LunaLee
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Yes I would never expect dd to read Patriots as her stand alone text, she would drowned in it, but I figure we can read it aloud together taking two weeks for a chapter (since we are essentially starting at Reconstruction).
I loved Hakim, and would love it if dd would use it, but the pages are too distracting for her; we tried it in 8th grade.
Thanks, I'll check out Hippocampus. I have Discovery Streaming and plan on throwing in some videos from there. Plus, I am getting that free Story of US DVD from A&E or History channel, I can't remember which one...
I'm off to re-read Passion for the Past in hopes that it will ignite my passion for history. :)
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Oh, and since you are just starting out, and esp. since you are dreading it, get ahold of material by James Loewen http://sundown.afro.illinois.edu/ I just read Teaching What Really Happened. It really calls into question what we as a nation are teaching our kids about American history by depending on textbook publishers.
Yes, I read one of the other books James Loewen recommends: A Passion for the Past by James A. Percoco and I remember being really excited about history then. Maybe I need to re-read it. Actually, I think I am just getting to caught up in the spine. It is a textbook, because dd happens to like textbooks, but maybe I just need to take a break and come back to it.
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This one:
With readings from A Patriots History of the United States.
I suppose it will be ok, maybe I'm just being schlumpy...
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and as I am beginning to work through the book and make assignments, I am really beginning not to like it. The content is getting on my nerves and well, the whole thing just seems boring...:glare: Ugh...
Thanks for letting me share...
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Okay this may seem really basic, but uh, how do I teach dd to write one of these? It was never taught to her or required in any of her oursourced English classes or when she was at PS. Is it multiple paragraphs, like a real essay or just one really detailed paragraph that answers the question.
An example would be:
What factors determined the party affiliation of American voters in the period of 1876-1900?
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Okay really it looks pretty typical for a ps, even a "good" one. It's obviously block scheduling and it does not appear that this student is on a college track. The health and keyboarding is probably a combo class- like they used to do with drivers ed. Theater arts probably meets his VAPA (visual and performing arts) requirments, Geography/State studies is history, because most ps don't do an actual "history" class until 10th grade and then it's one year of World History. The years worth of PE is probably because he is on the school football team.
DD's 10th grade ps (also a top notch school) schedule was similar:
Term 1
Spanish I
English II
Agricultural Science
PE
Term II (before she came home)
Keyboarding/Drivers ED
Drawing (originally was supposed to be Biology but the counselor advised her that Ag was good enough for a life science-which it was, but not for the college track)
World History
Geometry
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Okay, I agree that those words are too hard for a kinder, but my son did get a test like this at the end of his kindergarten year in ps. His teacher called it a "monster" test because the first word the kids were given was monster followed by about 5 more equally long/difficult words. She said that they didn't expect the dc to be able to spell the words, but gave some other reason why the give the test. Something about hearing the phonics and translating it to paper.
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Starbucks or Barnes & Noble.
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:glare: I went to Big Lots today and they only had one left...So I settled for the $3 filing crates in white, which in the long run will probably work better for us anyways.
Wooly, I hope you called them first to make sure they had some. :001_smile:
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Ooohhh thanks, I think... These are exactly what I've been looking for. I guess I'll be headed to big lots in the am.
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My dad's favorite:
"Got more (insert whatever) than Carter's got liver pills."
And as long as you say "Bless her/his her heart..." at the end, everything is always ok.
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Jealous... But will do the Happy Dance with you.:party:
Oh jeez, I just know the Fly-By-The-Seat-Of-Your-Pants and Do-THe-Next-Thing Camps are shaking their head at us...:001_smile: But I just keep telling myself something I saw on Aubrey's sig "I can't help it, I was made this way..."
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Or...if you have a lot of room and an Ikea close, you can do this:
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40116070
with a desk on each side of the shelf for about $200. You could even put a nice backer on each half the bookshelves (one on each side) as kind of a divider.
I have the close Ikea, but not the room.:crying:
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That's great to hear. He seems like a really approachable guy who really wants people to understand chemistry and I'll be looking forward to his response.
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Thanks, I did email him about this and asked him some other questions, like is the 3ed. study guide & lab manual compatible with the 4ed, and I got an automated response with and access code to the teacher resource page. However, there wasn't an answer to any of my questions, so I don't know if his only response will be the access code or is a more detailed response forthcoming.
I'll probably end up getting the CD and instructors manual anyway.
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I don't know how it works for stretchmarks, but I got some for my Nonny when she had her mastectomy for the scarring, and I tell you what, she ended up using it on her face 'cuz it made her skin soooooo soft. I'd grab a little when I'd visit and it really was amazing stuff.
For stretchmarks I used, and got for my dd's bOOks, the Palmer's Stretch Mark cream. It works, it's really inexpensive and you can get it at Wal-Mart.
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You are most welcome.;)
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Well, it is a "get to the point" course, but it's like a text book: Here's your vocabulary, read the selection, answer the questions, rinse and repeat. There is a Teachers Guide, which I think is basically just the answers to the questions, a seperate workbook/answer key which is more fill in the blanks stuff, and a test booklet.
So if she didn't like the concept of a textbook, she probably won't like this, although, there isn't all the busy stuff going on with the pictures and sidebars like in a regular text.
Have you thought about using something like the Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia w/ the library books and maybe a Janice Van Cleeve book for labs and such?
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Hey there. I've not used the Power Basics, but I've seen it and have had the opportunity to look at it extensivley... Have you actually seen it or looked at samples? I don't think the reading level is above a 5th grader, the content probably isn't either. I think it's marketed for high schoolers with low reading levels-like 5th or 6th grade. It's a very dry book. No color or pictures that I can remember, but very to the point.
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Does anyone here have the teachers resource cd? Is it worth getting?
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I also have one like that. I tell him basically the same thing you say. I continue to reassure him that I love him and that I always will. Most days I don't take it personal because I honestly think it's a personality trait with some kids.
I have also started thinking that a traditional 4 year plan w/ a diploma at the end and college prep (like we are doing with dd) will not work for this child because I don't think he will want to wait that long. In the back of my mind I've kind of started preparing myself for this and started thinking of ways to prepare him in the upcoming years for adulthood, if that's the route he chooses to take.
I think your answers are healthy and honest and you should conitinue to tell her that when she says she will leave. And here are some :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: just in case you need some today.
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AHA! It's called Wild Recon. Here's the link if anyone interested:
http://animal.discovery.com/tv/wild-recon/about.html
It wasn't until I remembered that he worked for a pharmaceutical company that I was able to find it on a google search.
Thanks for the help, though.
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Anyone? I tried googling it, but the only thing that kept coming up was medicinal mary jane sites...
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oh I see... file the pocket folio thingys in the hanging folders? hmmm... good idea. I like it!
The only reason I couldn't use this, is because there are no tabs on the folders so in order to see what chapter I'm on I would have to have a hanging file folder for each chapter/unit/lesson and that's just too many.
Filing by subject instead of by week
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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I am filing for the year by subject. Each subject has a folder for chapter or lesson if applicable, except English which has 36 weeks because I use more than one resource. Then on my desk I am keeping 2 mesh hanging folder holders (one for each kid) with files for Weeks I-VI, and days are paperclipped within those weeks if necessary.