[Not wanting to risk it]

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[pumpkin seeds and vicodin]

2 hours ago, Ktgrok said:

I used raw bacon, but I imagine either would work. It was just to add a bit of flavor. I didn't even use a full slice...it was about half a slice, cut into small pieces. I'm not 100 percent sure it really made a difference, to be honest. The big thing is salt and sugar. 

 

I appreciate the tips! I’m inspired to try roasting pumpkin seeds again and experiment a little. ? The results of my one and only attempt a year or two ago were rather blah. ?

[pumpkin seeds and vicodin]

I’m feeling sure this is a stupid question but will ask anyway... the bacon being added to the water... is it already cooked or raw? 

[5th Grade Planning Thread 2018-19 Updated 8-17-18]

On 1/30/2018 at 10:51 PM, SGPS said:

Saxon  Math 65 CLE 500 Saxon 65

MAYBE Rod and Staff English 5, maybe Igniting Your Writing, Spelling Workout E, Writing With Ease, studied dictation ... writing undecided Rod and Staff English 4, The Teacher's Spelling Lesson-a-Day, and starting with WWE3 but we will try Killgallon's Sentence Composing

Sonlight D American history, Draw the USA, States and Capitals

Apologia zoology Science in the Beginning

Ukulele Piano with tutor

Spanish and/or Latin with Big Book of Lively Latin Spanish & Greek  Getting Started With Latin followed by something I already have. Maybe Big Book of Lively Latin

Drawing, painting and stuff

Touch typing

Karate

Japanese From Zero

 

We are three weeks in and, besides some new adjustments to grammar and writing, this is actually what is getting done (besides art and craft stuff that I have left outside of scheduled school time and happens sporadically as interest fluctuates). 

[7th grade planning thread 2018-19]

On 2/8/2018 at 12:58 PM, SGPS said:

Still gleaning inspiration but so far ...

Saxon Math 87 or maybe AoPS Pre Algebra which we will trial this summer
Spelling Workout G
Sonlight G, world history, literature & LA
Apologia General Science
Henle Visual Latin Greek
Piano with tutor
Spanish

 

... he draws and is always working on that. There may be some classes next year, also. He is hoping for a public speaking class. (probably no outside classes next year besides the art classes within walking distance of home)

 

Three weeks in and I think I've finally nailed this down for the year (except a future Latin decision).

• Saxon 87
• Sonlight G World History & literature
• Apologia General Science w/ student notebook
• Getting Started with Latin (to review/refresh and following that with something off my shelf -- Visual Latin, Henle, or Cambridge ... or something)
• Rod and Staff English 6
• Writing With Skill 1
• karate
• piano
• Japanese From Zero
• his own self directed art

[New camera bought on amazon is actually used/international and out of warranty...wwyd?]

I would have returned it immediately. I don’t call Amazon for problems with items shipped via Prime — just initiate the return, state the reason, select refund preference, return shipping preference, repackage, and wait for UPS to pick it up next day. Recieving a product that was not as listed automatically grants free return shipping and free pick up (in my personal experience). 

[2nd Grade Planning Thread For 2018/2019]

On 1/24/2018 at 4:22 PM, SGPS said:

 

Miquon, Math Mammoth 

MAYBE Rod and Staff English, maybe Igniting Your Writing, Spelling Workout, Writing With Ease, copywork and studied dictation

Apologia Elementary Series, Zoology Science in the Beginning

Sonlight D, American history; Draw the USA; States and Capitals

Ukulele Piano with tutor

Spanish ... but I don’t know with what, yet. Currently working through Getting Started with Spanish. Big Book of Lively Latin Spanish & Greek

 

[7th grade planning thread 2018-19]

Still gleaning inspiration but so far ...

Saxon Math 87 or maybe AoPS Pre Algebra which we will trial this summer
Spelling Workout G
Sonlight G, world history, literature & LA
Apologia General Science
Henle Visual Latin Greek
Piano with tutor
Spanish

 

... he draws and is always working on that. There may be some classes next year, also. He is hoping for a public speaking class. (probably no outside classes next year besides the art classes within walking distance of home)

[5th Grade Planning Thread 2018-19 Updated 8-17-18]

Saxon  Math 65 CLE 500 Saxon 65

MAYBE Rod and Staff English 5, maybe Igniting Your Writing, Spelling Workout E, Writing With Ease, studied dictation ... writing undecided

Sonlight D American history, Draw the USA, States and Capitals

Apologia zoology Science in the Beginning

Ukulele Piano with tutor

Spanish and/or Latin with Big Book of Lively Latin Spanish & Greek

Drawing, painting and stuff

Touch typing

[2nd Grade Planning Thread For 2018/2019]

 

 

Math Mammoth, Miquon

 

Rod and Staff English, Spelling Workout, Writing With Ease, studied dictation

 

Apologia Elementary Series, Zoology

 

Sonlight D, American history; Draw the USA; States and Capitals

 

Ukulele

 

Spanish ... but I don’t know with what, yet. Currently working through Getting Started with Spanish.

