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  1. We did SOTW vol I this year. I just used Bible History when we came across areas that were in the bible. Next year will be a different story with vol II. I purchased "An Overview Of Catholic History" by Katie Torrey. It list website to visit, Books, and curriculum suppliers. It than goes in order of year and what to cover for Councils, Saints, Martyrs, and Popes. It gives reading suggestions for a certain time line along with movies and more websites. It starts with Crucifixion and goes to the year 2005. Each page covers about 100 years. It also has questionnaires to answer as you study each Saint, Martyrs, and Pope. We may also do L.P.H online Medieval History. This is an online Catholic program. My dd took the creating writing course this year and has really enjoyed it. The price is right too. Hope this helps. Oh, dd will be 6th grade next year.
  2. I agree too. Being an ear-shot away helps you pay attention to the ones they get wrong. Tami
  3. My dd loves TT, I personally love Saxon. I love math though, one of my strong subjects. DD did Saxon 5/4 for 4th grade last year. She did not like to do all the problems and complained everyday when it was time to do math. She is good at math but I would have to sit right next to her to keep her on track. I knew for 5th grade I could not continue to do this. So I did the placement testing for TT and she tested for 7th grade math. I had a problem getting 7th grade for her so we are doing TT 6th grade and she is doing 2 lesson a day because it is so easy for her. By looking at the book I think it will start to get challenging around ch 8. So we may slow down as it get challenging. She does know her math facts very well though, I think this helps a lot. Bottom line, she does not complain about doing math anymore. She want to do it and she does it on her own. So in the long run, TT is friendly with the kids. It seems all kids love it. Tami
  4. :001_huh:. It says to add the missing commas. So yes, commas are needed:001_smile: Earl mowed the lawn, and Keith raked the grass. Thank you very much, now I will go explain to dd. Tami
  5. We are using Rod and Staff 5 and it teaches that, "parts of a compound sentence are joined by a comma and a conjunction" As a matter of fact it drills it into the child with the oral reviews. My question is that on lesson 16 it has you read the sentences and write what type of sentence it is but none of the compound sentences has a comma in them. Is this a mess up or am I missing something:glare: Thank you for your help. Tami
  6. I dropped timed drills too. I still had her do the sheets, I just did not time them.
  7. I have that in a box sealed and put away with last years schooling. To me there was not much difference from C and D. The words seamed just as easy as the year before. Workout book E seems harder for my dd. Maybe it was the summer vacation though. Hope someone can help you out.
  8. We are in a co-op that meets 6 weeks on with 3 one hour classes. Than a week off, than back to the 6 weeks. Than we take Christmas time off and start all over the end of January. We have to teach 2 six weeks classes a year and help teach 2 classes every 6 weeks. There is about 130 kids from all ages involved. My dd loves it. There is usually one class each session that is a PE type class. It is religion based but religion is not taught. I am Catholic and they are Christian. I am just glad to have something one day a week for her to get together with other kids. Tami
  9. I think 4th grade is the perfect time to teach kids to type. Here are two free website I have found but have not really used yet. http://www.freetypinggame.net/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/ Tami
  10. Have you looked at Enchanted Learning. Its has a lot of stuff, more than just coloring. It does cost $20.00 a year but you get more than just coloring pages. Tami
  11. Burnout! Thats when we take time off from school and go play. We go to parks, the zoo, downtown, shopping, what ever sounds fun for the day. I than feel better and get my act together again. I like to think of my dh and how hard he works everyday to keep me at home and homeschooling. Its not fair to him to not have clean jeans to put on or a clean family room to sit in when he gets home from work. The kids and I would take 30 minutes and pick things up for him. As long as jean where in the dryer he did not care if they were folded or not. He just appreciated them being clean. Tami
  12. We do 4 lessons a week and we have never had a problem finishing the book. We spend about 30 minutes on the lessons. We do the review, learn the lesson, review the oral, than do the written part. As for writing, you add what you have learned to other subjects, like History. My dd is doing a creative writing program this year but its more for fun than anything else. Tami
  13. I have been homeschooling for 3 years and going into our 4th. I have stayed with the plans that worked. R&S English and SOTW year by year. All other programs have changed but the overall goals stay the same. I am homeschooling one though and I know she will go to a Catholic High School. I know where she needs to be when she is a Freshman so she can take honors classes and be at the top of her class. This will ensure scholarships for colleges. We also stay focused on the SAT and ACT. Tami
  14. I would do R&S 4. Do the reviews and memorize! I too am someone who was scared to teach English, it is not my best subject but I am learning right alone with my dd. She is much better at it than I but I am learning. I think memorizing things like the state of being verbs has helped her a lot. It takes us about 15 to 20 minutes, four days a week, but we get through the book each year. DD going into 5th grade will do book 5 but thats because we have worked though each book. Tami
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