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If you wanted another good book on the depression, here are some books my kids enjoyed - most are Newbery winner or honor books:
Esperanza Rising, By Ryan, Pam Muñoz
Blue Willow, By Gates, Doris
Thimble Summer, By Enright, Elizabeth
Strawberry Girl, By Lenski, Lois
Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry, By Taylor, Mildred
A Long Way from Chicago, By Peck, Richard
Just found my copy of Blue Willow, but it's falling apart. I have Esperanza Rising, Strawberry Girl, and Thimble Summer, as well. Roll of Thunder is in my attic. Box 6, says LibraryThing.
You know, it's so strange. I have collected these books for years, because I knew they were quality literature. Most of them I purchased when I was teaching and wanted them for my students, and of course, public schools don't teach history the way classical homeschoolers do. I read so many of these books without the mindset of slotting them into the larger tapestry of human history, unless they were obviously and overtly designed to be period novels. The four year history rotation has changed how I experience literature.
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I also love Gary Schmidt's Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy. It was a Newbery honor book and Printz award winner
Ooh, I forgot about that one. I have it.
That's a pretty strong endorsement of Watsons. Nice to know the author's POV.
Bud, Not Buddy might be a good substitute for Out of the Dust. Hmmm.
Laura, the Stuarts do tend to stand out in our minds, though I confess that this may be in part due to my enjoyment of Monty Python's Oliver Cromwell song. The gothic feel of the novel appeals to me. We don't have anything else like that on our list.
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We've read Narnia up to The Horse and His Boy, NIMH, and Five Children and It.
matroyshka, you're right. I looked back at Out of the Dust and realized I'd forgotten how intense it is. I'm going to try to put another Hesse on there. She's a favorite of mine. Why didn't I think of Stowaway this past year, though? Poo.
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Has he read Half-Magic? That's a great little book. The first chapter always makes me cry. Kids who love the library! Wah!!
Frindle is really, really boring. So I would nix that one.
Sarah Plain and Tall is about a 10 (ok, maybe 30 minute) read aloud. I am not a fan of Lucy Whipple, either. ;)
I would add Babe, The Gallant Pig to that list if you haven't read it. Also, Matilda and other Dahl books.
I can think of other wonderful books as well, but I am thinking you have reasons for choosing these? I can see the Lucy Wipple/ Sarah Plan and Tall connection...but how does The Mixed -Up Files fit in there? (Love that book, btw)
Children of The Long House is wonderful, btw, and would fit in with an American History theme.
Whoa, now back off Frindle, man. Also, I love Lucy Whipple. I love Karen Cushman, actually. I met her once, and she's lovely. She autographed a copy of Lucy Whipple for me to give to my sister, who was Lucy's age and moving to California against her will. Turns out, Karen Cushman wrote the book because she moved to California at that age, and didn't want to go, either.
We have done Half Magic, Babe, and many Dahl books, including Matilda. Mixed Up Files basically fits in there because I want it to, the way Moorchild might fit in to a Medieval rotation, based on setting rather than content. :001_smile: If I forgot to put The Wright Three in there, that's basically why it's in there, too.
I just almost approved one of those Asian porn comments on my blog b/c it said, "Quality is better than quantity" and I thought it was a comment about the list. :lol:
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If you've got time to kill or like this sort of thing, come help me rule some books in/out, would you please?
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I explained to her a bit about Classical Education, particularly how it dealt with history and how excited I was for DD to start learning about ancient times in 1st grade, and she said "At this age she really should be learning about her community" (i.e. social studies) I said yes, she'd be learning that too, in addition to world history. She just said to make sure I don't try teaching her things that are "beyond her level". :tongue_smilie:
I wrote a big ranty blog post about the "community" thing once. As a public school teacher, a lot of the WTM looked over the top to me once, too. I can't believe how much more doable it seems now.
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OK, y'all have to tell. None of you live near me anyway, so it's not like I'm going to scoop you on pencils. It's all your fault anyway. I didn't like them when I opened the package, but then I sharpened them with my own sharpener, and now I love them.
You're the reason I'm now paranoid about shutting the toilet lid when I flush, too. :glare:;)
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I'm in major organizing mode right now and don't have updated pictures, but here's a post of our new art and writing tables. I just got a bunch of Prismacolor markers, Derwent pencils, etc...
Angela, where on Lakeshore's site did you find those rainbow blank books? I've searched journals, blank, blank books, etc. and can't find them.
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When is the sale at Dollar Tree, usually? B/c I clearly know more about it than the store employees. Do I have to go back every single week when the truck comes, or do y'all have more details?
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Ooh, I've been eying those. Does this mean we all need to try them together? Hmmm...
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Speed is definitely the biggest con. We actually like it quite a lot, other than that. OTOH, once the kids are actually up to speed, you know they have automaticity.
