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The goal is not to impress - just to give back for all the help I've received here. :001_smile: I'm a planning nerd and just thought someone else may be able to use it so I'm sharing.
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I'm planning to use MPH 3/4 for third grade, so I've worked out my plans for the 3rd grade half of it for the 2010-2011 year. I'm attaching it here in hopes that others may find it useful. I'll work on the 4th grade year and post it when it's available.
I'm using the workbooks, HOTS, and homework books.
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My oldest is learning to outline, break stories into scenes/acts, identify important details and those that are not important, how to do synonym work, changing and matching tense, changing and matching plural/singular, changing and matching proper/common nouns, how to change between different sentence types to change the feel of the writing, how to change just the first word to create a different feel and how to either eliminate or add details and quotations. She is learning how to use language, something I never learned.
Everything above gives you a starting place, a bunch of options to use to get yourself out of a corner. Then by the time the child does begin writing original content they have a huge toolbox of tools to use, so they may be delayed in writing the 5 point paragraph, but when they do start with original content they should hit the ground running.
Because to me writing is not about following a formula. Writing is about deciding what you want to say and what is the most effective way to say it. CW focuses on the content rather than the formula. CW concentrates on showing a student how to pick and choose important information. It shows them what makes effective arguments. They break down the components so they can really see how each part works and how they can use it in their essays. After that, learning how to punch those skills into a formula is pretty much an after thought.Heather
Heather and Heather ;) -
I think these two answers have turned the light bulb on for me re: CW like no other answer I have seen. Thanks for sharing your insight and experience...
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That depends on if I'm bribing them with Wii time or not... :glare:
My ds doesn't really count since it's just K5 work, but my dd is doing second grade. If she's not dawdling too much it takes her about 3-4 hrs, including 30 minutes of structured reading time. If she's dragging her feet it sometimes takes over 5 hrs. Which is why I bribe.
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Ours is up on our school blog.
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You know, I mean it quite seriously when I say that I am quite thankful for all the moms on this board - the shared experience and encouragement is just wonderful.
We've been using TOG without writing aids and IEW for two years now.I use the history or literature readings to make writing assignments. I make a list of planned writing assignments per unit of TOG and spread around the assignments between the types of units in IEW(summarizing stories' date=' creative writing, essays). I don't even look at the writing assignments in each unit now because I'm pleased with the progress we're making with IEW. There is a skills progress checklist that I use to evaluate each child every semester and plan goals for the next semester. The skills checklist has kept us moving forward without having to purchase the individual courses.[/quote']
This is how I was envisioning integrating the two, so I'm really happy to hear that it's working for you. I'll go check that yahoo group. One follow up question about the skills checklist you mentioned. Is that part of IEW or TOG?
Keri,
Well I don't use either as my main program, Classical Writing is that for me, but as I understand it IEW is more of a rewriting program. That would be similar in philosophy to WWE or CW, where TOG is more of a traditional program.
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I guess my question to you would be do you agree with WTM, rewriting philosophy or traditional writing approaches that has a child developing original writing before they have mastered physically writing, forming correct sentences, and putting thoughts together? I prefer to work on them as separate skills before combining.
I do as well, which is why I'm inclined to go with IEW. Can you tell a little about why you chose CW over IEW?
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Rex Barks, Diagramming Sentences Made Easy by Phyllis Davenport
Faithr - I looked at this on Amazon but there isn't a description or preview. Is this primarily a how-to book, or is it a drill book? I'm looking for a resource for daily diagramming drill and wondered if you felt like this would help.
As for the question - my answer is Horizons math. It's spiral, colorful, rigorous, and easier for me to teach than Saxon. Love it.
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We're halfway through SOTW 2 and here's what we do --
I have a big wall map of the whole world that I just got at the teacher store, and a globe I found at a yard sale. Each time we do a map assignment we go find the place on both the wall map and the globe first, and then go on to follow the assignment directions. I'll also usually ask questions such as "ok, what continent is this in?" or "what ocean is this?" Mine are younger, so right now I'm focusing on oceans/continents and major features (Nile River, etc)
Timeline - now that I don't have figured out. I wish I did. I'll be watching to see what others suggest, though. I will say that I bookmarked this timeline option on Linda Fay's blog a long time ago and keep thinking I would like to do this one but never have.
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This is still a theoretical question for me, since I'm not using either curriculum yet... but I'm not the only one that loves to plan ahead, right? :001_huh:
Let's say we finished SOTW and I was beginning TOG for our next cycle (or two). We do CC and plan to do Essentials beginning next year, so we'll be using IEW. I plan to do TOG as soon as we are finished with SOTW.
Is IEW comparable to TOG's Writing Aids, or is one better than the other? Is it possible to use TOG Writing Aids for topics for IEW assignments so they stay tied together, or does it not work this way?
Does anyone combine them? Siloam - what do you do? Does anyone just not use the Writing Aids and use IEW instead?
Sorry if this is a stupid question - haven't had my hands on either of these programs other than previews.
