a long time. He is the one that feels like gifts should be more personal so a new sink didn’t fit into his mindset. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have a chocolate chip cookie recipe that is made with buckwheat. So yummy! Even my gluten love friends love these cookies.

I think Potters school has some courses for that age group.

Would MathU See give a decent conceptual understanding for a weaker student? I wasn’t a fan of Singapore in that it didn’t have enough built in review. If it did, I would have stuck with it for all my kids Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The public school she’s zoned for is worse academically. I can choice her into any school that has room for her, but anything even remotely close has even worse test scores. My area has experienced huge growths and the schools are barely keeping up. Schools everywhere in my district are overcrowded. I put her on a waitlist of a decent public school, but the chances are pretty slim. Like #102 on a waitlist slim. I see homeschooling as our only option. She has matured a bit and is really frustrated with many aspects of public schools including math instruction. She has also figured out that I actually do know what I’m doing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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No, but I would give it to her when we reach that point Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

When I was in my early 30s, when dh and I bought a new house, we landscaped the yard. We installed edging, put in 20-30 bushes, planted 10 trees and move I have no idea how many tons of rock. It took a couple of months working on weekends, but we were well able to do it. Now, we just hire out because #1, I can afford it now, and #2, There's a real possibility I would be too muscle sore and exhausted to take care of my oldest ds.

I think right now she shuts down with the “why†because she’s in public school right now and the curriculum is lousy. I reteach it and she’ll get it but by the time she’s learned it a second time, she’s thinking it’s stupid to teach this weird math. It doesn’t help that some of the ways they try to teach conceptual understanding are ridiculous so I don’t even make her do them. So, the combination of me refusing to let her do busy work that won’t teach the concept and her already hating that she comes home confused almost daily doesn’t help conceptual understanding. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ironically, on the Christian math survey, I got MathUSee and on the secular I got Saxon. Saxon ranked a little higher though. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I found a co-op where my will be eighth grader can get 75%of his classes taught by very skilled very passionate teachers. My daughter can have a classical conversations type class along with writing and Latin in the afternoon. I can actually sign up for two full days of classes almost if I want for both kids. Dd will do history and science independently since she loves to read that stuff anyway. When she gets to sixth grade, she can take full time classes. It’s not cheap and I’m not sure how many people would consider it still homeschooling, but it’s what I feel will work for us. I’ve done Potters school classes when my now 17 year old was in junior high and that worked well. I’m also going to split the school day with ds in the morning and dd in the afternoon when he oldest disabled brother is more calm. Dd can have a lot of independent reading and working on her CC memorization in the morning also. That’s my plan. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We agreed to stick it out for the year. I have some other issues that will resolve a little toward the end of next semester. Although, sometimes I think I could do absolutely nothing and we would still be at the same point when she finished 4th grade. She'll catch up again.

MathUsee Delta or Epsilon or Saxon 5/4. She finished Delta in 3rd grade, took a interlude into public school this year and may be having to repeat some of the later lessons in Delta and know some of the lessons in Epsilon. She may/may not place out of Saxon 5/4.

I'm debating between these two curriculums. Go!

It seems that those score compare the testing vs. the state. If the state in general is doing poorly and your school is better than that, then the higher score. So, our school that tests 36% proficient in math is still better than the state average of 32% so you can still get a 8 out of 10 score. If you go to a different state, you could have the same proficiency in math yet the state average is much higher so the school would get a 3 out of 10.

She's in school from 8am until 3:30 pm. Add to that reteaching math every night and doing her homework (language arts i.e. homeschooling), there's not much time left for her to just be a kid and do the things that interest her (drawing and reading history books ironically). It's a hard balance - our relationship is much better, but at the same time, I see a child who will continue to get good grades while falling farther behind in understanding what she needs to succeed. It's going to catch up with her eventually. All I want is to give her the skills to accomplish what she wants in life and not be hampered by a poor education. I also think I can change how I homeschool her in order to preserve our relationship.

That's where this school is - 36% pass the proficiency math test and 59% pass the proficiency in english. Which according to the site is great because it beats the state average of 32% for math and 43% for english. They also say the student teacher ratio is 15:1. Not in the main classroom. More like 30:1. Dismal. So, great school! We're doing better than average for the state! The problem with these stats is that this school is a neighborhood school with most of the students coming from a very solid middle class, two parents, and very involved parent demographic. With those type of foundations, the scores "should" be higher just due to the fact that most of these kids have a somewhat stable home life and could theoretically do very well. I'm just confused. If a school with all the "right" foundations for strong academic students doesn't do well, then really, what hope does education have in this country? I wish I could be one of those parents who could change things for the better, but I would have to sacrifice my dd's education and I'm not sure I have that much energy and cheerleader "go schools!" attitude. I admit, I'm not invested enough. I'm pretty sure that I will homeschool dd again next year. I was happy for this year and it helped me rethink how best to homeschool her without me going into stress breakdowns. It was a good break. But, I just can't continue knowing what I know. I never thought that the difference would be so dramatic. I can't even express the disappointment I feel with all of this.

It says we don’t get them until December 11th. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If it was just math, I could deal with it. It’s everything. Social studies—read an article on the computer, take a test. Science is “Science Fusion†which is a good program, but they’ve been on the same chapter for almost two months. Writing is not taught or corrected most of the time. In language arts, they send Home a packet to be completed at home during the week (which is basically homeschooling that subject). PE is great. Art is one hour a week. Spanish is one hour a week. It’s a wash of a year. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I knew it would be hard for me. I knew I wouldn’t agree with all the curriculum choices. I knew I wouldn’t like the emphasis on computer learning. I let that all go and decided if at minimum she learned math and writing (any instruction would be good right now), I would be satisfied. She’s not even getting my bare minimum. I’m honestly pretty disappointed. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I guess what all this has taught me is that if we go the public school route again, I have to research it a lot more carefully and not go by good ratings and a general school love by people I know. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Edited-just a math rant...I understand how to teach it-it’s twisted badly Singapore math. It’s just not taught well. So disappointing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

When the year started and I was spending almost an hour every night reteaching math, I thought that the trade off wasn’t horrible. Then I started questioning writing. For the first two months, they were writing “interesting†sentences. Basically IEW dress ups that I taught her at the end of second grade. Fine—whatever because the teacher explained that eventually they would have reports to write. Fine. They assigned the report and told parents the kids would complete it at school. It was due in two weeks. 1 1/2 weeks later, dd comes Home frustrated because she doesn’t know how to organize her research, no one is helping her and it’s taking forever to type the thing up (the school doesn’t teach typing and I usually taught typing in fourth grade). So, we whip out a paper in three nights with research with me teaching her IEW style how to organize and write it herself. It’s a horrible paper IMO and she’ll probably get an “Aâ€. If it was only math, I could deal with it. It’s just every core subject that she would need to succeed. The school day is really long also so after school teaching is not going to happen. She’s already fried. I’ve honestly thought about just giving her the math answers so we could do a program that will actually teach her something. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I know!!! I keep thinking that this is a charter school!! Why would parents just accept things they hate? Why does the school insist on following common core when they don’t need to?!?! This school could be so much better and maybe people are just happy enough so why rock the boat? I asked around to get an idea of what happens in the older grades. It gets worse. I’m starting to understand why my son who is dual enrolled is finding so many of his older peers struggling in college classes he finds easy. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk