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Haven't passed the buy buy buy stage yet...
You are supposed to get past it? Nobody told me ;) I have been doing this for 20 years and still find amazing things here all.the.time. Good luck!
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:grouphug: and many prayers! Looked at the caringbridge link - what a sweet boy. I am so sorry for what he is going through. Poor little guy.
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The Revenge of Ishtar is $14.96 at Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Revenge-Ishtar-Gilgamesh-Trilogy/dp/0887763154/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1
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That actually lived up to every bit of the hype.
Are you sure she is not a spokesman for the Kraft company? Or maybe she has a family member who works for them so she gets free samples? That was a strange and random dinner.
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One of these days, I swear I'm going to write an LDS based curriculum that's rigorous and mainstream.
You should. You do it and the rest of us will supply input and testing. :) Between all of us WTM people we could really pull off something great I think. I don't think people at TJEd or Kimber or School of Abraham (or whatever it is called) have any idea what they are missing. Almost everything discussed here is sooooo much more rigorous.
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I used the I Love America stuff a really long time ago with my bigger kids. It was fine. Not particularly deep. I haven't used anything else but I was going to just say if you like Skousen you will feel at home and then I thought I better go look at the website to see if I am remembering correctly. Looking at Dr. Kimber's biography - his wife is a Skousen. Guess I was remembering correctly ;)
A lot of LDS people around here were kind of excited about 15 years ago. I didn't know they were still chugging along, actually. It just never excited me. I can add the truths of the gospel to the curriculum all by myself, thanks, and do it with a much stronger curriculum.
eta: they are definitely not Thomas Jefferson Education but it has that same patriotic flavor - just with more actual curriculum and a real doctorate, lol.
edited again to add: never mind - his doctorate is from George Wythe College/University/Whatever as well...
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We just back up everything with Carbonite.
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I agree with the pp about Gary Taubes Why We Get Fat and What To Do About It. It will change your life. Also, Maria Emmerich's The Art of Healthy Eating and The Secrets to a Healthy Metabolism.
They are all excellent and, be forwarned, exactly opposite of everything you are doing! But it sounds like what you are doing isn't working so I would definitely get your hands on these books...they will change your life.
Thanks for those Maria Emmerich suggestions (already read the Taube book). I am in the same boat as the op - walking 4 miles a day, M-F, and eating fairly sensibly and actually gaining weight! At this point I blame menopause but I am open to other solutions :)
Mostly just commenting to subscribe and see what everyone else has to say...
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I am not sure what to think. It went from 34.28 to 56.49 in about 46 hours. It didn't double. But it didn't rise as little as it did when I had my last ectopic. I am thinking of this as kind of inconclusive and I'm going to call dr again in AM and ask them to repeat it again tomorrow.
:grouphug: Sorry about this roller coaster ride you are on. It was 9 years and many negative HPTs thrown at the wall in frustration before I had my youngest. Prayers for some peace for you! Whatever happens I hope you find out one way or the other soon so you can celebrate or start planning the next try. I am hoping for the celebration ;)
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I love that so many diverse faiths are answering in pretty much the same way and I learn so much here from various denominations. From an LDS perspective I would add that it is more than just not believing, but receiving a sure witness from the Holy Ghost and then actively rejecting and fighting against that witness. It is a sin that not many people will be held accountable for.
This from Heather's link: Many people fear they have committed some sin that God cannot or will not forgive, and they feel there is no hope for them, no matter what they do. Satan would like nothing better than to keep us laboring under this misconception.
And this from LDS General Conference talk given in April: I do not know who in this vast audience today may need to hear the message of forgiveness inherent in this parable, but however late you think you are, however many chances you think you have missed, however many mistakes you feel you have made or talents you think you don’t have, or however far from home and family and God you feel you have traveled, I testify that you have not traveled beyond the reach of divine love. It is not possible for you to sink lower than the infinite light of Christ’s Atonement shines.
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BTW, I just love your avatar. Makes me wish I was there. :)
Sigh...me, too.
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This is the K-8 board :tongue_smilie:
:lol:
Sorry - you are right. I just hit new posts and read away.
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Welcome!
Have you read The Well Trained Mind?
And, this forum is better than any book :) I think if you go to the K-8 board and start asking more specific questions and letting people know what kind of kid you have and what your goals are you will find enough answers to keep you busy for a very long time.
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Good items to consider!
Which is the best handbook, do you think, for someone who needs it to be as clear and precise as possible.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393928373/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
http://www.amazon.com/Literary-Terms-Handbook-Easy-Use/dp/1937166112/ref=pd_sim_b_67
Is this going to the be similar to the one above? I was able to get this one from the library, but not the above.
I have Essential Literary Terms (the first one on your list, I think) and it is more than just a dictionary of terms. The explanations are quite in depth and there are exercises to go with many of the topics.
I compared the Literary Terms book (the Sunflower one) and ELT on a random topic (irony) and there is no comparison really. The Sunflower one had a couple of simple paragraphs about irony and then you were supposed to write answers to a couple shallow questions not directly linked to really learning about irony and then write a paragraph using irony. It didn't seem particulary helpful. ELT has 4 1/2 pages explaining and giving examples of different kinds of irony and then questions about defining the types of irony, explain what type applies to a passage, describe the effects/feelings/impressions created by irony in 15 passages from classic literature, and then some advanced in depth discussions from longer passages.
