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    8th grader struggling to answer science questions

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    My ds 13 is also doing Rainbow Science this year, and he has also had trouble coming up with answers to some of the questions. What we do is answer the questions together like a discussion, then he writes down the answers on his own afterwards. I do use the TM to help with some of the answers while we are discussing, and I will even read some of them out to him. 

    Basically, I am having write the answers in his own words (as much as he can remember) after we have talked about it. 

    Going from CLE Math 7 to Algebra 1?

    in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges

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    My ds (13) will be finishing up CLE Math 7 this year, and he is doing okay with it. I was wondering if it's possible to to go Algebra 1 next, or if he should really do pre-algebra first? I am considering an online course like Derek Owens or Mr. D Math or Jann's math class. I had him watch some samples of Mr. D and Derek Owens prealgebra lessons, and he found that he already knew a lot of the material (of the samples he watched), and also found that the way they explained how to do something (such as finding percent of a number) made it more complicated than necessary. 

    Thanks.

    xp: the Potters School or CLRC or ??? need shoring up on writing

    in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges

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    I don't know anything about Writers in Residence. I was just looking at their online courses. They have several AP courses in high school, and their middle school courses lead students to take the AP courses. The only teacher there that I have heard about is Lili Serbicki, and I've read that she is a terrific teacher. I've emailed her with questions, and she replies very promptly. 

    Another lit/writing course for middle school is Integritas Academy's Intro to Persuasive Writing Through Literature. It's expensive, but I have read only good things about Cindy Lange (the teacher for this course). She is also easy to contact. 

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    WWI and WWII for 8th grade

    in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges

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    On 11/21/2018 at 8:16 PM, HollyDay said:

    The World Wars (Usborne)

    Hakim's History of US (appropriate volumes)

    Number the Stars

    Snow Treasure

    Hiroshima by John Hersey

    It Began with a Parachute by Rang

    There are other books we used and several dvds.  I'll check my bookshelf later.....

     

    Thank you for the suggestions, HollyDay. 

    On 11/25/2018 at 3:08 PM, merylvdm said:

    There is a Twitter account that tweets as if it was WW2 - https://twitter.com/RealTimeWWII. It would be fun to follow that.

    And I posted a host of ideas on fun projects in another thread in this section of the forum that is related to interactive history. I have taught WW2 at our local co-op and I have 2 unit studies I created on it and there is no shortage of material and cool things to do. There are a number of Choose Your Own adventure books for example. And there are some online games and simulations. You can put together a really awesome year that he will never forget!!

     

    Thank you, merylvdm. Your unit studies look great! Does it matter which one we do first for WWII? Too bad I missed your sale 🙂. 

    WWI and WWII for 8th grade

    in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges

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    Thanks, everyone for your suggestions! I'm glad that I have the opportunity to start planning now. I've never come up with our own thing to do before, so it'll be a learning experience for me. 

    I can see that we'll be doing a lot of reading next year, and watching some videos. Other than having ds write reports and narrate, what are some fun and interesting things we could do with these resources, and ways to document his learning? 

    WWI and WWII for 8th grade

    in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges

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    I am using MFW Creation to the Greeks this year with ds 7th grade. He has already told me that next year for 8th grade, he would like to learn about WWII, so I thought that I could put together some resources for WWI and WWII, but focus on WWII since that is what he is interested in (and my older ds19 said that we can't really study WWII without learning about WWI first). 

    What are some books and other resources that you would recommend for a whole year's study on WWII (or most of the year, as long as ds doesn't get bored)? 

    Thanks so much!

    when a book is too hard, what to do

    in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges

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    I read The Hobbit for the first time when I was in high school, and I loved it. Then I read it to my two older boys when they were in grades 1 and 3 (approximately), and all they remember are the pictures (I had used an illustrated edition - the same one I read in high school). I think it's okay to wait or use an audiobook. 

    I loved the Prydain Chronicles when I was in grade 6, and I gave the first one to my son to read last year when he was in grade 6, and he didn't really understand it, so wasn't enjoying it. I ended up reading it aloud to him, and I had to explain some of the language to him, and he enjoyed it more. I didn't realize that some of the language was so rich. But I was an avid reader when I was a kid, and my son doesn't like to read. 

    Missionary stories

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    We are reading Hero Tales right now too, as part of MFW ECC, and my son is enjoying those as well. 

     

     

    We enjoy the Hero Tales series by Dave and Neta Jackson. Each book contains short biographies followed by stories about each "hero" that teaches various character qualities. 

     

    There is another series, Christian Heroes: Then & Now that my kids have read. (I haven't read one myself, but my daughter enjoys them).

     

    Missionary stories

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Thank you for this great list, Lori. I took a look at the links, and found some books that I think my picky son will like :). 

     

     

    Trial and Triumph (Hannula) -- short (2-3 page) biographies of almost 4 dozen Christian martyrs, from 2nd century to 20th century

     

    More missionary story recommendations in these past threads:

    "Suggestions for missionary biographies"

    "Need missionary biography that is well-written!"

     

    For other non-religious, exciting real-life adventures:

    - Great Escapes of World War II (Sullivan) -- non-fiction; short stories of 7 real life WW2 soldiers

    - True Adventure Collection (Dowswell) -- 3-book compilation of short stories of real people (Spies, Heroes, and Survivors)

    - Winged Watchman (Van Stockum) -- historical fiction based on a real Dutch family under Nazi occupation

    - Escape From Warsaw (Serraillier) -- historical fiction based on a real Polish children surviving WW2 separated from their parents

    - Soul Surfer (Hamilton) -- Bethany Hamilton, champion surfer who is a Christian, who lost an arm to a shark at age 13

    - Kon Tiki (Heyersdahl) -- real-life adventure of 6 men who recreated crossing the Pacific on a log raft

    - Men of Colditz; Escape from Colditz (Reid) -- real-life escapes of British POW soldiers from a top Germany prison camp

     

    Killgallon for 6th grade

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I am hoping to use WWS 1 for my ds when he is grade 7, since I don't think he is ready for that now. I plan on using Killgallon for 6th grade since I have both Sentence Composing and Paragraph Composing for Middle School. 

     

    Should I start with sentence composing, then move on to Paragraph Composing, or just start with Paragraph Composing? He is in school this year for 5th, and his writing skills are average, although the teacher said he needs to write longer sentences. He feels they are too simple. I will be homeschooling him for 6th. 

     

    Thanks.

    Colleen

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