Yes, many people do misinterpret the GE in this way. I find that the GE is useful, not in isolation, but in comparing students' scores from year to year. You can tell at a glance whether the child's score in a particular subtest has improved over the year before. That way, you are comparing a child's scores only to his own previous scores. I find that infinitely more useful than comparing them to the scores of other testers, as with the NPR and the stanine. (I prefer criterion-referenced tests to norm-referenced tests.) The NPR is shows as a percentile ranking how your child's score compares to the scores of others taking the same test. Stanine scores show his relative position in a group of students who took the same test. The stanine is less precise than the NPR, but stanines are a convenient way to identify areas of strength and weakness.

How often do you use it? We use it pretty much every day unless I'm making coffee for several people who all want the same kind, and then I just make it in a traditional coffeemaker. We also use our Cuisinart Keuring for making tea, hot chocolate, hot cider, and for hot water for instant oatmeal, etc. What kind of water do you use i.e. regular tap, bottled water, filtered water, distilled water? We use tap water--but we live in a rural area and have a well--and we have a whole-house filtration system also. How long have you had it or how long did it last? I got my Cuisinart Keurig for Christmas. What's you favorite coffee flavor? Where do you buy your k-cups from? My favorite flavor of coffee is hazelnut, but I don't buy K-Cups very often because they are too expensive. We use Ekobrew refillable filters and fill them with our own fresh-ground coffee. We buy coffee beans in bulk and grind it ourselves just before brewing. I have to say that I have enjoyed using the machine, but I don't love it. If it broke, I'm not sure I would want to replace it. We have a great coffeemaker, and for heating water, we love our Hot Shot.

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My rising 8th grader is a reluctant reader/writer who has some learning disabilities. She's pretty good at grammar, and we've covered a lot of it over the past couple of years, but she needs more writing instruction. She is pretty bad at capitalization and expecially bad at punctuation--she knows the rules, but she's careless and, yes, a bit lazy. I tend to think that having to actually apply the skills in her writing might be a more practical solution than simply editing isolated sentences in a textbook. I like the looks of EPS's Writing Skills for her. I know it teaches/reviews grammar in the context of writing, so if we use this, would we necessarily need to use a separate grammar program also?

Picks for EK (11th): Music Ace was a big hit. She did it first every day. SAT Question of the Day was something else she seemed to actually enjoy. Teaching Textbooks Algebra 2 was a good fit for her. She also enjoyed reading The Scarlet Letter, and she was involved in a production of Twelfth Night, so she came to really appreciate Shakespeare! She didn't really enjoy everything else we did, but she didn't complain, either, so I guess we were successful. :tongue_smilie: There was nothing that we abandoned mid-year, which is usually what happens when we intensely dislike a program.

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ER was exactly the same way. But EK loved read-alouds--still does, at age 17!

Or a better question might be: Which printing/copyright date(s) should I look for when I buy this used? Thanks!

This phrase comes from the origins of horse racing, and the fact that people generally pay attention to who comes up top. Those outside the top three are often referred to as the rest, but in horse racing they are the also-rans - those that also ran in the race but no-one is particularly interested in. (from http://www.saidwhat.co.uk/phrase-finder/phrase57) In my post, I used "also-ran" to mean the materials that got the job done, but that I didn't find particularly impressive.

By hits, I mean curriculum choices that you, the teacher, found effective and user-friendly, and that were well-tolerated by your kids. For my 7th grader, the Hits were: Teaching Textbooks Math 7 BJU Reading 6 Evan-Moor Daily Reading Comprehension The Misses: Writing Strands -- It was... boring. Properties of Ecosystems (used in MFW ECC) -- also boring The Also-Rans: MFW ECC -- I wanted to love this, but I actually found it only so-so. I am a perpetual curriculum-tweaker, and this one needed more than its fair share of tweaking in order to make it work for us. Easy Grammar -- Not enough retention for my student; apparently we needed something a bit less independent.

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I just bought Civics in America (McDougal Littell), based on recommendations here on the boards. It's marketed as a text for 6th-12th grades. I will be using it with 8th, 10th, and 12th graders.

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At my house, yes, without hesitation. We live in a rural area. Now, if I lived in town... absolutely not.

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I would make a fruit salad by cutting up the fruit and mixing it together in a big bowl.

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It varies. Usually it's through my own eyes, but occasionally, it's like a movie, and every once in awhile, I am someone other than myself. In one recent dream, I was a man--a father, in fact.

Dh & I were both 19. We will celebrate our 32nd anniversary next month.

10c per day per item (books, DVD's, etc.)

I will eat almost ANYTHING except cooked spinach served as a dish in and of itself. I will, however, eat it in quiche or florentine style dishes.

Us too.