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  1. Does anyone have this book on hand? This link goes to the newest edition of The Complete Book of Spanish grades 1-3 --which is now published by Thinking Kid and Carson Dellosa. If so, would you be willing to answer some questions about it for me? If you have this book, I would really like to ask you about its contents because it's not in my local stores, but I'm trying to decide if I should purchase it. I have used this older edition by School Specialty Publishing since 2009. This version (can't truly be called a "2nd edition"), because it's really just a reprint from when the book changed publishers is identical content with a couple of freebies (stickers and a poster) 1) I'd like to see specific pages in the the 3rd edition in order to check if typos and inconsistencies have been corrected. 2) I'd like to know about the Handwriting practice section is it just lined pages? Or are there structured letters/ words/phrases/sentences included? 3) Jack and the Beanstalk can I see 2 sample pages of this story. I really like the first edition of the text. I'm familiar with--but work around--the flaws because overall I find it a wonderful resource to have on hand. Over the years, I've gotten pretty good at wringing every drop of Spanish learning that I can out of this book. I'm considering purchasing the newer edition.
  2. Yuck, no! If you're going to reject a publisher because it's then you definitely don't want CAP Writing and Rhetoric. Or CAP Well Ordered Language.
  3. @Baseballandhockey, I think that (after this event) you should talk with your sister directly. Tell her that you're interested in exploring new recipes and seem to be going through a phase with trying lots of new recipes and many of the ones on your list happen to include nuts. Let her know that while you're exploring this phase, you're no longer keeping a Nut Free home, and that you wanted to let her know so that you guys can plan accordingly with get together, visits and play-dates. I think it's better to be open about the decision to not be Nut-Free at a time that is not right before a big event. That way she's not caught off-guard. No anger or judgement. Sis might not be happy, but that's on her to manage, not you. OP, You don't have to lead a Nut Free life because your niece is allergic, but I think that you should make that decision and announce the decision openly so that mom can plan accordingly. You've been very generous and very thoughtful for a decade. The time to bring this up is not right before a big family get together, or during the holiday season. Mention it privately and directly to your sister at a better time. Explore some recipes that include nuts in your own home. Share some special treats with your kids. Teach them about cross-contamination, and food-safety for their cousin and other allergic people (ie: You can't eat peanut-butter cookies in the car on the way to an event with cousin), but also teach them how to have open communication. Once you've indulged in Nut-inclusive foods for a time, you can decide if you want to return to a Nut Free home for your nieces-sake or not.
  4. The board has so many talented minds on it. I'm sure someone here can help you find a cake recipe that will also look really good, fit with theme and not potentially create a rift in your family. It's hard, because Life Threatening Food Allergies do place limits on the lives of the person with the allergy as well as the lives of those who include an Allergic person in their own lives. Thank you for including your Allergic-Niece in your life so thoughtfully for the last 10 years. It's not easy. Thank you for checking your impulses and seeking a way to keep her included on this special day, as well. I don't think that making the cake--in this context--is reasonable, because a person, a child could die. Even if you can get over that for yourself, I don't see how you will EVER be able to make that right with her parents, your children, your parents, etc. Please, let us help you find another cake that will fit the theme and look amazing.
  5. What grade are you looking for and what do you want to know about Elevate Science?
  6. I don't like Well Ordered Language. The verbiage is pretentiously and flowery to the point of being hard to understand. When teaching the principal parts of a sentence (Subject and Predicate), they liken it to a King and Queen, explain that the word 'prince' comes from the Latin principus meaning first in importance so just like a prince is first in line to become king so the subject and predicate are the principle parts of a sentence. A later lesson/chapter teaches that Adjectives and Adverbs are like vassals--serving the king (subject) and queen (predicate) of the sentence. Do your children know what a vassal is? Not 1 of the 21 children I used this book with knew what a vassal was. Also, the sentences used for the exercises are rather inane. They're along the lines of Many brown kittens romp playfully. and Mittens fit snugly.
