Jump to content

Menu

Roxy Roller

Members
  • Posts

    675
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by Roxy Roller

  1. Good question, Capt. When I look at the rubic, she did satisfy all of the organization points in the rubic(basically in the first paragraph, with the exception of the word count, which is why she went looking for other sources to get her word count up), and as far as mechanics go, there are a few sentences that I felt did not make sense, but when I pointed them out, my DD said that they made sense to her. I am not sure if she just didn't want to fix them at that point, or if she really thought they made sense. I did not want to worry too much about mechanics, because honestly, this is the longest paper that she has ever written, so I am waffling between just saying 'great job, honey', and going over it to do the mechanical corrections(although we did do the spelling corrections a couple of days after she wrote it, because she struggles with spelling, and I could not leave them). I would love to see more example of actual kids assignments from WWS. My DD is my oldest, so I really have nothing to compare to. I feel like I am not knowledgeable enough to comment on other people's writing, but I sure would love to see examples.
  2. I am a little afraid to put this out there, but I would love to know how to help my DD improve her writing. She is a reluctant writer, not a great speller, and was a late reader. Here is what she did with the Topos assignment. We went over the spelling errors and she changed a sentence where I pointed out that she had lapsed into first person instead of a third person POV. She also pulled out a Kingfisher reference book and another book on Pompeii, so she veered a little off topic. "A volcano is a mountain that builds up during the years. It is made out of ash and lava. The layers inside the volcano are like a cake that keep building up. The magma chamber is where the lava is. It bubbles and is extremely hot. The magma chamber and main conduit are like a well and water pipe. When it erupts it makes lots of noise and sometimes shakes the ground. The ash and cloud is like gray cotton and is hot as it shoots out the top of the volcano. When the lava comes out of the volcano it makes a lava flow down the side of the volcano. The lava flattens everything in its path and burns everything in its path. There are other shoots that come out of the magma chamber that are called side vents. Some times when water is near the volcano it heats the water and the water comes out of the ground in shoots that are called geysers. There are different kinds of volcanoes. The Hawaiian eruption flowed gently because the lava is runny. Another volcano is the one in Italy. When it erupts it shoots up solid magma. The Plinian volcano has clouds of ash and pumice. An example of a Plinian eruption happened in Pompeii, Italy in A. D. 79. It also erupted with clouds of ash and pumice. The people did not know that Pompeii would erupt until it was too late to do anything but run. The lava covered the city with ash and lava. Some people did not want to leave their precious stuff, some hid in their houses, and some found pillows to cover their heads. Some just grabbed their belongings and others just ran. A few families got into boats. Others tried but there was not enough room. People hid and used cloth to help them breathe. Most of the people got covered by the ash and lava. Pompeii stayed covered until people started digging a tunnel and found a stone the had "Pompeii" written on it. They uncovered people, animals, buildings, pottery and other things. People live there now, living their life at risk, but no one knows when the sleeping giant will awake." WWS has not been easy for my DD, it has been a challenge, but I have seen a lot of improvement. I am unsure how to look at this assignment, because I appreciate the fact that she used more sources, but some of the information is unclear and she obviously is interested in Pompeii and veered off the assignment by adding in that information. She told me that when she realized she wouldn't have between 200 and 400 words with her first paragraph she went looking for other sources to add information. What grade level of writing is this? I would appreciate any help I can get.
  3. Wow, thank you for all of the suggestions. I have requested a few of the titles through our library and I can't wait to check them out!
  4. So, can I just clarify. If we were to go this route, I just need the teacher packet and the student text, not the student workbook, if I allow my daughter to write in the student text. I just want the grammar, not the writing component. My DD12 is just finishing GWG5, so I was thinking I may do Hake 6, so that she would still get three more years of grammar. Does this sound about right?
  5. I am looking for movies about the middle ages for my DC, ranging in age from 6-12. They need to be clean, and I have one really sensitive kid, so it has to be pretty mild. We have watched Ever After, and it does show amazing costumes, and a little about what life may have been like. This is the kind of thing I am looking for. Are there any out there?
