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    Dictation in WWE 2, my son just can't do it. What do I do?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Have you listened to SWB's talk on teaching elementary writing? It's available on her website for a few dollars and is very comforting and encouraging and worth a listen. My second son is now half way through fourth grade and we are just beginning level 4. He still has a tough time remembering dictation even though he is a great speller and reader. A lot of times he is very close but changes words (that still make sense) or paraphrases what I read to him. I have started taking the longer dictations one sentence at a time because it doesn't help either of us he freaks out. I'd rather take it slowly and let him gain confidence and go from there. If we are having a particularly rough day, I let him do copywork that day and try again the next. One thing I have noticed that helps him, and I think SWB suggested it in the talk I referenced, is to have him close his eyes and picture the words as he repeats them to me. My first child could repeat every word verbatim and write it since level one, so this has definitely been a learning experience for me. It definitely shows there are all different types of learners. Good luck!

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    Is there a 6th grade planning thread

    in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges

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    I'm pretty excited for a bit more independent work this year!

     

    Language Arts:

    WWS1

    Paragraphs for Middle School by Killgallon

    Analytical Grammar

    Vocabulary from Classical Roots A

    Getty Dubay Handwriting D-E

     

    Math:

    Singapore 5B, 6A, and 6B

     

    Science:

    Aristotle Leads the Way

     

    History:

    History Odyssey Middle Ages Level 2 (hoping to cover geography and literature here)

     

    Latin:

    Getting Started with Latin?

     

    Fine Arts:

    Atelier

    Guitar lessons

     

    Logic:

    Mind Benders

    Red Herring Mysteries

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    Is teaching AAS akward for anyone else?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I really just cannot get in a groove with it. We just finished level 2 and my son loves it, but I feel like my implementation is lacking. I'm wondering if I find it odd because we started at the beginning, way below his level. Or if it is trying to manage all the different components, when all we really need is the book, a dry erase board, and a marker. Or maybe it has to do with the baby that fusses whenever w try to do it. :tongue_smilie:

     

    Will it get better when we move to more challenging territory? Do you have any implementation suggestions? Would it be bad to drop the cards and tiles, or will the visual aspect be important as we progress?

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    Can you give me your 2nd grade reading/literature list?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Ours goes along with our history study of the Middle Ages:

     

    (1)*Catherine Called Birdy by Karen Cushman

    (2)*Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray

    (3)*A Door in the Wall by Marguerite De Angeli

    (4)*Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman

    (5)*The Castle Diary of Tobias Burgess, by Platt

    (6)*Whipping Boy by Sid Fleishman

    (7)*Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry

    (8)*The Great and Terrible Quest by Lovett

    (9)*A Single Shard by Park

    (10)Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly and Janina

    (11)White Stag by Kate Seredy

    (12) Proud taste for Scarlet and Miniver

     

    Read aloud:

    *Canterbury Tales retold by Geraldine McCaughrean

    *Castle by David Macaulay

    *Chanticleer and the Fox by Barbara Cooney

    *Book of Norse Myths by the D’ Aulaire’s

    *Marguerite Makes A Book by Bruce Robertson and Kathryn Hewitt

    *Good Masters, Sweet Ladies

    *Tales from Shakespeare-various

    Being redundant in LA?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I probably won't be terribly helpful because I only go through this with one child, but I can give you time ideas that might help since I use much of the same. For my 8yo ds doing level 2 on all of these:

     

    Singapore takes about 30 minutes total with instruction and work.

    WWE, if split into 4 days, takes less than 10 minutes.

    We do AAS in chunks instead of x days per week. We do one day for 4 lessons. At least for level 2. We will keep doing it this way until it gets challenging for him.

    FLL we do several lessons per day and spend maybe 20 minutes.

    HWT he does 2 pages twice per week and I do look over his shoulder. It takes five minutes, maybe ten if he's struggling and I have to review the how to.

     

    Hope that helps!

    Assigned reading for a 1st/2nd grader?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    We started in second grade and I feel we are right on schedule (whatever that is). My ds read a lot during first grade, but it was all his choice. My husband and I read some books when he did and discussed them with him. I just feel at 5, 6, and 7, play is still the most important part of a child's education and with his free reading and our reading aloud we seemed to accomplish a great deal.

    Anyone using Oak Meadow in the fall?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted · Edited by mamachanse

    We are starting OM1 with our 5.5 y/o. We'll probably go through the letters quickly...read the fairy tales, draw the letters. We will slow down when we get to word families. I'm using it for LA, social studies, and science. We will be using Singapore for Math. In the late winter or spring we will be ready to move into FLL1 I believe. I plan on spreading out the science and social studies though.

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