Jamee
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Are you moving back from Japan? If so - these were the things that hit me when coming to this country:
It is dirty here in the city compared to Japan. And graffiti - that was a huge culture shock for me! (There is some in Japan but it does not compare).
Seeing homeless people. I guess there are some homeless now in Tokyo but you don't see them like you do here on the street corners of city streets.
It's not ok for young girls and teenage girls to hold hands for innocent friendship reasons.
No one wears uniforms! Or at least to the same degree.
If you get gas at a gas station, the attendants won't stop traffic for you so you can enter traffic (not that there is as much need for that here in the US).
You don't bow when you say hi to someone. (Though I still find myself doing it.)
Fashions for kids and teens aren't nearly as cutesy. Some would say this is a positive culture shock:001_smile:
Kids will talk back in school.:eek:
Money is not in units of 10. Those quarters really mess things up. . .
Mileage and other measurements aren't in units of ten either. Go metric!
Such a great summary! You also reminded me how fast everything is there too. That took some getting used to, driving over 40 mph. And something that struck us about DC in general, was how loud it was. All the horns honking, sirens, it was really loud.
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I guess we were lucky. The worst we had were all the teens who didn't bother to wear a costume at all. A little more effort would have been nice.
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It's the first here and DS is busy writing away. He started about an hour ago and already has over 500 words! He's having a great time and I hope the momentum keeps up. We're taking the day off, so all he has to do is write. I'm hoping he gets to 1000 words by lunch.
Good luck everyone!!!!
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I have 5000 set for my fifth grader and I think we were thinking 500 for the first grader. I'm wondering now though if that'll be too low. Guess we'll wait and see. I have no idea what his story is going to be about, guess we'll find out this afternoon.
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We're keeping everything the same. This is my 4th grader's first time doing this plus we're moving this month so I set it at only 800. She's never written anything that long before. It's 9 a.m. on the 1st here and she's already written a few pages.
I am really impressed at how well DS is doing. We're taking the day off so he can just sit at the computer and write. He's doing great! (even managed to fit in the dare today too--have three of your characters enter a waffle eating contest.) I really think he'll reach his goal--he's just informed me he's past 500 words!
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Wow, I can't imagine where I got 1000 words per grade!
Thanks for that link.
Mandy
Those totals are differnt from the list I originally got, which was about 1000 per grade. Oh well, not going to tell DS, he can aim high.:D
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Junior Analytical Grammar/Analytical Grammar-LOVE it! First time I ever got grammar in my life. I always got stuck on finding the subject and predicate. I am so concrete and sequential that I would never consider eliminating articles, adjectives, prepositional phrases, ect... first then finding those parts. There were just too many nouns to choose from, till I did JAG, which first eliminates much of the sentence before requiring you to find the subject and predicate. That said it does move a little quickly and my kids do half of an assignment a day.
Heather
So glad to hear this, I've been anxiously awaiting the arrival of JAG for DS. I'm hoping it will help him to finally "get it."
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We're shooting for 5000 words for my 5th grader. This is his first year too and he's very excited. We won't be doing much other free-writing during the month and tomorrow we're going to write all day to kick it off and get him started. We'll see what adjustments need to be made as the month progresses.
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:iagree: My DS7 does 80% of his work independently. I teach new math concepts, have him read his word lists from reading and spelling to me to make sure he knows what the words are, and I administer spelling tests. I do history aloud with both of my kids. The rest DS does independently. He likes it that way and gets annoyed when I try to over-teach. He is definitely a self-educator.
This is about my 5th grader too. The only time he really needs instuction is with math and when we go over answers.
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I agree with all the others who said to tour DC and the National Parks. You really can't go wrong there. Although the boys didn't want to go, they were impressed with the Museum of American History after the fact. Lots to see and discuss there. Gettysburg was fantastic. Now, not sure where in NM you'll be, but I highly recommend Roswell.:D That was such a fun stop on our trip around the US this summer.
Food wasn't so much an issue, you can get anything out there and I've heard of some great curry/Indian places in the DC area. ;) The culture shock for us came in the HUMONGOUS size of servings when we ate out. I wouldn't worry too much. I think the kids will do fine and adjust as kids so often do.