  6. Hi Mary...can you tell me how much 'writing' instruction is in Hake 6? Did you doing an additional writing course last year? Would it be easy to skip the writing or is it really integrated? Does Hake include traditional diagramming? Thanks,
  7. We really like GWG, but we have only been using it since the beginning of summer. We did R&S before it. My 4 oldest are all using it, and their retention seems to be good, and they don't complain. I am not sure if it is because they didn't really like R&S, or if they really like it, and like doing it independently. I am undecided as to whether Sabrinna will go to GWG6, or if I will choose something else to do after Christmas. She definitely still needs grammar work, but if she didn't, I would go to AG. I did look at some samples of Hake, but I would like to know how much writing is actually in it, as we are doing WWS, and I don't think my DD could handle much more. I would also like to know if there is traditional diagramming. My DC all like diagramming, so I don't want to let it go. From the samples, I would probably start my DD at Hake's 6th Grade level, so that she would do it for the next 3 years, then I would probably switch to AG.
  8. I wanted to give a bit of an update. My DD and I had a talk. I explained to her that there are other options out there, like Rainbow Science. I also explained that they do not have the MP3s, which she really likes. So she would have to read the text on her own, and take responsibility for it herself. I told her that I am willing to purchase them, if she really honestly feels like she can not do Apologia. Her response was that she is going to be a Vet Tech, and she will use Apologia. She said that she really likes that she hears the scientific words pronounced properly. I explained to her that she was going to have to 'step-it-up', and take more responsibility. I even offered to have her omit the tests for this year, and she said no, she told me she will learn to study for them and she wants to take them. So...we will continue through Apologia for this year.
  9. Hi Lucinda...I am wondering where to put my DD as well. I 'was' going to start the ALL sample after Christmas, but now I don't know where to go. She is just finishing GWG5, so I am now thinking I will do GWG6 after Christmas, but I am open to other ideas, so I will be :bigear: to this thread.
  10. Thank you, Julie, for your thoughtful response. My DD really does love science, but I am finding the textbook approach is killing it. Maybe it does need to be something we ease into, because she does need to be able to learn from a textbook before she hits college.:tongue_smilie:I do not mind paying the price tag for Rainbow Science if it would be a good fit. I haven't looked at AIG's products, but maybe I need to look there as well. I know that there are two or three other 7th Graders in our church who are going through Apologia GS right now too. Maybe we can arrange something to get together. So a mentor group may be a possibility. I really want her to be successful. She is discouraged and saying that maybe she can't learn science, and she will have to give up her dream of working with animals.
  11. Thank you, Michelle. Yes, our daughters do sound alike. I know that she would love to have me do it with her, but with 4 younger siblings in 1st to 5th Grades, I already 'do' school from 8am to 4:30pm. Maybe I have to let some other things go, so that I have time to do it with her. I will have to ponder this.
  12. I visited the Rainbow site yesterday and it does look good. The bolded above is exactly what I am wondering. One of my twins will love and devour the GS text, but that is who he is and reading lots of information is his style. My DD's is more just get to the point and tell me what I need to know and I will learn it. Is Rainbow Science (Year 1 and 2) sufficient preparation for starting Biology in 9th Grade?
  13. I was considering Sonlight at one time, maybe I will have to go back to it.
  14. :iagree:with the above bolded part. My DD is the exact same way and we have done a lot of science in our household, but not anything formal. Thank you so much for the links. I may be able to make this work after all.
  15. I have posted this in the logic forum, but I am wondering if it might be better to post it here among those of you who have BTDT. My DD12 is currently finishing Module #4 of Apologia General Science. She is not a really proficient reader, so she 'reads' the text along with the mp3(she will do this without complaint, but doesn't seem to retain much). I love the curriculum, but it doesn't seem to be engaging her. She struggles through the On Your Own questions, she will do the labs with dad, and seems to get them, but when we get to the review questions and the tests, I have nothing but a fight and tears. She claims she doesn't know the answers. Right now she wants to be a Vet Tech., so she knows she needs at least two sciences, and she understands that she needs to start working hard now in 7th Grade, to get there. She is still a very immature 7th grader though(barely starting puberty), so I am not sure if she needs to mature a bit. So, my questions are: 1. Do I just let her go through the text, 'reading' it, and doing the On Your Own questions, and call it good for this year? Accepting the fact that she is just getting a surface overview of it. Do I do the same next year with Physical Science year and then step it up in 9th Grade when she hits Biology? 