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there is a LOTR lit unit, but i think its higher level than your kids? i'm hoping to use it w my highschooler. i also found some sort of super-hero math practice on scholastic . .. Super One-Page Math Comics. my younger on likes that pretty well.
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Murderous Math books dont have any problems in them (or very, very few). Its a british-humor filled (including some jokes some americans are offended by) explanation of math. But we've only done a few - arithmatricks and 'bits'. Funny and good review/preview, but not necessarily challenging imo
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Some things we've enjoyed: Primary Grade Challenge Math - on amazon. Aimed at gifted kids, cartoon characters (including Einstein), each chapter has 4 levels of problems - 1, 2, 3 and Einstein.
if you have some sort of hand-held thing to put apps on, we just ran through Dragon Box, which is puzzles based on algebra.
You could also try the singapore challenging word problems - we havent done that because my mathy rising 4th grader doesnt much like doing problems - we do most math out loud still, because his writing is very far behind.
Finally, you could look at Beast Academy, but they are still being published and its a full, challenging curriculum. He will probably get ahead of their publishing schedule.
Oh, my son also likes doing the practice problems on Khan Academy - you have to log him in using a facebook or google account, though. It gives you rewards for completing things, but its gotten to be more of a slog - they keep adding more and more problems trying to make it a full curriculum. but my mathy kid will sometimes just watch math videos there.
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Its not that big a deal! i've had tics on me, on pets, on family members, more times than I can count over the years. My husband never notices them when he gets them, and I'll see them on him in the shower the next day and pull it off. We've never gotten any tic-borne illnesses. I do flush them down the toilet when I find them, though. Not sure if its important, but my mom always did that when she pulled them off the dog, saying she was sending them to summer camp . . . put it out of your mind!
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I've been confused too. my impression is that it just totally depends on who organizes a local group and what they choose to do. There was one local group which would have been a bad fit for us (confirmed through emails) and i finally gave up.
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If getting credit is only your fourth concern, it sounds like AoPS is your top choice. You know they are text-based, not video-conferencing, right? But still a lot of kids seem to love them.
more to the point, if you want your daughter to not have to repeat geometry in high school, you should contact the brick-and-mortar schools she might end up in and ask them what they would require to let her go that advanced in math. in fact, most brick and mortar high schools only would have algebra 2, pre-calc and calc to offer her - so she would still run out of math before she graduated.
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at least in my school, the testing was only one part of being identified as special needs. They have to have a whole big meeting to give the official label and you have to sign off on it. I would not turn down free testing, but certainly ask them what they would do with the information. It could just be helpful for you in how you approach teaching her. In some areas it could also make other services available. When i left the public school, I left our IEP behind completely, so it has no impact on us as homeschoolers, but I am considering if I can do something to get him extra time on math going in to college.
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My son hated the bob books but loved the Elephant and Piggy books. Our library had a ton of them. Very easy, very funny. He continued to read them every time we went in the library for 2 years
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You could check amazon for 5-star reviews of books in subjects your dc is particularly interested in. The way things work?
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Ha - i actually went to an orientation at VCU last month and loved it! it was a transfer orientation, though, so it was only one day, and ended by 3, and my daughter will commute, so it wasnt overnight. I was dreading it but actually really enjoyed it, and my daughter was totally pumped after signing up for classes!
My parents and i never went to orientations or anything when i went to college.
Freaking out over ticks! Help!
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The biggest worry is lyme disease and that usually makes a red ring-shaped rash like a bullseye. It can also cause cold/flu type symptoms.
Tics will crawl around looking for a nice, warm, safe place -like an armpit or under a waist band. The one in your hair may fallen on to your head (they drop down from trees sometimes) and was still looking for a nice warm place. once they bite you have to pull hard to get it off. They will stay on for days and keep drinking blood, getting big and rounds - this doesnt happen on ppl because it itches, you scratch, and notice it. but on dogs this can happen.