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    anyone use spelling power?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I also commented on another post? don't know what happen to it?

     

    I used this w/ my older children for 6 years, and have used it w/ my younger ones for the last 4 years, so I've used it for 10 years, both in High School and 3rd grade- 6th grade! I love the program, it doesn't take a lot of time each day w/ needless workbook pages, and they can't memorize the words, they have to learn to spell w/ the phonic rules and exceptions

    Here is an example of our SP week;

    M-X

    T- Level G group 1 ( or 25 words, unless she misses 5, then we stop)

    I use the appropriate Activity card for her to apply to the missed words

    W- X

    TH-Level G group 2 , etc.....

     

    Sidenote: at the review test I have her make a word find for me to do! Then I give her the test the next day

    F -X

     

    kim

    Schedule Recommendations

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    Science; I would put both children in Apologia Exploring Creation with Birds, etc

    your 11 yo will have Jr. High to do General Science

     

    History; I would put 9 yo w/ my 11 yo in SL 7 Read alouds, History and supplement w/ my own Literature using some from SL 3 ( I'm assuming these are covering the same time period? )

     

    BIBle; Are they doing the same thing? If not you could have your 11 yo read to your 9 yo the Lesson

     

    kim

    Well, it's only the second week and I'm already hiding the garage & eating chocolate

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Wow, how do you hide the garage???? I'd like to hide mine!! :lol:

     

    Sorry, only kidding. I usually find the 2nd week harder than the first, too.

     

    Hangeth thou in there!

     

     

    Same here! Our first week ( last week) went off so well! then this morning!:banghead: but I'm hiding in my bedroom, laptop, greentea and 3 packages of Gummies! BUT They keep finding me???

    kim

    Spelling power...

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I've never started Spelling Power until my children were in 3rd grade and very grounded in the phonics rules, But when we start it our schedule is like this:

    We do it 2 x a week;

    T- test, misspelled words, sentences, task card for rule

    TH- retest misspelled words and next test, etc..

    kim

    How is it possible to parent a lying child9ren) when you can't tell what the truth is

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    It should boil when there is lying. THis is a huge issue. (I do not intend to put down other posters' experiences and advice, but unless there is real mental illness here, I would NOT make any excuses for habitual lying, and I would impose consistent and firm consequences for every episode. Do not. let. this. go.)

     

     

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    I agree strongly ! Many people tried to make many excuses for our daughters behavior!

     

    When we brought our adopted 4yod home she was a habitual liar! I couldn't trust her at all. AFter dealing w/ this for about 6 months, I called her into my room and said w/ enthusiasm. " Hey Lydia hurry up and get cleaned up, and we are going to see the circus animals in town, dad called and said he will come pick us up!" she got really excited! jumping up and down, as soon as she was emotionally attached to the event and had showed trust in my statement, I immediately sat her down, and said, " Wow! I'm sorry I had to do that , but that was a lie! I wanted you to know how it felt to be lied to?" It painted a very real picture for her, SHe's now 11 and we haven't had hardly any trouble w/ lieing since she was about 9!

     

    kim

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