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Omigosh, this is incredibly helpful. Thank you SO much!!!I know, right? She is awesome! :001_smile:I want to say she might be my new best friend. This was so wonderful to come across tonight. I was ready to put together the list tonight and searched for MSC to see if anyone had any suggestions for good deals on where to buy stuff. Never imagined I'd hit the jackpot like this!
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I would like to do some "fun" lit this yeat along with and replacing some or most of the TOG lit. My oldest is a voracious reader (400 pages a day is nothing if he likes it). Thinking maybe adding in kidnapped, Lord of the rings (he is reading fotr as we speak), and 451 farenheit, etc. even though they don't jive with the time period....
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Has anyone done the TOG History (core and in depth), geography and arts/activities but used Veritas Literature?
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What an awesome thread!!!
Thank you SOOOO much for doing this. I am :hurray: for Inquiry in Action & Middle School Chemistry for next year!
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1. Does anyone know the "edits" Memoria Press has done to FMotMA, and if so have any opinions on them?
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2. Has anyone combined the Memoria Press FMotMA workbook and flashcards with TOG year 2?
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We used a cornish hen and followed the instructions in SOTW exactly. 2.5 years later our cornish mummy is still perfectly mummified and 100% smell free. One of our favorite projects EVER!
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We added them to the end of RS B 2 to 3 times a week after the initial introduction in the book...
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What wonderful lists. We have mostly "boy" books here as my husband and I and my 11-year are sci-fi/fantasy nuts but my 7yr old daughter is not. I have never heard of many of these, and simply forgotten about others.
Thanks so much for asking this question :)
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We adore ccprose's audio books on youtube. We listen Bluetooth to the truck speakers from my iPhone on our way to extracurriculars each week.
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As a Botanist (BS) and Forester (MS), I would say that all you need to make exploring flower dissection (and observing super cool leaf structures too) a blast is a hand lens (like the type coin collectors use) and a pair of regular tweezers :) Kids really get into it as well!!!!
There are lots of questions they can figure out....
-inferior ovary vs superior ovary (think apple or squash where the flower is on top of the fruit vs. blueberry where it is on the bottom);
-is it a female, male or complete flower (both male & female part in the same flower)?
-number of sepals
-number of petals,
-based on what you see do you think it is wind pollinated or animal pollinated, etc.
These are all easy things for even very young kids to determine and race one another to figure out.
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Zaner Bloser handwriting!!! Finally, a handwriting program everyone in my house doesn't complain about (HWT was a total flop for us :001_huh:)
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We used Getting Started with Latin for 4th & 5th grade and LOVED IT!!!! Can't recommend it highly enough. We took two years because we only did it twice a week and did 1 review and 1 new each session.
I don't think my 2nd & 3rd grader would be ready for it yet, only because 1 - they are just getting to be strong English readers and 2 - the terminology (diclensions, tense, etc.) I think would cause mental meltdowns. But that's JM2CW :)
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We are going to use http://www.middleschoolscience.org :)
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Thanks again! I think I will start with GSWL as I could use the extra hand-holding. Lively Latin sounds perfect, especially for my youngest. Would LL work after GSWL?
From there, I'll have to go through the other recommendations. I love this board. Thank you all!
We took 2 years to do GSWL. Example of how we did it,
Day 101 - Do Lesson 100 independently, Do Lesson 101 listening to the lesson mp3.
Day 102 - Do Lesson 101 independently, Do Lesson 102 listening to the lesson mp3
We are moving on to GSWS and Lively Latin next year.
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5th, 2nd & 1st
Hits
MBTP 9-11 Colonization, The Cay & the Sea Life Units - DS 10 adored these
Getting Started with Latin
RightStart Math B
Zaner Bloser 1 & 2c
Zaner Bloser Spelling 2
Reading Eggs - LOVED
Explode the Code
Right Into Reading - until we unexplicably LOST the book :s
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Growing Up Heroic from Duke TIP - it's OK but I wish it gave more guidance for the Mentor, will be finishing next year and we'll see how he does with it
SOTW 3 - we LOVED SOTW 1 & 2 and enjoyed the first 1/3 or so of 3, just got kind of boring after Catherine the Great
Misses
LLATL Blue, Red & Tan - We tried SOOOO hard, but no one liked it and I am not a fan of constant cutting :(
MBTP 6-8 - tried several units but it just didn't resonate with my guys
MBTP 9-11 - Witch of Blackbird Pond Unit
A note about MBTP - we have used MBTP 9-11 for 2 years and many of the units DS LOVED!! But after 2 years he got bored and seemed to get slower and slower so we just dropped it after Christmas this year and did not start the last couple of units. We may pick it up again in the future....
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My oldest has done accelerated Math 3, 4, 5 & 6 from EPGY thru JHU CTY and they are awesome!!
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Both are good fits for their personalities.
would you mind elaborating....
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After my 2nd grader finishedGSwL, we began LL 1 in 3rd grade. We've completed one page/day (skipped the history), and we came close to finishing. Toward the end of the book, we've slowed down. Next year, we will review BB1 and finish what we didn't get to this year because I'm in no hurry to race into BB2. LL1 has been great. Ds has really enjoyed it. He enjoyed GSwL as well.For 6th grade following GSWL, I'd start any significant middle school or high school program - maybe LNM. Henle would work too; Wheelock might be too much for 6th. GSWL is such a great intro that paves the way for an easy adjustment to a heavy-duty grammar and translation program.
At this point, with a middle school student having done GSWL, I would not bother with the elementary level programs.
Thanks guys. Will look at both. He has loved GSWL and I am hoping that GSWS will be just as good of a basic intro.
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Spent 4th and 5th doing Getting Started with Latin. Plan to do Getting Started with Spanish next year but don't want to quit with Latin so that he can read in Latin by high school. Suggestions on where to go next? It's hard to figure out where we would fit in the other curricula...
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Book 3 really focuses on colonization, the east and france for the first half. I would go with Book 2.
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I'm one of those gifted lazy types. So is DS11. My word he's lazy! Its like looking in a mirror (one of the Universe's little jokes). Writing by formula only makes us lazier and less creative (beautifully illustrated by all my essays on metaphysical poetry in year 12).
You could try debating as a way of making him structure his thoughts, research and arguments. Highly appealing to lazies as you don't have to write much. You can get by with writing only memory joggers, and you learn to construct cohesive arguments in your head, which makes timed high school level essay writing a breeze. And he can stand-up and wander around a bit while he's doing it. Film him if he'll let you. If you pick something he's really passionate about, he may just blow you away. If he can blow himself away as well, you might ignite a real fire in him. Remember, at this stage learning to write is a means to an end, not the end in itself and much of the progress is maturity related (I may just be typing this for myself, so take it with a grain of salt:001_smile:)
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Thanks for the idea. Especially for your last sentence :) I think we get so caught up in what to do next that we (and by we I mean me) lose sight of that a lot.
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BTW, does anyone have experience with Duke TIP's "The Writer's Journey?"
Getting Ready to Order SWR - What do I REALLY need....
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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Getting ready to purchase Spell to Write and Read for a 6th grader who is going to start at Level M, a 3rd grader reading/spelling a year behind and a 2nd grader reading way ahead but spelling at grade level (haven't given the younger 2 the test yet).
If you have used SWR, please share what you purchased, whether you would purchase again, and what you wished you had/had not purchased. Don't want to spend more than I have to and there are so many supplemental items....
TIA!