[A bit of happiness, ie I like weird things]

Aw! <3 What a thoughtful and sweet guy!

 

I had to google what that was. The flosser, not the thoughtful and sweet guy lol

[How Often Do You Talk to Your]

Some stretches it's daily and sometimes we've gone days, weeks, even months of no contact. I quit FB but when I used to check in randomly I would notice a lot of things she shared there that I had no idea about. On the other hand I also noticed that I knew about a whole lot of things she didn't share on FB. 

[Do you use a planner and actually PLAN your school year?]

No. I have a digital planner for each child to record what gets done each day after it actually gets done (if I remember to use it). 

 

I get through homeschooling by having (a) long term goals for their overall education and (b) short term progress goals for the current school year and © a list of core resources (and a mental list of general, extra resources) that I intend to use (but will change up as needed) to accomplish this progress towards the overall goals and then (d) a weekly and daily routine for spending time with those resources. 

 

I stress and start twitching if it gets more specific than that (re: homeschool and life in general).

 

 

 

[one income families and nightly family dinner]

I need to eat earlier but the children eat with DH when he gets home from work. That's only three nights per five day work week because he does some of the grocery shopping on his way home one night and is therefore later than usual (in which case he typically has already eaten at work), and on another night he takes a child out on a dinner date.

[Where did you/where will you purchase glasses for the solar eclipse?]

The Lowes stores around here have glasses made by one of the approved companies (the same sold by some of the legit sellers on Amazon but I can't recall the name off hand) for a hair under $2 each.

[2017-2018 6th Grade Planning Thread]

This is for real this time. 

 

Math: finish Saxon 76, begin Saxon 87

Latin: First Year Henle Latin units I-II with Memoria Press study guide

Grammar: finish R&S English 4, begin R&S English 5

Writing: Writing With Skill 1

History: history encyclopedia + history notebook (summaries & drawing), interest led topic studies w/ monthly reports

Literature: WTM literature list, other lists

Geography: Draw the USA, history related map work 

Science: Wile's elementary series, interest led topic studies

 

Also music, drawing, Spanish but I start having mild panic attacks when this list starts looking really long and besides, music and drawing are independent and Spanish is in a group with a weekly tutor and commited to only for a trial period until I see how doable it is on top of everything else.

 

 

[Are Miquon math books reproducible?]

the PDFs from currclick are only $6.50 each and would be far more convenient for the purpose.

[2017-2018 6th Grade Planning Thread]

Edited 7/18/17: ignore this whole post ...  imagine it scrunched up and in the waste basket.

 

TT7, parts of MM starting back in MM 5 & Saxon 76's daily fact drill worksheets (realized previous plans would be completed by fall so...) MM 6 or Saxon 76  MM6 pre-algebra w/ Dolciani & Life of Fred
R&S 5 grammar
WWS1 
Spelling Power
Science in the Beginning or Apologia something-or-other
Sonlight G history/literature OR something else involving Story of the World Volume 2: The Middle Ages, a history encyclopedia, and AO4 OR Heart of Dakota's Resurrection to Reformation (history & geography)
Various resources for coding, Spanish, piano, chess, drawing.

Maybe Visual Latin 1. I have it. We've done Latin on and off since kindergarten. I'm just "meh" about the language since I figured out that I'm not so strong in foreign language acquisition myself, nor am I as academic as I imagined myself to be. No one specifically wants to do it so without an internal compulsion, I can't currently see myself making Latin happen in the midst of everything else I am compelled to make happen. OR Getting Started With Latin with siblings as a refresher while I work through my ambivalence.

 
Sheesh, what a mess.  :laugh:  Let me just start again ...
 
Math: [finish Saxon 76 and follow with] pre-algebra (Dolciani, Life of Fred supplementing) Saxon 87 (but it could still change to Dolciani, Lial, LoF, or AOPS--all on my shelf  :blushing: )
Latin: Henle w/ Memoria Press's First Year Henle Latin Study Guide Units I & II [might put this off one more year .. maybe]
Grammar: Rod and Staff English 5
Writing: Writing With Skill 1
Literature: WTM middle school/Middle Ages list
History/geography: Heart of Dakota's Resurrection to Reformation
Science: Science in the Beginning 
attention to spelling as needed + various resources for coding, Spanish, piano, chess, drawing, etc.

[A few random questions on (state required) testing scores]

Were you actually in the room when they gave it? 

 

I wasn't. 

 

 

 

I'm really glad I asked these questions. You've given me a lot to think about and I deeply appreciate it. 

[A few random questions on (state required) testing scores]

The Woodcock-Johnson measures the children in the areas of "applied problems" (word problems), "calculation" (pencil and paper number crunching), and "math facts fluency" (timed drill) and then from what I understand, gives them a "broad mathematics" score from the average of those three scores. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

Oh, and I didn't ask the tester all these things because it's taken me days to put them in words and at the time I was weary and distracted.