  7. If you want to train your mind and set a worthy-example for your kids, then I suggest you go with a lite-reading schedule. 1) Make the habit of reading 10 minutes every day without fail. Start with ONE book. 2) Nonfiction Childrens books are great to develop your knowledge of the world. They are readable, factual, well illustrated, and easy to read. Go to the library, the children's non-fiction section and pick a book that has an overview of history. Most of these books can be well-read in 10 minute increments. 2b) Once you've established the habit (probably 2-6 months), get a 3-subject notebook and use it to take a 1/2 page of notes from your reading most days that you read. 2c) Just an FYI: Getting a reference resource that is meant for grades 4-6 or 4-8 can be a great way to give yourself a high-level overview of The Basics. 3) If you're awful at math, make 5 minute time to learn, recite, write and drill your math-facts each morning. Review your math facts again at night. If you know your math facts, but can't subtract fluently by hand, then get in the habit of doing ONE problem by hand and checking it every day--thus working a subtraction and addition problem each day. Once you get the hang of multidigit +/-, then tackle multi-digit multiplication and division.
  8. OP, 2 questions. 1) What about Abeka wasn't sufficient and made you go looking for something "else"? 2) In your experience, what does Classical Academic Press do that Abeka does not?
  9. Meriam Websters Vocabulary Builder book is the most cost effective book for etymology that I know of. It's not too heavy on the spelling though, but it's great for etymology. If you want something more curriculum-ish that includes spelling more directly then Spelling By Sound and Structure is etymology and spelling at level 6 and above. Dynamic Literacy Word Build has 2 series (one for elementary/ middle, and the other for middle/highschool) Spelling Through Morphographs is expensive but highly effective.
  10. As some folks know, I am a huge fan of Gregg Shorthand and I have some of the original student books for 3 different versions of Gregg Shorthand: Pre-Aniversary Gregg Shorthand, Gregg Notehand and Gregg Shorthand Simplified for Colleges. They are a part of my treasured books library. I like Notehand best for modern students because it explicitly teaches students to take notes and study. It's not meant for verbatim dictation and is easier to learn. I think that Notehand would take about a semester and should be began in 6th or 7th grade so that students have the chance to make it "a part of them" prior to changing campuses in 9th grade. As a nation, our students lack general knowledge and self-learning skills of critical reading, note-making and revision techniques. If a lot more high-school students possessed the ability to read-to-learn, knew how to make notes, study and knew how to leverage memory techniques, I think we'd have greater levels of innovation and reach a greater percentage of our youth academically.
  11. @daijobu The more I think about this, the more I am sure that one can't use the word "per" in ratios. In English (maybe only American English) the word "to" is used for ratios, I have never seen any variation in the wording accepted. In rates, however, there are 2 units and the wording can vary with either "per" or "a(n)". I disagree. You're trying to force a "hard and fast" rule where it doesn't exist nor would the rule actually apply. I have a physics textbook from 1856 and another from 1919 and they use both "per hour" and "an hour" throughout. It looks like "an hour" might be a little more common, but I'm not counting exactly. It's likely that the author grew up reading scientific texts that used both "per hour" and "an hour" or perhaps he grew up reading texts that phrased it "an hour" only. He's dead now, so we can't really ask him.
  12. Those are both rates--the units are different. Neither of those is a ratio or a fraction--I mean, yes, it uses "fraction notation" but it's not a fraction (ie, rational number, or representative of a single quantity)
  13. Wait, I am confused. I'm not attacking you, but I have two questions. How do you use "per" re: fractions? How do you use "per" re: ratios?
  14. After Dimensions 6, the workbooks provide additional practice problems but those problems have to be copied onto paper and worked--there is no space to work the problems in the workbooks. I think that you should look at the TOC for Dimensions 7. If you foresee your student needing additional practice in at least 2 of the chapters in a volume, then get the workbook.
  15. 1) How often does he write and how much does he write at a time--a sentence? A few sentences? A paragraph? 2) Has there been improvement in his handwriting up til now? 3) Can you post a few samples of his writing? 4) What is the reason that you've never gotten an Eval or Diagnosis for a child you think may have a Learning Difference? 5) What kind of paper is he writing on? 6) What kind of pencils/pen is he writing with?
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