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  1. I feel so honored that it is one of my posts. In truth this post helped me so much. I use the breathe through my nose technique anytime this happens and it helps every time!
  2. This is exactly my question - what did you decide to do? I'm not sure how to incorporate the Supplements that MP lists - they say that there is no plan for them included in the MP lesson plans for Traditional Logic I/II.
  3. Thanks so much ladies! I'm going to go with 20% daily homework and 80% tests (which includes chapter tests, four quarterly cumulative review tests, and a final exam.) :) I really appreciate your feedback. Blessings, Angela
  4. I like to give some value for completion of the daily work even if it is just 10-20% of the final grad to give credit to their effort and diligence. I typically do a small percentage of final grade for daily work, larger percentage for quizzes (if there are any) and then the largest percentage for tests. That way a student isn't afraid of the final test which causes test anxiety and poorer results.
  5. We have just begun using Alg2/Trig and I was wondering if there is a standard way people weight the different aspects of the course (ie, homework, ch.review, tests, etc) to calculate a final grade. Thanks! Angela
  6. I would like to know how people calculated a final grade for transcripts using this curriculum. Thanks!!
  7. I will be sure to let you know! Thank you for your kind words!
  8. Crystal, do you know if they write in the Julius Caesar book, or could I just use one from the library?
  9. Hi all! We have decided to switch my 10th grader to MFW WHL - and I need to order by Monday to save on shipping and have my son get a head start...however, on Aug 1 I will be going to a big used curr fair and hope to find some of the books I will need. Could someone who owns that curriculum let me know what are the *must have* books for the first six weeks so I'm sure to order them when I purchase the teacher pages? I would greatly appreciate it!! Thanks so much, Angela
  10. Crystal, Greatly appreciate your input and your coffee commentary brought a smile to my morning! :) We are not worried about him studying Old Testament (although I know they put a really big emphasis on that) - we've done Bible study thoroughly over the years, and while the AHL approach sounds appealing, we really don't see how to add it in to an already overflowing schedule of activities. (His schoolwork of course, plus track, cross country, church activities, etc.) DH was planning on doing a pretty intensive Apologetics with him this year or the next. Thanks for the info about the first week of AHL - maybe I'll see if I can borrow my friends copy to look at, for information. I can write well enough for my purposes, but do not feel qualified to grade or teach it - hence the co-op. I'm so thankful the teacher is IEW certified and comes highly recommended. So, right now once we get history settled, we'll have next year "figured out" and I can polish up what I'll be doing for my 7th grader. PHEW!! Have a great day and enjoy your coffee!! Angela
  11. Thanks, Crystal! I might have been unclear - we didn't do ancients last year (we were in Year 3), but we did do it very intensely during elementary years. I greatly appreciate your feedback!!
  12. Just posted a follow-up to this - now considering MFW. Would love input on that if any of you have the time. http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/520483-mfw-vs-tog-for-10th-grade/ Chris in VA - Not really wanting to go back as far as Ancients or Renaissance - wishing SWB had more recent history, but I know it takes a lot of time to put it all together. :) Blessings!! Angela
  13. Forgive me if I repeat a bit from another post (we were considering SL but have excluded it from our options)- we're evaluating whether or not ToG is working for my older son. We had an epic fail in ToG for him this year (finishing his 9th grade) - mostly due to my inability to retain the info from the teacher's notes and then have a coherent and meaningful discussion with him, plus I about killed him the first several months by assigning many supplemental reading assignments which delayed our progress. There - I'm embarrassed to admit it, but it is what it is. So, DH and I are working hard to try to find another quality program that will fit our needs and still provide our DSs with solid instruction. We are learning more about MFW, but since we are already one year down for my oldest in regards to high school and he does not want to do Ancients - is it possible to jump right into WHL? He will be completing IEW Elegant Essay in a co-op, so I'm not worried about losing any writing instruction from AHL and will probably leave that out in WHL as well. One main concern we have is that MWF/Notgrass covers WW I and WWII in a total of 2 weeks, but covers Ancient Rome for 8 weeks. We did ancients ad nauseam when they were younger, so he is solid enough on that where we feel we could "steal" some of those weeks and supplement our WWI and WWII instruction from our ToG materials. What do you think? Main questions... * Any red flags I should know about before considering MFW for high school? * Would it be ok to jump into WHL with my 10th greater and not do AHL? * Would it be ok to spend less time on Ancient Rome and more time on WWI and WWII with supplemental resources from ToG? Thanks so much for your feedback! I have benefited from this board for our entire homeschool journey - going on 10 years now!! Blessings, Angela
  14. You ladies are very sweet! Thank you for your kind words and encouragement. Many blessings, Angela
  15. I would love to do that, but believe me, nobody would want me teaching their kid history! I tried to join a virtual coop at the beginning of the year, but they wanted me to either discuss history or literature - neither of which I am qualified in. I would have been happy to help with math had it been offered. :) Unfortunately, the prices for ToG online are out of sight and we have print-only version so upgrading to DE would just be an additional expense. I'm thankful for your input! :) Blessings, Angela
  16. I like the depth it goes although that got me in trouble earlier in the year because I was assigning a lot of supplemental suggestions and about killed my student with work! Live and learn. Maybe this is a cop-out but even if I read the teacher notes, *I* do not retain the info enough to have an intelligent discussion. When I'm "discussing" with him, it winds up being me asking him the discussion questions, we chat a bit, and then I basically end up reading the discussion answers to him. He completes all the acct/thinking questions ahead of time and is very bright, but I just don't feel that I am adding any value at all! In fact, I have given up and now he just reads the discussion info too...can we say boring - poor kid! He's a trooper, and I know he is learning. I just wish there was a reasonably priced co-op he could join where I wasn't required to teach. I honestly cannot teach this stuff. Give me math any day!! I'll look into the Teaching Company lectures, but it just seems like there is never enough time to add more stuff in. Thanks so much! Angela
  17. We have been moderately successful in our use of Tapestry of Grace. I am a math person and our Socratic discussions with Tapestry have been a joke, to say the least. I'm looking for another option and was wondering if I could please get some feedback on Sonlight for high school history. If you are using this successfully (or even unsuccessfully) for high school, I would greatly appreciate any feedback. Blessings, Angela
  18. Would love to know how you all assigned a final grade for transcripts.
  19. Would love to know how you all calculated a final grade.
  20. Hi All! We've decided to go with Foerster's for our two sons, but as always we seem to be having trouble locaating it at a good price. Can someone tell me what is areasonable price to expect to pay and if there is a "best" place to purchase it? I see that I should get the teacher's manual from the publisher - can someone tell me how much that is going to cost? Thanks so much! Angela
  21. I have been reading the lessons ahead of time, but then I get so overwhelmed with what's what and where everything is that it all falls apart when I try to work with him. :(
  22. Okay, I'm a math person. But because of all the wonderful reviews of Windows to the World and my previous good experience with the dvd IEW courses (SWI and SICC), I decided to give it a go. Epic failure! The syllabus, student book and teacher book are hard to all keep straight and he and I end up getting frustrated. I don't see the added value of me reading the teacher text and then trying to remember what it said to "teach" it to him. So...as I see it - here are my two options: * Suffer through Windows to the World (we are following the IEW syllabus and have already finished SICC B the abbreviated approach, Teaching the classics, plus the Worldview supplement and are through lesson 6 in WtW.) My son is a really strong independent learner, so I can have him read the teacher's guide for WtW and Student guide and complete the assignments. *Or, I can jump ship and do Excellence in Literature I (Intro to Lit) instead of finishing WtW. I like that it is self-directed. He'll have to work through it over the summer as he'll need to do English II for his Sophomore year. So frustrated! Any advice would be appreciated. Blessings, Angela
  23. Thanks everyone! I really like the idea of playing with the worship band and performing at some point (maybe just in some evening church services that are low-key). He has NO experience, so this will be a brand new thing for him. Thanks for mentioning listening to guitar music, etc - I don't play guitar and we haven't done music instruction recently so I'm way out of practice of what is required. :) I believe music theory will be included in his instruction and I like the idea of him doing some music apprec as well. Thanks so much for all the input!! It is greatly appreciated! Angela
  24. Hi all! My son is going to take guitar lessons for a 1/2 credit of fine arts for high school. Is simply learning the guitar (playing, music theory, etc.) enough if done for enough "hours" to constitute the credit? What would you require of your student before you felt confident to count it as a half credit? Thanks, Angela
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