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  1. My son is currently attending a classical school and will be in 6th grade this year. His school uses Saxon which has not worked for him (bored out of his mind). In the middle of 5th grade last year, we pulled him out of Saxon and homeschooled him just in math using Singapore. We plan to start him in 6A when school starts. He seems to have the aptitude to begin Algebra I in 7th. We do plan to homeschool him full time in 7th grade. In preparation for all of this in 7th grade, we want to make sure we have all algebra prerequisites down cold this year. Does anybody have a list of pre-algebra "must-do's"? What about an assesment to make sure he is ready for Algebra? I just want to make sure we don't have any blind spots in the basics that will come back to haunt us later. Should we supplement the SM? Any and all suggestions would be most appreciated. Thanks!
  2. I teach Alg II and Precalculus and the only way I found to get by was MathType 6.0. It really is handy-dandy...
  3. I heard that last night too and started cracking up. My husband was in the room but not paying attention so I had had to relay the comment to him. We both had a good laugh over that brilliant statement...
  4. Is there a good website for kids to practice math facts? Thanks!
  5. We were all jumping around the den like crazy people - we are still talking about it non-stop today!
  6. It seems that a lot of SM users also use CWP but go down a level? Am I reading that correctly? Could someone give some insight into that thinking?
  7. We are so swim crazy that I just put my DS11 and DS8 to bed at midnight so that they could watch it all!
  8. I will be teaching the VP online Algebra II class this year and all three of my kids swim all year - does that count??
  9. I have a son who wants to be a doctor. In preparation, I was thinking about having him study "regular" high school biology in 8th, "regular" high school chemistry in 9th and then repeat those classes at the AP level in 10th and 11th. He would then take physics in 12th. Or should I shift those down a grade to get in an anatomy course? Has anybody done this before?. Is there a better way? I am open to (lots) of suggestions! Thanks!
  10. I am HS DD7 for the first time this year - this is such a big help!
  11. I am new to HS this year with DD7. I had not thought about incorporating logic stuff yet, but I am intrigued by this thread! Would any more experienced HS be willing to share their thoughts on this topic?
  12. Thank you, thank you, thank you for this list. We have an avid reader too!
  13. I am amazed and overwhelmed with the amount of information on this forum, but I can't process it all at once! Is there anyway to bookmark a post or save it in some way for future reference? Is there an easy way to print Thanks!
  14. Thanks OElizabeth - I found the VP/SOTW correlation. Her school begins cursive handwriting in K so she has got that under her belt, I just need to maintain... I had no idea about Shurley being somewhat skippable! Thanks so much... Her indoctrination to SRW was complete at school - her teacher did a fine job and she reads well. I am not sure whether she would be advanced for writing or not. The school does do IEW and Imitation in Writing from Logos, but not until 3rd it seems. Would FFL2 and WWE2 be too easy? Yikes - what to do?? Thanks for all of your input!
  15. We have decided to homeschool DD7 this school year (2nd grade). She was previously schooled in a local Classical school for K and 1 and her brothers DS11 and DS8 are continuting there this school year. We are planning to reenroll her in 3rd grade next year. Some of our curriculum choices have been somewhat dictated by what she is already familiar with and because of what she will be returning to in 3rd grade. Soooo, I could really use some feedback.. Math - Singapore 2A/2B - need a supplement for math facts - any suggestions? History - Veritas Press (used in her school), but would like to read SOTW 1 along with it Bible - VP Spelling - Spell to Write and Read (used at her school) Grammar - Shurley (used at her school) Reading/Writing, etc. - would like to use FLL2 and WWE although I think there will be overlap with STWR and Shurley, which I feel obligated to use so that she will be able to integrate back into her school next year. Any thoughts here would be appreciated! Science - not sure yet. I am waiting to hear what units will be used in her school for second grade and then just read a lot of books on that subject matter. I am a math/science person, but can't get overly excited about science for second grade. I really just want to get reading, writing and math down solid. Thanks!
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