thank you for your help, everyone!

I have the 2nd edition of Saxon Algebra 2 textbook, published in 1997. I need to get a test book to match this. I have found one available which was published in 1991. Does anyone know if these would work together? They are both 2nd editions. Thanks for any help you can give. Joyce

Hang in there! It's reallly not so bad. I will turn 55 in October. Hope you have a happy birthday and plan something really special to celebrate it!

I would suggest that she send him a text clearly stating she does not want to hang out with him, and to please stop texting her. In this way, if this does turn into a case of harrassment, there is stored proof of her wishes an that he is crossing the boundary. If it's simply a conversation, then perhaps one of the other male friends should be a witness. Then, block his texts or get a new phone #.

I have Earth Science by Silver, Burdett and it's written for middle school. There was a thread about it in the spring. I think it's well written. I will use it with my 14 yo ds. I bought it used, and an older edition with an orange cover.

CNN is talking about the storm as it moves into New England. There's a FEMA press conference on right now on all the cable news stations.

I hate to admit, I've suggested this to my son on occasion when it used to be shown on the scifi channel!

really excited here too! I have to wait for it to come to "on demand" tomorrow night, though. As I am sitting here awake watching the local news on Irene, and monitoring the tornado warnings it's been pretty stressful here so far and the worst has not hit us yet. So, I guess when the storm is over I will be so glad to relax and watch it!

I live in Montgomery County, and have used Naomi Strunk, in Quakertown, PA. That's in Bucks county, but just across the line. naomieval@gmail.com She doesn't mind folks who use a variety of books for a subject. She will send you a 'form' to fill out, listing the books for each subject and a brief summary of what you studied in each subject. but if you keep it to a paragraph for each subject, it isn't a long form. She is also qualified thru high school. She usually answers emails quickly. Joyce

I'm looking for the 'like' button, but will have to settle for an :iagree: I must live in a bubble too, because I've never encountered any of this stuff!

I think in order to have more evidence against her, I would unblock her number and let her text away - just keep the phone in a drawer somewhere and print out the calls daily. Then, get your son a new phone and new number to use and make sure it has a good camera. I'm sorry this is happening to you and your family.

I've had my son do 2 a year starting in 6th grade. It is set up as a formal lab report - objective, hypothesis and some information about the topic being studied, procedure, data, conclusion. I have him type it so he can edit and add details to it as needed.

here's a link to the Hoda and Kathy Lee Show. It's a video of the smoothie they made. http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/29054368/ns/kathie_lee_and_hoda#43109109 you can also google it, and look on youtube for other info. Martha Stewart has a video on youtube about making one also.

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her name is Calli, and she is having surgery on Wednesday. The tumor is quite long and has fingers thru the mid to lower spine thru about 4 vertebrae. The top children's spinal surgeon in the world is doing the surgery in Philadelphia. Please pray for her and her family. They do not know if it is cancer, but at this point only know that it must be removed. Thank you.

I used the ancient book last year, and the medieval one this year. You probably don't need to have used the DVD's (TWSS) before using these books. The instructions and exercises are pretty clear. I did use the DVD's first, so it's a bit difficult to say with confidence we wouldn't have needed them. However, I make 2 suggestions (maybe 3): 1. get the teacher's book, because it does give examples and suggestions. I found that helpful. 2. Don't 'cheat' on the key word outlines. Use ONLY 3 words, and stick to it. Don't 'cheat' on what dress-ups and sentence openers are required. It's a bit awkward at first, and you just need to be consistent. it will get easier. 3, I also suggest you join the yahoo group for help specific to these programs. The author's of each curriculum will answer you. It is IEW Families in yahoo groups. I have posted entire paragraphs which we were having trouble with, and I received very helpful direction. I have found this program to be exactly what I needed to get my son to write. It revolutionized our school!

We are using "The Human Odyssey, vol 2: Our modern world, 1400 - 1914" edited by Mary Beth Klee, John Cribb ,and John Holdren. It is used in the k12 program and I think I got it on ebay last year. It is well written, but not so deep that an 8th grader would be overwhelmed. My ds looks forward to reading it. I also have him outline sections from each chapter. It is set up well for that exercise.

This may be what you want - I googled "richard the lionheart shield" and then chose "images" from the upper left of the google list. There are many shields. If you right-click on the picture you want, and then choose 'print picture' you should be able to print it. I don't know what size it would be. You may need to try a 'print preview' to determine that. Hope this will help you! Joyce

you can sign up for a 2-day tial, which gives a total of 3 hours to try it out. You do have to choose which class you want - you can only choose 1. My son just completed the 2 days yesterday (in the essential math program) and today I received an email for 2 free months to continue. http://www.aleks.com/

As you use this, I also recommend you join the IEW yahoo group - IEWfamilies@yahoogroups.com where you can post questions to IEW Instructors as you use the curriculum (any IEW curriculum).

Our favorite was called "joyeux Noel" - about the Christmas Truce. here's our library's write up on it: Title: Joyeux noel [videorecording (DVD)] = Merry Christmas / a Sony Pictures Classics release, Nord-Ouest presents a film by Christian Carion ; produced by Christophe Rossignon ; written and directed by Christian Carion. Publisher, Date: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2006. Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. Summary: Based on the true story of three armies in the bloody trenches of World War I and the miraculous Christmas Eve truce they unexpectedly forge. Target Audience Note: MPAA rating: PG-13; for some war violence and a brief scene of sexuality/nudity. Subject: Christmas Truce, 1914 -- Drama.

I have looked periodically thru the year on ebay, amazon, etc. to find the students pages - with no success. can anyone tell me where I can find one? We LOVE History Odyssey (we are studying thru the Renaissance -1914 book), but I'd love to have some assignments for my ds to work on to make sure he's digesting it. For now, he is outlining a section in each chapter. Anyway, if anyone knows how to get a student book, I'd appreciate the info!

We have a small science 'group' of 4 families using the Physical Science book, and 1 student was using the 1st edition - until we found that several entire experiments were added to the 2nd edition so they were missing from that student's book. We looked closer and found that even within some experiments the instructions and materials were different. The 2nd edition is much better.

This looks really interesting. and a nice change from a textbook. I'd never heard of it before. Thank you.

Thank you so much for all your responses. If any of you could provide the names of the books, publishers, etc. I'd appreciate it -and start looking into various options. I'd especially like to know what the Earth science and Astronomy books you are using.