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    FLL2 = Eyes glazing over

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Modify. Skip totally redundant lessons. Double up on the easier ones. Since you're doing this with your kid, you'll know best where he needs review and where he can just spit the rule back at you and move on.

     

    If he can do the lesson blindfolded with an arm tied behind his back, tell him his grammar lesson is over for the day.

     

    When I see "repeat 3 times" I start by asking my kids if they can tell me the definition of verb. If they get it right we move on; if they need review, we say it together a few times and move. Mine all had those definitions down pat long before the book stopped saying we ought to work on them.

     

    Consider the book a tool to use as you see fit, not something that must be adhered to strictly.

     

    exactly, just because it's written doesn't mean you HAVE to sayor do it JUST like that. My kiddo memorizes definitions (and most poems) the first day. after that, i just ask her to tell me and we move on.

    Can I use Phonics Pathways for Spelling?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I asked this question a while ago and someone directed me to this thread http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/showthread.php?t=65708&highlight=spelling+Phonics

     

    I'm still waiting on a real definitive answer. Right now I am using it with my 7yo dd as a phonics review and spelling. We started on pg 50 and are just working through at her pace. She can read well enough, but it's really helping her fluency, speed, and confidence. At the bottom of each page is a box with some words and/or phrases/sentences for dictation/spelling. You could also just pull words from the lists. We've only been at it a week, but so far I am pleased with it. I AM curious to see how it goes when we get to harder stuff. Right now we're only on 4 letter words like sand and milk.

    Feeling overwhelmed with US State Study

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    We are doing this as well. I thought two states was too much to do in a week, so we are just doing one. I think the way you are considering doing it sounds great. We don't do everything exactly the way she lays out, but definitely use it as a starting point. My girls love seeing real pictures of things, so we will look things up on the internet. We did a virtual tour of the White House for that lesson and did an oxidation experiment for the statue of liberty. We aren't doing the tiny little booklets at all, too much tedious cutting. And today we did Delaware, but I didn't want to do the bridge craft. Looks great, but where in the world would I keep that thing? Instead my girls painted peach blossom pictures with watercolors. (of course, my first grader said she didn't use the peach blossom picture, she used her imagination... so her picture was more of a colorful garden. :001_smile: ) We do like to look things up in the atlas and they are enjoying hearing the "If you lived" book. We also added a quarter map. My girls are all into collecting those quarters so I used my 40% off Hobby Lobby coupon and bought the map to put them in. We don't have a big school room so we have no space for an animal wall or a huge map. Instead we are using a notebook for seperating the different animals into families and we have a small map where we put tiny star stickers on the state we "visit". I haven't had them do a state report, We just talk about it. My first grader couldn't fill it all out and my 3rd grader would not want more writing. I might start filling them out myself with their answers just to have it written though. We are combining the two foods from Connecticut and Delaware because while studying Connecticut my 4 month old and I ended up with whooping cough (yay us, vaccinations and all) so that week was a blur) we will have clam chowder and crab cakes hopefully ts week. I have no idea at the end of the year if they will be able to tell me where most of the states are, but for now they are enjoying it because they like fun activities, hands on stuff. Hopefully they remember other stuff too, but mine are so young I figure all of this will be repeated again to them. Would love for them to remember that Delaware was the first state, but right now they might only remember that they liked drinking milk and painting peach blossoms. :001_smile:

     

    check out this site for your quarters activities: http://www.usmint.gov/kids/coinNews/50sq/

    For those that ease into the new year instead of "going all in" could you share

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    we ease in for 2 weeks before our "official start" date because we're coming off of 2 weeks of Daddy being home- which means little structure and random bedtimes. i know the first week, at least, after he goes back to work is behavior hell- rotten attitudes, disobedience, the whole shebang. we start with some to begin getting back into a routine and keep them busy, but not overwhelmed. I don't have a schedule that I add things in, just whenever I feel they're ready. We're supposed to start full force tomorrow, but we still don't have all our curric. Grrr... Anyway the thing that's made the biggest difference for us this year is a morning basket. I had never heard of one before the thread a while back but thought it sounded like a wonderful, gentle way to ease into learning each day. I has worked miracles. It gets all my kids to the table without fuss, they listen and participate, we get all our "electives" out of the way, and they're ready to start the "real" stuff. It's seriously worked miracles here. I'm still in shock. And because of it, I'm really excited for the rest of the year. :)

    Yawing?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    oh my gosh, I do this too. And I hate reading out loud already. This just makes it even worse. It's so annoying. :glare: Maybe I'll have to try standing while I read and see if that helps.

     

    I always yawn when I read a loud! Goodness, I am yawning right now just thinking about it! Read a louds are a tough one for me!

    :D

     

    Ugggh. I do this too. It's a big part of the reason why I HATE to read aloud.

     

    ME, TOO!!! ME, TOO!!! ME, TOO!!! to all of the above! so glad i'm not alone.

     

    So what do you all do? i tend to just avoid reading aloud, but really want to. :confused:

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