2. Do I make her do them? I am finding it is killing her love of science, but I am feeling the pressure of high school coming. 3. Is there another creation-based science out there that is similar to Apologia, on maybe a little easier level, that could get her through this next couple of years? She is not a great scholar, but just an average kid. I do not want to debate the ease or toughness of Apologia, because I know that there are those that feel that it is light. We are not experiencing that here. Thanks in advance for your advice,
  16. Thanks for the link, 8. I will check it out. At this point I am open to changing texts, because I want her to retain the information, while not squelching her love of science.
  17. My twin 4th graders do 4 pages worth of math, as well as, time on xtramath.com to work on speeding up their math facts. This is mainly worksheet time. They do two pages in Math-U-See Delta, and then two pages in Horizons Math 3(which I do for a spiral review). I assign a set number of pages every day, but some of the time is spent in dawdling, for one of the twins, so his time can sometimes be over the 1 1/2 hours. The other twin can be finished the same amount of work in a 1/2 an hour if he really applies himself, it depends on the day.
  18. My DD12 is currently finishing Module #4 of Apologia General Science. She is not a really proficient reader, so she 'reads' the text along with the mp3(she will do this without complaint, but doesn't seem to retain much). I love the curriculum, but it doesn't seem to be engaging her. She struggles through the On Your Own questions, she will do the labs with dad, and seems to get them, but when we get to the review questions and the tests, I have nothing but a fight and tears. She claims she doesn't know the answers. Right now she wants to be a Vet Tech., so she knows she needs at least two sciences, and she understands that she needs to start working hard now in 7th Grade, to get there. She is still a very immature 7th grader though(barely starting puberty), so I am not sure if she needs to mature a bit. So, my questions are: 1. Do I just let her go through the text, 'reading' it, and doing the On Your Own questions, and call it good for this year? Accepting the fact that she is just getting a surface overview of it. Do I do the same next year with Physical Science year and then step it up in 9th Grade when she hits Biology? 2. Do I make her do them? I am finding it is killing her love of science, but I am feeling the pressure of high school coming. 3. Is there another creation-based science out there that is similar to Apologia, on maybe a little easier level, that could get her through this next couple of years? She is not a great scholar, but just an average kid. I do not want to debate the ease or toughness of Apologia, because I know that there are those that feel that it is light. We are not experiencing that here. Thanks in advance for your advice,
  19. I am looking for recommendations for a good rhyming dictionary. I understand that there are a couple of different kinds - one that is arranged phonetically and one that is arranged alphabetically like a regular dictionary or thesaurus. If I was to purchase just one, which kind would you recommend and do you have a link to a specific one that you like? Thanks in advance,
  20. Thank you, Ruth. We will be doing spelling well into high school around here as well. I will have to look into Caesar's English. I have to admit that we have only just started vocab work, I think you are right in saying that I probably need to ramp it up so that my daughter can more easily read the classics.
  21. I think you are right, although I am sure there are kids who do follow the divisions in the WTM, but it is still hard to stop comparing.:tongue_smilie:
  22. Really? I wonder which lecture that was. I have a few of her lectures, and I don't remember that. If that is the case, it would be reassuring.
  23. Thank you, Elizabeth. I think that we are a little of #1 and #2. My DD has only just turned 12, and immature 12 at that, so that would account for #1. #2 is harder to pin-point. She has most of the skills that she needs, as we have worked very hard to get her there. But, part of the problem is getting her to use the skills she needs, maybe some of this comes down to her heart-attitude. I guess I need to think of her as just beginning the logic stage as a prior poster pointed out, and not like she is half-way through, which is what I tend to do. As far as other problems, I do not think that she has any glaring symptoms, but I probably need to be more observant.
×
×
  • Create New...