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Ooh! I forgot how many kids you have. That's some serious assembly line cooking there, and I'm very impressed. I hope other people have ideas to add to the pile. We usually do do cold cereal here, and/or yogurt and fruit; at least, in the hot weather. Once it turns cool I bake more, and then I'm mostly looking for whole grain recipes, but I've been thinking about breakfast burritos for a while. So, you take them out the night before, and they go in the oven in the morning? They don't get soggy? How long/what temp. do you reheat?
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Start here:
Most reputable companies use the Sassie scheduling system. Also, stick with the ones that give you bang for the buck. No $15 McDonald's shops!
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Things we've done:
perform at a retirement/assisted living home
assist in local cleanup efforts
run an annual MLK Day food drive at our church
tag monarchs for monarchwatch
volunteer in various ways at our church; my oldest frequently helps with coffee hour preparation. All of my children help to set up the RE classrooms regularly
go door to door on behalf of a candidate during election season
I'll come back if/when I think of more. We've been trying to get involved in local conservation efforts, such as the "purple project", which raises beetles that eat invasive purple loosestrife plants, but many of those are geared towards children older than mine.
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Well, y'all were right. Ray said he's mailing it today, so I'll keep an eye out for it and update the thread when I've looked at it.
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I started seeing them at tutoring, and just when I thought, "Hopefully, my kids won't catch wind of these," some kid gave them some at church. Which was very sweet, but darn. They're non-recyclable (around here, anyway) silicone, and they're relatively expensive when you add in the "collect them" factor. Ironically, I hear tell they were originally invented as an alternative rubber band that people would be less likely to throw away b/c it was so cute, so they were actually supposed to prevent waste, not cause it. I guess this is when my crunchy-mama comes out, like sometimes the cc comes to the forefront in discussions. I hate trendy, disposable stuff...all I can see is the landfill it's bound for. In my head, it's emblematic of a certain type of culture I dislike (think suburbanites as presented in Over the Hedge), so at best I react like the students I tutor from Myanmar, who laugh and ask if Americans use GPS devices after they get out of their cars, too, so they don't get lost between their cars and their houses. At worst, I feel depressed.
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I am ordering Book 1 to preview. If it seems like the right thing, right now, I'll go on and order the rest of the materials. The CD seems really expensive. I know me, though, and I need the audio.
I continue to welcome any opinions on this topic! I really appreciate the input!
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Yeah, but it says this on the site:
You can also choose anything at Galore Park Books, Scholastic UK, or Harper Collins UK Same 20%-Off, Free Shipping, and No Sales Tax. Email me now through midnight Sunday, August 8, 2010, I'll confirm everything, you can mail a check, and you'll receive your Horrible Books in Early-September. -
Right this second, I have to do one or the other. Ray is offering sale prices and free shipping, but the text would still not get here until September...at that point, if LP doesn't seem like the right thing, Catherine's sales will likely be over, so I'll pay twenty dollars more for BB2.
OTOH, if I go ahead and order BB2, and end up not using it, I can't really return it. And then I'd have to shell out for the rest of the materials for Latin Prep to accompany the text I'd bought to show ds. Sigh.
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So, BBoLL2, then Latin Prep, then Wheelock's, *then* the Aeneid? Or Latin Prep 1 starting now and working slowly, so that we'll be able to do Wheelock's in time to do the Aeneid in hs?
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Ok, that makes sense. Now, can anyone speak to the idea that Latin Prep is reminiscent of MCT in terms of how it gets at the underlying genius of the subject? Because that statement gave me pause. We use MCT, and are having a very good experience with it. That's about the only thing that could make me switch, at this point.
Oh, and here's another question. After which volume of Latin Prep would you say a student is prepared for the National Latin Exam? After Latin Prep 3, would a student be ready to read, say, the Aeneid in hs?
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Ok, that makes sense. Now, can anyone speak to the idea that Latin Prep is reminiscent of MCT in terms of how it gets at the underlying genius of the subject? Because that statement gave me pause. We use MCT, and are having a very good experience with it. That's about the only thing that could make me switch, at this point.
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Ds8 (who will be nine in a few weeks) is finishing up BBofLL1. LL tends to be a love-it-or-hate-it curriculum, but we love it. All of it...derivatives, history, mapwork, etc.. I had planned to just launch into the second Big Book, until I noticed that a blogger with similar tastes in curriculum had gone to Latin Prep instead (with a 9 y.o.). I had been thinking of Latin Prep as something that might be an option later...now I'm wondering if there's enough overlap that I need to choose one or the other. So, this person very kindly talked me through her reasons, but it would be really, really terrific if anyone who has used the BBofLL2, or anyone who has an opinion, frankly, would weigh in on this. I was planning to order on Thursday...it's one of those "periodic paycheck" situations where I just want to get this done before the money gets sucked into household expenses.
Anybody want to weigh in on some fictional reading list decisions for a 4th grader?
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Why, thank you, I think I will! :D
Have I mentioned my deep and abiding loathing for Phantom Tollbooth? :leaving: