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Has anyone used this? Seems it's an online, interactive Spanish language curriculum. 50% off through HSBC got my attention.
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Apologizing for the very brief post, but I wanted to mention a few books we've liked:
Don't Forget to Write
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1118024311/ref=mw_dp_sim_ps1?pi=SL500_SY125
Rip the Page
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1590308123/ref=mw_dp_sim_ps2?pi=SL500_SY125
Unjournaling
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1877673706/ref=mw_dp_sim_ps5?pi=SL500_SY125'>http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1877673706/ref=mw_dp_sim_ps5?pi=SL500_SY125
Mentor Texts: Teaching Writing Through Children's Literature
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1877673706/ref=mw_dp_sim_ps5?pi=SL500_SY125
No More "I'm Done"
(This we used in grade two)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1571107843/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1367345876&sr=8-1&pi=SL75
:)
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Echoing what the others have said. We started with WWE, then added BW for read alouds & dictation. Last summer I picked up
"No More 'I'm Done' " (linked in a previous post) & I have been incorporating ideas from that as well.
We have a rotating schedule: WWE, copy work/dictation, free writing, poetry copy work/memorization. We also read aloud (back issues of Arrow), and do occaisional written narrations (brief, and together) for science and history/biographies.
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Thank you for the replies! Yes, Kumon - forgot about that. :)
To clarify, I am looking for books or workbooks - she's much more into books than manipulatives.
I will check out the math drills :)
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I've searched and searched again... I'm just going to ask.
DD is currently fascinated with fractions. She's done LOF, and for some reason just doesn't like Primary Challenge Math/Zaccaro.
Any other suggestions? She's otherwise finishing up SM3B. I'm looking for something to let her work on when she asks to play with fractions...
Thank you!
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thank you!
& happy new year :)
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May I jump in with a grammar stage question? We've done Song School Latin 1 & are working through Getting Started with Latin now, but I've been looking for something that teaches the grammar a bit more. Prima Latina didn't work for us.
DD really does not have much of a foundation in Latin at this point. Would Latin Prep be a good program to start more solid instruction with? I've been debating LfC and Lively Latin, but having seen only samples of all the programs, I like the looks of Latin Prep the best.
Thanks, and sorry to hijack!
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Is this content accessible through the Evan Moor Teacher's Filebox?
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I ended up using the Core Knowledge outline - free online, I can't link it :P
Is this working? http://www.coreknowledge.org/mimik/mimik_uploads/documents/480/CKFSequence_Rev.pdf
I follow it loosely as a spine for topics, and drag home library books. DD reads, we discuss. She does some written narrations. Also - Bill Nye and Magic Schoolbus DVDs.
I did want to ask- For those using Evan Moor's daily science, is the same content available through Teachers File box?
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We're in Pittsburgh. You've both given me some ideas, thank you!
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I second the suggestion above - a local babywearing group and/or lending library might be very helpful if you've got something like that.
I have a freehand Mei tai I used with my son when he was a tiny infant. In the end, woven wraps have been my favorite. There is a learning curve, but I have found them comfortable, adjustable, portable, and easy to use once I got the hang of them.
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My kiddos (7 & 4) were very nervous about how we might be affected by the storm. We ended up pretty much unscathed, but we've been talking about the East Coast and damage, etc.
They've asked how they can help. Googling this, but would ya help me think outside the box?
TIA!
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:grouphug:
Step by step, day by day, you will get through this - and it will likely make everyone a bit stronger. Of course you already know all that, and of course it's still so very hard. Hang in there, Mama.
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Along side PLL/ILL, I have been using 8FilltheHeart's writing post as a guide. I can link it if you want, but I'm sure you have seen it.
I apologize for a brief hijack of the thread (and thank you OP for posting this question!). I would greatly appreciate a link - I've searched, but I don't believe I've found it, nor am I certain I know what I'm looking for...:tongue_smilie:
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Lexi, thank you for taking the time to contact them and for sharing here ( I was so disappointed when I got a refund from preordering)!
:)
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You don't need to get it through a rep, I just ordered it online via Kendall Hunt; if you have trouble, PM me and I'll send a URL (don't have it offhand, and it's bedtime for little ones here ...) here's a link to a thread I started on the accelerated board RE this unit.
I have the student and the teacher's guide, and it looks like it would be doable to use simply the student guide which is much less expensive. The teacher's guide includes a large amount of supplementary information, which I myself am loving but isn't everybody's cup of tea -- see the above thread. If you are interested in, say, CFGE's ideas about teaching the concept of "metaphor" and an appendix on metaphor with three different theories of what metaphor it, you'll probably like it. Also if you esp. want to teach writing skills and textual analysis to a young child, or to hone your own analysis skills and understanding. I've been so interested in the information the guide has about teaching these concepts, and teaching high-ability children, and the resource lists.
