Jump to content

Menu
Giving You and Your Child a Road Map to the Best Possible Education
The Well-Trained Mind Community

Love Home

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    179

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Posts posted by Love Home

    What was your biggest curriculum mistake?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    All About Spelling, my daughter just wanted to play with the tiles.

     

    MUS, same as with AAS, she just wanted to play with the blocks.

     

    Costliest mistake was Trail Guide To Learning. I liked this one but the approach brought my daughter to tears. This is the one that made me realize that what I want and what I like, isn't necessarily what will work for my daughter. 

     

    100 EZ Lessons. Where is the hanging myself emoticon? 

     

    Ditto the 100 EZ Lessons.  I hated that book!  It was sooooo painful!

    Answers in Genesis - God's Design for Life

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    I'm thinking about taking a break from Apologia.  Although my dd loves it, I'm not sure how much she's absorbing (plus I would like a little more variety) so I'm thinking about trying AIG next year.  I'm wondering how many chapters per day (or per week) do you usually do.  Can I comfortably finish the three books in one year if I do science three times per week? Thanks!

    Talk to me about spelling programs

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    Check out Rod And Staff Spelling. It begins in grade 2 but it starts very gently and really builds confidence. It's a solid and simple program.

     

    I agree.  I've used it from levels 1-4 and my dd takes about 15 minutes to complete a section.  She does this for three days and then I give her an oral test on the fourth day.  It's quick simple and effective.

    LOF - Please help me to know where to start (would use with R&S)

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    In the case that you describe, you might want to start in the beginning with Apples - the computations will be easy for her, but it's a whole way of thinking about math that, if it clicks, could really rock her world.

     

    I think it starts getting more challenging, in terms of the math, at about Goldfish - that's when they start working with multiplication.

     

    Whatever you decide, I highly recommend getting just one book at first, and seeing how you all like it.  It's not for every kid.  When my older came home from ps in 4th grade, with serious math frustration, we ran through the whole elementary series that year, and she loved it.  My second kid, otoh, is just "meh" about it and actually asked me if we could stop doing it - she finds Fred's guillibility frustrating and all the digressions annoying - she would say, "Can we skip all that extra stuff and just stick to the math?".  My older found Fred sweet and endearing and liked having a bit of everything mixed into her math learning.  Different strokes . . . 

     

    Thanks so much for your reply!!!.  Your post confirmed what I've been thinking - starting at the beginning.  Did you use something else with your older child or use it alone?

    LOF - Please help me to know where to start (would use with R&S)

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    I finally looked over the LOF samples to see what all the buzz was about and they really do look fun.  I think this would be a great math supplement for R&S 5. Has anyone done those two programs together?  Did it work out well?  Also, what book should I start with (this will be for the fifth grade)?  My dd has trouble in math and is easily frustrated so I don't want to add anything that would frustrate her more. Thanks for any help!!

    Lial's BCM, Pre-Algebra compared to Other Pre-Algebra Courses

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    Kareni, thanks for your response!  Does your dh feel that BCM would prepare a student well enough to go right into Alg. 1?

    I'm unfamiliar with the content of BJU's Pre-Algebra so this answer may not help.

     

    My husband (who tutors math and science) has used Lial's Basic College Math and Lial's PreAlgebra with different students. With some students, he moves directly from BCM to Algebra I. With others students, he has moved from BCM to PreAlgebra; this has generally been the case with his younger students. The PreAlgebra book is more meaty in its concepts.  With better prepared students he has used only Lial's PreAlgebra before moving on to Algebra. 

    Regards,
    Kareni

     

    Thinking about going from R&S to Easy Grammar 5

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    Thanks for the replies.  I'm really struggling with this decision because I know how solid R&S is.  I know we can go at half speed next year if we use R&S again, but will she still be frustrated?  But if I use EG I'm concerned about her retention like Upward Journey's kids.  I read other posts where dc didn't retain what they learned in EG.  Sigh....decisions, decisions.

    Thinking about going from R&S to Easy Grammar 5

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    This year I'm doing R&S English 4 with my fourth grader but she is easily frustrated with it.  To tell you the truth she gets easily frustrated with new material in many subjects.  Anyways, I was thinking about using Easy Grammar 5 for fifth and then switching back to R&S for sixth.  How much work is a lesson of EG (2-3 worksheets)?  Is it mostly worksheets or can you do it orally?  We do most of R&S orally except for a few diagramming exercises so I don't want her to feel like she has much more work with EG.  Do you think this is a good plan?  Is EG easier than R&S (without compromising quality)?  Thanks for any feedback!

    confused..homonymes, homophones, homographs and heteronyms

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    Thanks for the replies! :) Nansk, I see that my def. of a homonym was incorrect.  Matryoshka, the chart and diagram really helped. 

     

    This is my updated version, how does this look? -

     

    Homonyms are words that share the same spelling and the same pronunciation, diff meanings.

                               Some homophones and homographs are types of homonyms. 

     

    Homophones are homonyms that have the same sound, different meanings but may or may not be spelled different – rose (flower), rose (past tense of rise)

    Heterograph - a type of homophone (the one that’s not spelled the same) – to, too, two        *(this type of homophone is not a homonym).

     

    Homographs are homonyms that are spelled the same but have different meanings.  They may or may not be pronounced the same. - trunk (of an elephant), trunk (of a car)

    Heteronym - a type of homograph (the one that's not pronounced the same).  Words that have same spelling but different pronunciation - wind (blowing), wind (up the clock)

    * (this type of homograph is not a homonym)

     

    Would it be right then to assume that a word pair such as trunk (of elephant) and trunk (of a car) would be a homograph AND a homophone AND a homonymn?

    confused..homonymes, homophones, homographs and heteronyms

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    I'm finding a lot of conflicting information on the meaning of these words.  This is what I have gathered so far  -

     

    Homonyms are words that share the same spelling OR the same pronunciation OR both.  Homophones and homographs are types of homonyns. 

     

    Homophones are homonyms that have the same sound but different spellings and meanings- to, too, two

     

    Homographs are homonyms that are spelled the same but have different meanings.  They may or may not be pronounced the same. - trunk (of an elephant), trunk (of a car)

     

    Heteronym - a type of homograph (the one that's not pronounced the same).  Words that have same spelling but different pronunciation - wind (blowing), wind (up the clock)

     

    What do you think?  Do I have a correct understanding?

×
×
  • Create New...