I had terrible growing pains as a child, and one of my dd's has them. Calcium/magnesium was not helpful here at all. Ibuprofen typically works much better than Tylenol.

From http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/testday/calc.html SAT Subject Testsâ„¢ Some questions on these tests cannot be solved without a scientific or graphing calculator. We recommend the use of a graphing calculator over a scientific calculator. Calculators may only be used on the Mathematics Level 1 and Level 2 Subject Tests. You may not use a calculator for other Subject Tests and must put it away when not taking a mathematics test.

Thanks, that's helpful. So if the algebra curriculum I'm planning to use doesn't have any instruction on graphing calculators, should I just start using one alongside the curriculum? I'm fairly techno-inclined, so I think I can teach myself to use one without much trouble, but I'm afraid I won't be taking advantage of it's full potential. Any suggestions on how to best integrate it into the curriculum? Or is it important enough to change my plans to using something that incorporates it into the curriculum? I plan to send my kids to ps in 9th grade, and want them to be prepared.

When do public schools introduce the graphing calculator? I'm going to use Foerster's for Algebra I next year and wonder if I need to have them learn to use one. Is there any reason to use it before calculus? They came after my time, so I don't know what they're useful for.

Do you also use separate spelling/vocabulary/grammar curricula, or is LLATL enough by itself? I really want to add in something structured for literature, but I'm happy with what we're using for spelling/vocabulary/grammar. Would it be overkill to use all these?

No, because I bought it at 9:00 last night.

Could be pityriasis rosea. Is there a patch larger than the others (herald patch)?

I went the traditional route first- it was expensive and not very effective. I gave up on it and tried apple cider vinegar. Within a week my symptoms were gone and I haven't had any for several years. In general, I am not a huge fan of alternative medicine, but this worked miracles for me.

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I'm going to start homeschooling my dyslexic 4th grader next week, and am hurriedly trying to pull resources together for him. Any suggestions on what to use for spelling? I use Sequential Spelling with his sisters, but I don't really think he's ready for that yet. We're doing ABeCeDarian for reading, and lots of copywork and dictation. Would you start a spelling curriculum now, or just wait until he's ready for SS?

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I haven't decided whether or not to pursue a VT assessment yet, but something interesting came up today. In another thread, Claire recommended the ReadNow group, and through researching fluency on that list I found some very interesting posts on the Beginning Reading Instruction group. Someone there recommends drilling many of the basics to improve automaticity- phonograms, word roots, math facts, etc. This sounds like something that might be very helpful to my son, who has RAN deficits. I printed up a page of 30 sight words on a page, in 3 columns and 10 rows at 14 font, so there was lots of white space. I had ds read them, and he actually did pretty well. Then I timed myself, and thought there was way too much white space, and figured it would be easier to read if I put the words a little closer together. There is still white space, but now the 30 words take up about a quarter of the page, instead of the whole page. It seemed much easier for me to read them this way. My son found it much harder, and his speed was quite a bit slower. I had some other family members and neighbor kids try it, and most of them found the page with more white space easier to read. That really surprises me. What do you think? I am going to be making a bunch of word lists, so I need to figure out the best way to print them up. It seems like you would WANT to have the words close together, because it seems like your eyes then don't really need to move that much- they see all the words at once. Is this even making sense? I thought those of you with VT experience might have some suggestions. Thanks.

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Thanks for responding. His listening comprehension is pretty good (not phenomenal, though, like his sisters), but his reading comprehension is low. I really think if I could get his fluency up his comprehension would be fine. I do wonder about his ability to visualize. I'm thinking about trying Seeing Stars with him. Have you used it?

Robin, Are you aware that you can subscribe to a thread so that when someone replies, it will automatically show up in your control panel? That helps so that you don't have to scroll through all the replies. There may be some other tricks that I don't know about yet, too. It's taking me awhile to get the hang of this.

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He is 10 years old and currently in 4th grade at ps. He went to a private school for 1st and 2nd grades, where they used Orton Gillingham. It was very expensive, and I really didn't think it was helping all that much, so we sent him to ps in 3rd grade and started to work with him at home. PS has him in a pull out program 30 minutes a day, but they are mostly working on comprehension. I have begged and pleaded with them to use something like RR or ABeCeDarian with fluency practice, but they are adamant that they should concentrate on comprehension. His phonemic awareness is pretty good, but his fluency is poor. His vocabulary isn't great either. We've been doing AbeCeDarian at home, but I know we're just not as consistent as we need to be. Tonight he lost it, said he was stupid, the kids at school tell him he's stupid, and he wants to kill himself. I homeschool his sisters, but have resisted bringing him home because he REALLY dislikes school and it's so hard to get him to cooperate. I know it's mostly out of frustration, but I know we're going to have some battles ahead, and I'm not looking forward to that. Anyway, after his breakdown tonight, I don't think I have any choice but to bring him home. So. What are some things I can do? I like ABeCeDarian and want to continue it, but he's going to need lots more than that. I know what we need to do for fluency (repeated readings, etc.) His fundamental problem is poor Rapid Automatic Naming. Any ideas on how we can address that? How about vocabulary for a student with weak language skills? His sisters use Vocabulary for Classical Roots but I don't know if he'd be able to handle that. Also, any ideas on how to deal with his frustration? He says he knows he's not improving (it's true) so why bother trying. I can certainly sympathize, but we've explained (repeatedly) that he is dyslexic, not stupid, and he will have to work harder than other kids. He's not buying it. Poor guy. Thanks for any ideas.

It depends whose definition you're using. To commit forcible theft of (a vehicle) from its users. the theft of an automobile from its driver by force or intimidation But anyway, even if you want to call it carjacking, it's most likely to happen when the driver is getting in or out. Not when she's 10 yards away. So whether she has left the kid in the car or not really is irrelevant. The risk is the same. Now if she'd left the car on, or the keys in the car, I'd feel a whole lot differently about it.

But it's only carjacking if the driver is in it. Otherwise it's theft.

According to this the car was off, until the police turned it on.

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