If you are more interested in drawing out the child's response to works of literature (and not training/practicing analytical skills as such), as FairProspects is also I think, the instructor's guide may not be a good investment. But you might esp. like the Junior Great Books materials (again, is possible to use the student books stand-alone; Jr. Great Books has teaching samples online so you could more easily see for yourself) in this case; Beyond Words does suggest supplementing with Jr. Great Books and with MCT grammar/vocab materials.
ETA: post #3 on this thread, also currently up on the accelerated board, is written by someone who used the Beyond Words unit and didn't find it had good value for the $. I was thinking of this response, and of FairProspects ideas, when I wrote above about considerations for purchasing the instructor's manual for the unit.
Thank you so much for taking the time to share this - I found your thread on the accelerated board as you were typing this!
Thank you also to the others for the reminder abut Decinstructing Penguins. :)
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We're using William & Mary's Center for Gifted Education (CFGE) Beyond Words language arts unit this fall (it is a supplementary semester program). I'm planning to follow their recs for bringing it up to speed as a full language arts program, which means pulling in Michael Clay Thompson's grammar; Wordly Wise; and Jr. Great Books. I may also pull from another writing program, such as Zaner-Bloser's Strategies for Writers or Writing Skills, b/c I'm trying to specifically boost Button's writing skills.
This is an unusually writing- and analysis- intensive approach for this board, and is to meet my own particular goals for this particular child who is quite accelerated and is already an analytical thinker. I do not think that these programs will interfere with his joy in literature or his childhood experience of reading, but do hope they will enhance his fun in learning. I have the Beyond Words unit and a series from Jr. Great Books for K-1 (we're doing second grade, but I don't have the Jr. Great Books for 2nd yet) and will be happy to answer any questions about the materials, though I haven't taught from them yet and am just now reading them carefully in preparation for 2nd grade.
ETA: the CFGE units are esp. designed to present thinking challenges at an appropriate level for young children -- ie, to introduce complex vocabulary and ideas with content that is age- and developmentally- appropriate. The main book for Beyond Words is "Frindle", and supplementary materials incl. poems by Rossetti, Sandburg, and Yolen.
Beyond Words has my interest piqued... It seems the only way to order is through a rep? I was thinking of just getting the student book to get a feel for it; the TM is quite expensive, and I didn't see any sample pages?
Thank you for posting about this!
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Wondering this myself. I *think* I read somewhere that lit analysis should come at a later age/maturity level, but can't hunt down the source. My imagination, perhaps? :)
Eager to hear what others have to say.
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DS regularly encounters words he doesn't know, and he has a habit of just rushing a word or skipping it instead of breaking it down. Once that mispronunciation is in his head, it's extremely difficult to get it out. (For example, he's been pronouncing "abdomen" as "abmoden" since he was 5.) Even though it takes more time out of our day than entirely independent reading, I insist that he reads aloud to me.
Just thinking out loud here, and I've not thought it through yet to have a strong opinion of my own.
I wonder - would the parent reading aloud regularly with the child following alongside work equally well? I suspect not... My DD despises reading to me, and becomes resistant, defensive, argumentative etc when I correct her. She loves our nightly reading aloud time, though...
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In terms of faster, we've had success with Growing With Grammar. I would read the instructions alongside my DD, and she'd do the exercises on her own. Retention has been good here. FLL was too slow and too dragged out for her...
We've paused with GWG and are working on MCT and KISS, mostly because I like how both provide different ways to approach elements of language, and I want to reinforce what she's learned. She's not had any difficulty.
ETA: we started with GWG 1, and completed everything through GWG3 by early spring. She just requested to start back up with GWG 4, and has done a few lessons. We're taking a month off right now. I don't have experience with starting at GWG4 and whizzing through GWG6, though, as that would likely be more appropriate in your case?
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No help, unfortunately, but :bigear:
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My DD was getting lost in the markings; we've doing it orally the past few weeks and it's been a very successful "trial".
I'm not sure if that follows the intended philosophy, but (at the first level) it's working for us.
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I now have it on hold at the library ;)
Anyone NOT like Brave Writer (for lower elem)? Advice please!
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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My eldest was out of the age range for the Wand and Jot it Down, but I agree that TWJ has a lot of terrific ideas that we have implemented.
It does show up on HSBC fairly regularly. One book that we have loved (though some don't) is No More "I'm Done" - cant get it to link otherwise:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1571107843/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1368986888&sr=8-1&pi=SL75
Just an additional option :)