 

First question: What would explain "above grade" applied problems scores (especially when along side an average, or even below "grade level" calculation score) in children NOT working above grade level? (As an example, the child in fourth grade last year completed Saxon 54 [ie. non-accelerated/4th grade curriculum] and scored a "grade level equivalency" of 11.0 on applied problems, and my third grader this year completing Teaching Textbooks 3 scored 7.0 on applied problems and only 3.3 on calculation.)

 

Second, third & fourth questions: Should I even care about lower calculation and facts fluency scores? And how does one score highly on word problems when they are not on par with calculation anyway? Mathematical word problems ultimately require calculating, right? 

 

Fifth question (and sixth): And while I'm here, what does "grade level equivalency" even mean when in the range of 13.0 to ">17.9"? (not math related, obviously .. we see those kinds of scores more in reading comprehension and vocab -- but then, could this be somehow related to higher math word problem scores? .. but still .. every word problem ends with calculation, right?)

 

And in spite of their "broad math" scores at and above "grade level" (in spite of being dragged down by low calculation or fluency scores .. or rather, apparently, puffed up by high applied problem scores), my 5th grader could not pass the first chapter test for MM5 nor my 3rd grader the first chapter test for MM3.  -_-

 

I have so much I could ramble on about regarding what they did this year and thoughts about changes and possibilities moving forward which I would love input on but I'll limit this post to these questions re: understanding test scores. 

[What Worked, What Didn't?]

Worked: Rod & Staff English

 

Didn't Work: My math choices this past year. Just days ago I would have put them in the previous category but we did the compulsory state testing this week. :closedeyes:

 

[2017-2018 1st Grade Plans!]

Phonics: Phonics Pathways, then daily reading through all our graded early readers

Handwriting (and eventually Spelling): Copy work, and eventually dictation, from his reading, maybe cursive Beginning Traditional Cursive

Grammar: First Language Lessons 1 

Math: Continue through Miquon, Math Mammoth 1

Science: Science in the Beginning (with all his siblings)--also regular documentaries, books, nature study, a possible Nature Pal Exchange, etc.

History: Either A Child's History of the World or Story of the World Volume 2: The Middle Ages (with a couple of his siblings) -- haven't decided which one yet

Literature, etc.: Ambleside Online Year 1 (with a couple of siblings)

+ Ukulele, drawing, crochet, Spanish, other stuff

 

I've been making decisions. Decisiveness is such unfamiliar territory for me.  ^_^

[Australian boardies: Picnic at Hanging Rock]

I finished the book yesterday, read the 18th chapter, then rented Picnic at Hanging Rock on Amazon video ... and missed the scene with the swan on the bed?! (there is only one version so far, right? Peter Weir's?) I only realized during the movie that Albert and Sara were long lost siblings who never learned of one another's proximity which seemed most tragic in light of how the events turned for Sara vs Albert (in the book since Albert's part didn't make it into the movie). Totally missed that in the book. I confess that while the book was a page turner, I actually wasn't disappointed by the parts omitted or changed in the movie to condense the story as the movie felt really long and it didn't leave the same sense of eeriness with me that it did as a child. I guess it was all the details of the individual stories and reactions to the events that can't be (or wasn't) conveyed as well on screen that made the book so interesting. I feel conflicted about that lack in the movie when, as I mentioned, I also felt okay with what was skipped so that the movie wasn't longer than it already was. Maybe because even what was there just didn't measure up for me in comparison to reading the book? Maybe I just ruined the whole movie for myself by reading the book!  :sleep:

[Australian boardies: Picnic at Hanging Rock]

In the movie, the scene with the swan in his bed made us burst into laughter. We didn't remember any swans in his bed, and we were thinking that anyone who hadn't read the book would be like, "WTH? Why is there a swan in this guy's bed??" Actually, WE were like WTH about the swan in his bed. We figured it was meant to be a dream, but it looked funny to us.

 

 

I bought the book after reading this thread this morning and came back just to comment that I reached the scene where Michael sees a white swan "sitting on the brass rail at the end of his bed. Michael and the swan looked at each other without surprise until the beautiful creature slowly raised its wings and floated away through the open window." It's chapter 8. Is that the same scene in the movie? It's been decades since I watched it and never knew there was a book until this thread so .. that's what I've been doing today and that's why I normally try to accomplish something before sitting down to read the forum lest my entire day get sidetracked. :-/

[2017-2018 1st Grade Plans!]

Phonics: Phonics Pathways, practice and reinforcement from Bob Books & iPad apps (Starfall, Teach Your Monster to Read)

Handwriting (and eventually Spelling): Copy work, and eventually dictation, from his reading, maybe cursive

Grammar: First Language Lessons 1

Math: Continue through Miquon, additional facts practice through iPad apps 

Science: Science in the Beginning (with all his siblings)--also regular documentaries, books, nature study, a possible Nature Pal Exchange, etc.

History: Either A Child's History of the World or Story of the World (with a couple of his siblings) -- haven't decided which one yet

Literature, etc.:Ambleside Online Year 1 (with a couple of siblings)

+ Ukulele, drawing, crochet, Spanish, other stuff