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Can you tell me a little more about WWS? What skills is it teaching? Is it as teacher intensive as WWE? Is there dictation?
Thanks!
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We did summer swim team with 3 kids at different times, and it was wonderful. All the extra siblings would play together and the moms would hang out or read books. I loved it!
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DS14 recently took the Stanford Achievement Tests and scored a little low in punctuation. We use MCT for grammar, but I am looking for something he could do over the summer to brush up on punctuation/editing skills. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
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Thank you so much for all of your thoughts...
One other question... what does maintenance realistically look like? I know I won't weigh the exact same each week, but when does it become a concern? At 1 pound over goal or 2 or what? How much variation do you typically see from week to week?
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I have been on weight watchers for about 8 weeks now and am close to my goal weight. Two weeks ago I picked up Gary Taubes book, Why We Get Fat. Now that I have read it, I am really torn and unsure how to proceed.
I have been relatively happy counting my points and exercising and losing weight. According to Gary's book, the underlying weight loss should be attributed to a reduction in carbs (which I have reduced, but certainly come nowhere near eliminating!)
So do I just focus on low carb and bag everything else? Since I am within a pound or two of my goal and headed to maintenance, what does low carb maintenance look like?
I finally lose weight, and now when someone asks me how, I can't even give them a good answer! I though it was "eat-less, exercise-more," but maybe not....
Please help me sort this out....
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DS11 and DD9 are finishing up Paragraph Town (and WWE 4) in the next few weeks. I have done Essay Voyage with their older brother, and I know they are not ready for it. Is there anybody else who has experienced this dilemma? What did you do as a solution?
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DS has been studying geometry in LOF this year. In the past, I have given a final from another curriculum in addition to the one we have used to see how well he can transfer his knowledge. I am having trouble locating a geometry final from another curriculum, and I was wondering if someone could help me out.
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It is one our family's favorites! I don't get sick just thinking about what I am eating when I eat at Chipotle...
It is always crowded, but we usually get a table.
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We went to see it today and loved it. There were so many good conversation starters to discuss things with my kids - character, faith, sacrifice, etc.
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How about Triathlon? It does involve running, but it is not track. My son is a swimmer too, but he also does triathlons. The swimming portion is the hardest part for most triathletes, but it is a piece of cake for a former competitive swimmer. He could still swim some, but not at his current level.
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The west end of Henrico County (outside of Richmond) has excellent public schools.
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DS14 is on round 3 of Algebra I. First he used Foerester, then LOF, and now back to Foerester for review as he takes Geometry. He got an "A" in each one, but I was looking for understanding and automaticity. When I taught Calculus, the students' mistakes were always Algebra I mistakes, thus my zeal...
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I just finished teaching (and testing) this skill in Foerester's Algebra II.....
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I live in 35-40 year old house (in Leawood, KS - you saw my house when you stopped by to buy some curriculum...). We moved here from the east coast about a year ago and downsized in a cash-flow way as well. We still have about the same square footage. We do not feel the house is a money pit at all! On the other hand, we look at it as quality construction that simply needs cosmetic updating, which we enjoy. Plus, we have mature trees ( a HUGE plus for me) and I am close to everything. We don't see it as a "trade-off" at all - we love it!
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BSF is all I can handle... :001_smile: I use it for our Bible curriculum for the kiddos too...
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Just curious - is this Standards or US Ed? We used US Ed. and I don't remember this kind of thing, but I could be blocking it out - youngest is in 5b now. :tongue_smilie:
:iagree: We use Standards Edition, and I don't remember my kids having problems, but I don't remember things quite like I used to...:lol:
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Does anybody else have a student struggling with the translations in Latin for Children C? Today's effort ended in a meltdown so I am trying to get a feel for how others are fairing...:bigear:
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I do appreciate the heads up, and as we move forward with MCT, I will point this out as an error to my dds. But we get too much good out of MCT to ditch it. I have learned so much just using Paragraph Town this year. I tend to use more than one program for most subjects to have different approaches and to benefit from their different strengths. For us, handling this topic incorrectly (and I do agree that it is incorrect to always or even usually indent after a long quote), does not disqualify it for use in our home. Again, I really appreciate having the heads up though so that I can address it when we hit that point. Thank you.
:iagree: I'm with you!
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We did this with our family of 5:
http://www.grandcanyon.org/fieldinstitute/classes_family_meetcanyon.asp
WORTH EVERY PENNY!
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We are dreading, I mean using, the workbook!
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We are on week 19 of WWE4 with DD9 and DS11. They both have gone through all the previous levels. Narrations are fine, but we are all worn out with the long dictations. I have watched SWB's video with her son so I know it can be arduous. We also use MCT for writing and the rest of our language arts. Please, someone, remind why this torture needs to continue...:lol: I am ready to just curl up on the couch for a nice MCT discussion and put this dictation behind us...
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Thanks for the helpful replies. DS wants pre-med so we are not looking at DE or AP for credit. We just want to demonstrate rigor on the transcript.
It sounds like we need to make a list of possible schools and start doing some research on their preferences....
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CAn you tell us this school? It would help other parents who are trying to help their children decide on which schools to apply to (for those with juniors or younger). I think we need a list of schools of shame. I don't have a school name right now but there is one school that my daughter did not apply to specifically because they asked for much more than any other school for homeschoolers. It was a Common Application school and while we would have submitted the homeschool supplement, like we did to many schools, it was for other things that they wanted.
It would be so helpful to us who are early the game (DS is in 8th grade) to know which schools prefer DE vs. AP. Can we put together some sort of list? Any thoughts as to how?
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After doling out a king's ransom for 4 lbs of plain and peanut M&Ms, DS, DD, and I excitedly sat down to do the Black Hole of Calcutta project on p. 133 of the Activity Guide. We dutifully counted out 146 plain M&Ms (representing the people standing) which easily fit into our "prison." We then counted the peanut M&Ms (which represented the people sitting). They were not supposed to fit, but they easily all fit. Needless to say the effect was lost on the kids....they had to settle for just "eating the people" :lol:
So.... have peanut M&Ms gone the way of the half-gallon of ice cream????
Writing with Skill - Beta testers...
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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By teacher-intensive, I meant "am I going to be sitting through more excruciatingly painful dictation sessions with my children." I should have clarified...:001_smile: (I wrote my original post after a particularly arduous dictation session.)
Thanks!