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DS has been studying Italian off and on since 2nd. We've only really used Rosetta Stone, but I too would like to find more resources to help him out, something fun--he's 5th now. I think we'll be taking on Greek next year. He has no interest in learning Latin, so would rather not push it. Attic Greek is something he's wanted for awhile, should be interesting. (He's also had some Spanish, Korean and Japanese while in PS.)
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That looks like a lot of fun. I wonder of DoDDS has teams, I didn't see anything for Japan. Hmmmm.
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What is this? I've never heard of it.:confused:
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My boys LOVE it! They were disappointed this summer that we didn't get a chance to go. If you love legos, you'll love Legoland. (Dh and I went by ourselves to the original in Denmark and had a blast!) There are strict height restrictions though, so if you have young children, you need a good child/parent ratio. Some of the rides will only sit two, so if you have too many young kids and not enough adults, that could be problematic. However, they also have several rides that younger kids can do by themselves too--over three is probably a safe age to ride alone.
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Does it need to be an actual-looking catapult? DH made one out of a shoe box with pencils, rubberbands and a plastic spoon with his scouts that they LOVED. They then shot marshmellows. I need to check out these other ones though, the boys would love it!
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I don't think it's unheard of. When I was in school, I didn't even do pre-algebra and went straight to algebra 1 in 7th. It was a new, accelerated program that the school was implementing. Ideally, we were supposed to finish algebra 1 in a year and a half, then start into geometry. By 9th, hit geometry honors at a much more advanced pace and depth. Unfortunately, it didn't quite work that way since our teacher was promoted, but we still did algebra 1 in 7th.
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Not sure exactly what you're asking. Do you want to knit from a chart, rather than row-by-row directions? Or are you looking for technique pictures. Most pattern designers create charts for their patterns. As for technique, knittinghelp.com is a great site. I also recommend Ravelry. :D
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I've also been told that you can send document files to an office store and get them printed and bound, if that's an option for you.
That said, I'd LOVE to have a laser printer. I print a lot, but also do most of my printing in draft. I've also found that having a multi cartridge printer is a bit cheaper too since you can buy individuals.
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Thanks for the responses. I had thoughts on both--would this become a chore? Would this help me see better what he's getting from his reading. I really want him to start thinking more about what's being read as opposed to just reading, especially with those books that he's not so keen on reading. I put together a composition book for him, so at least it'll all be in one place now too. Guess we'll have to see how it goes. I did find a great list of prompts that may work to mix things up a bit too:
http://pmms.msdpt.k12.in.us/imc/preddy/writing%20prompts.pdf
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Woo-hoo! Now Oregon should be number 1!!!!:D
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Although DS (5th) reads a lot, I don't think he's getting as much out of his reading as he should, especially when it comes to assigned reading that he doesn't really want to do. I was thinking of incorporating a reading response journal of some sort. Does anyone do this? What do you have your child include? Do you require it of every reading/just assigned reading/just for fun reading?
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We are dual as well. We homeschool our oldest (5th) and the youngest goes to school (1st). We homeschool because we do not like the school he'd be going to, different from his brother. It has worked out well and there have been no issues. In fact, I'm not sure I'd be comfortable homeschooling both right now. I feel DS2 is getting more out of public school than I can give him at home. However, if we're still here when it's time for him to go to the other school, he too will be homeschooled. We're still not sure what we're doing with DS1 when he's supposed to move on to the middle school next year.
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Honestly, no, unless the class were meeting every weekday. Meeting once a week or so just wouldn't be enough.
:iagree:I think with advanced math especially, you'd need to meet everyday. However, has she thought of just tutoring? Now that my mom is retired, she tutors on the side.
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I noticed too and she and her hair are gorgeous! Oh how I wish my curls were like that. I hope she's happy and appreciates her curls. I didn't embrace mine until I was older and started losing the curl.
Let the fun begin!
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DS did an amazing job, finishing the day just under 2000 words. I think he wrote for nearly four hours! I'm concerned now that he may be close to finished with his story, but will need to go back and add more details, charcter descriptions. Any suggestions for this? Perhaps his having this much done, will make it easier to go back and fill in gaps.
Good luck!!!