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My reading for this week -
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Night Train to Lisbon
This received very mixed reviews on Amazon so I was curious to see what I thought. I enjoyed it – learned some Portuguese history and enjoyed watching the back story unfold. -
Interpreter of Maladies
A collection of short stories by Lahiri; I have enjoyed all of her books that I have read, but this is the first of her short stories I have read. Excellent, as usual. -
Their Eyes Were Watching God
An classic of Harlem Renaissance literature. It’s a good story and the author has a beautiful way with words. The phonetic spelling of the dialect really slowed me down because I had to almost read it out loud to understand it though.
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My Side of the Mountain
Loved it! A story of a boy who set off into the Catskill mountains and lived on his own for a year. Anyone who loves the idea of leaving it all behind and fending for yourself will enjoy this story. It’s a kids book, so it’s a quick read.
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Night Train to Lisbon
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I'm on a sewing tear right now, so I've been focusing on finishing several projects in what would ordinarily be reading time.
I'm planning to start Night Train to Lisbon tonight. Pretty mixed reviews on Amazon so I'm curious to read it and see what I think of it.
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For me, keeping the clutter down is a big step. This isn't something I'm good at :glare: but I notice that all of us are more relaxed and happy to be home when the house is tidy.
I think the evidence of our lives together makes our house a home.I really agree with this statement too. We recently visited someone's home. It was a large, well-decorated home but both my dh and I commented after we left that it didn't feel homey. My dh said it well when he said it felt like a hotel room - there were no family pictures, no books, no kid stuff or projects around - just a beautiful, spotless house. After that evening I came home and looked around my home... lots more clutter than the home we'd just been at, but also books we love, games we play together, dog toys for playing and laughing with our pet, kid pictures on the fridge... it's our home.
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Anyone else getting really excited that Lost will begin again a month from tomorrow?
:hurray::hurray::hurray:
I'm half afraid they will wind it up badly and make me feel like I wasted my time.:iagree:
However, I really want more answers. I hope the ending is solid and wraps everything up nicely so we're all left content instead of irritated.:iagree:
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I usually check here -
http://www.earthsky.org/ - and then click on the orange button that says "Tonight" in the upper right corner. You can click forward several days to see what's coming up. I've learned to recognize a lot of stars this way.
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:grouphug:
Just joining in those sending up prayers. Praying for God's will and grace and peace all around...
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I agree - depends on reading ability. My dd is 7 and in second grade. Reading is one of her strong points and she does her Bible study on her own. Occasionally she will ask me a content question, but for the most part it's independent for her. She's doing the Beginnings II Old Testament survey this year and will do the New Testament survey next year.
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Thought I had a good Christmas - then read this list! Wow....
I bought myself a pair of slippers and a canvas bag from Lands End clearance. Wrapped it myself too. However, my dh paid for it. ;)
My kids had a good Christmas, so I'm happy. I got my husband a new watch and some new speakers for his computer.
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...meanwhile, in an attempt to avoid racial profiling, they'll continue to pull grandmas out of security checkpoint lines.
Because of their jobs, my parents travel many thousands of air miles a year all over the world and my 60-year-old Irish mother is pulled for extra security scans more than half of the time. Literally.
I agree - ridiculous.
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I have a second grader. Neither is exactly what I would do, but right now we're doing R&S grammar, WWE, many Sonlight readers, and SWO. We're switching to AAS in the Spring though. My dd is a natural speller, but I'm going to combine both kids in AAS soon.
However - I don't have any experience with R&S for anything besides grammar, so I'm probably not a good one to discuss the relative merits of either plan. I've been very happy with our Language Arts approach though.
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I've never been energetic or organized enough to pull this off, but I've always thought it would be a fun idea to go through all of our pictures from the previous year and sort of do a "year in review" movie or photo browsing time. Laugh at silly pictures and say "hey, remember when...." Sometimes it's nice to see all that you did or accomplished in the past year.
Or you could just concentrate on all you accomplished last year. Make up little certificates and have a family ceremony. My son learned to read this year, so that could be his big accomplishment, for instance. Might be fun to save them and look back through the years.
I like the ideas about setting goals for the coming year too.
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We're going gf after the first of the year so I've been doing research on it. The best book I've found so far (not cookbook) is Living Gluten Free for Dummies by Danna Korn. Very practical.
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You could do popcorn (air popped, not microwave bags) or Mission brand tortilla chips with salsa or guacamole (as long as it's homemade so you can make sure it's gf).
Chex cereal is gluten free - you could do any of their snack mixes. They have a page of gf recipes on their corporate site.
Things like fruit or veggie trays and deviled eggs are good.
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Praying for good news - let us know as soon as you hear... either way.
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We're going gluten free after the first of the year, so I think that's going to take a lot of planning and emotional energy until I get that figured out.
I am also doing the reading challenge this year. Really noticed lately how different I feel when I am not taking time to do things I just enjoy.
Sleep is probably a smart goal too. I usually stay up way too late which messes up mornings, etc. That's definitely a domino effect.
MPH 3rd Grade Plans
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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You're welcome - hope it's helpful.