ELT is not for youngsters, I use it for my own background understanding but the Sunflowers book doesn't look very useful for anyone.
For my own background knowledge, as a dictionary I have the 3rd edition of Handbook to Literature by Holman and The Book of Literary Terms by Turco in addition to ELT and the books I mentioned in the previous post.
The 3rd book on the list looks like it is directed to teachers - how to teach a class about literary analysis, kind of?
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Thank heavens I'm not the only one. We have done formal logic here - don't have any problem with it but I am having to scramble to understand the terminology of propositional logic on my own. I have found a couple of websites and I already have a book on my Kindle but I agree that it seems like just being dumped into the middle of something with no background info. I got to problem 2.something and thought I understood but tried every answer that made sense to me and still got it wrong after six tries. I am not going to quit but this is definitely not introduction to logic. It should be called "Dive Head First into Propositional Logic without a Life Jacket - Hope you can Swim". :001_huh:
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:lol: Really! How are we expected to cope with life with that going on, no matter how useful it is.
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Wow. It looks great! Thanks for sharing all your accumulated information.
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IKR! All I've got is this:
I was standing in my garage talking on the phone and watched the lady across the street come out of her garage, get in her car, drive 2 houses down, go inside and get a hamper full of clothes and come back to her house. So now I'm intrigued! Why is she doing the neighbor's laundry?
Maybe you missed the first half of the transaction and she is, ahem, "borrowing" the neighbors washer and dryer to do her own laundry?
It is depressing to come here - my life and neighborhood are soooo boring. I am starting to look for weirdness. I got nuthin'. Unless the weirdness is me...:001_huh::lol:
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:iagree: The points above have been my experience as well.
The Let's Play Math blog has a study/discussion going on right now based on a teacher's book that uses Singapore math. Liping Ma was involved in the creation of the book. (Sorry, I don't have it in front of me and am on my phone so I can't link it). I think the book being used in the study is much better at teaching how to teach math. It is worth a look.
Most of what I saw on the Let's Play Math blog was about Liping Ma's book and Profound Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics PUFM 1.0, PUFM 1.1 etc). They did take some quotes from a book used to teach education majors how to teach math and relies on the Singapore books - Elementary Mathematics for Teachers. There is also Elementary Geometry for Teachers. They are good books about the basics of understanding and teaching math.
If that isn't what you were referring to, I would love to find out what it was.
And, for anyone looking for a more in depth book about teaching math to elementary students, I would recommend Understanding Numbers in Elementary School Mathematics by Hung-Hsi Wu or articles from his website - http://math.berkeley.edu/~wu/
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Reading Strands
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And a list of random books I have accumulated over the years:
Awesome Hands-On Activities for Teaching Literary Elements (4-8), Scholastic
Figuratively Speaking (5-8), The Learning Works
Figurative Language (5-8), Educational Impressions
Independent Reading Management Kit: Literary Elements, (4-8), Scholastic
Teaching Literary Elements (4-8), Scholastic
Teaching Literary Elements with Picture Books (4-8), Scholastic
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Sur la Table? I don't have this silicone pan but I have ordered a lot from them over the years and can always find whatever odd stuff I want. This is the only straight sided one I found -
http://www.surlatable.com/product/PRO-612424/de-Buyer-Elastomoule-Silicone-Muffin-Mold
:lol: A little pricey but I think I want one now...there are a lot of things I could use this for besides muffins...
BakeDeco has them as well, but I have never ordered from there.
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I tested this morning and negative.
:sad: Sorry.
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I have paid a lot of medical bills and NO other accounting offices make sloppy mistakes like that.
Then you have been fortunate. My doctor's office makes sloppy mistakes like that all the time. And that is all it is, just sloppiness. Sometimes I feel like I should get a discount for doing their job for them. I have talked (whined) to friends about it and many have had similar experiences. We loved our doctor but the staff, no so much. It happened with our dentist as well. We once got a bill, in December, for a whole years worth of services all at once after I had been inquiring about not getting bills for appointments.
LDS Moms--have you heard of this?
in General Education Discussion Board
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Definitely not all in one - I have never been a fan of that no matter who publishes it. I would enjoy, I think, a history curriculum from an LDS perspective and that included Church history stuff. I think an LDS oriented dictation/narration book might be nice - like Living Memory but Articles of Faith instead of catechism, etc. I dunno - I just get tired sometimes of correcting some of the missing or wrong information about who we are and why we are here and the flow of history and meaning of events. We spend a lot of time with me making asides and yakking away when we study ancient America. I spend more time elaborating than actually reading. I don't want it to teach religion, I just want a rigorous curriculum that has the right perspective and feel. Language arts stuff that asked literary analysis questions from an LDS perspective on morality. I just sometimes want something written in the language and terminology and tone of voice and perspective that I am familiar with.
I do have one book I love, and others might not have seen (or maybe I am just out of the loop and you all own it already) - Joseph Smith's America: His Life and Times. It puts Joseph Smith in the middle of American history events. What was going on in his life and in Church history relative to world events. It is a very professional, nicely done, coffee table kind of book.