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All the sudden, I am teaching online instead of at our in-person coop. It is so hard, and not very fun.😒

Hi Game Lovers! In another thread, the site Board Game Arena was mentioned. Does anyone have experience with it? I know that it is overloaded now (Saturday afternoon on the East Coast). But does it normally work? Is the membership worth it? Any comments at all? Thanks in advance. Also, if anyone can link to that thread, I would appreciate it.

I do not know her personally, but she used to live here in my town. People loved her and when she stopped teaching here in person, they drove to her new location, and then followed her online. I have only heard fabulous things about her. Since that was many years ago, I am sure that she has continued to improve.

I just looked at my copy of the workbook. The first six pages are just the title page and introductory stuff. Page seven has some simple activities about angles. There is some really good stuff on page eight, which gives you instructions for the puzzles on page 9. If you need a copy of that one page, reply here and then PM me and I will send you a scan of it.

My son does not live on campus, but we did get an email anyway. All kids are supposed to come back and get their stuff out of the dorms ASAP. They are offering refunds for room and board. The billing department asked for patience, since their employees are all working remotely. And they said that since there are so many different room arrangements and meal plans, it is complicated to process.

I have no opinion or experience with UVA, other than some visits for events during the high school years. However, we live in Fredericksburg, and my son attends Mary Washington. We love it! If you have questions about UMW, please ask. I will continue to tell you how great it is!

@MorningGlory / Jetta - Can you explain what you liked / didn't like about Big Blue Button in Canvas? I use Canvas for my coop classes. Right now, it is primarily an easy way to disseminate files. And I also use the gradebook, and occasionally the online quizzes. But if class is canceled for more than one week, the time will be lost. I am determined to find a solution this week and be prepared for some virtual class sessions.

I was a public school math teacher (before kids). Since starting a family I have tutored and taught homeschool classes, and spent lots of time analyzing the standards, at least for Virginia. What you are describing is not the way it works anymore. In my home state, kids are getting credit for a variety of math classes. It is not just lockstep Algebra I - Geometry - Algebra II - Trig - PreCalc the way it was when we were in school. The course catalogue for my county has fifteen math courses possible for typical high school credit. (Only Algebra Readiness, Algebra I, part 2 and Geometry, part 2 are counted as elective credits.) That does not include AP courses, DE course, IB courses, special honors courses at the Governor's School, or the Computer Science course that can count as a math credit. I counted a total of 32 different courses that could be taken in high school. The traditional progression is one way that teens can complete their high school courses, but it is not the only way. Homeschool families who use the often-recommended texts here (Dolciani, Foerester, Art of Problem Solving) are doing so much more than a typical public school course. It is realistic to grant more credit when students have gone both deeper and wider than the current standards. OP - if you are still trying to decide, maybe let us know the textbook that your teen used (at school and at home) and maybe we can give you more opinions. A difference of opinions is one thing that you can count on here in the forums!

It might be a lot of money to spend, but check Teachers Pay Teachers. I have purchased so much stuff from "All Things Algebra". Her worksheets are well organized, and there is plenty of room to show the work. I use her curriculum in the classes that I teach at a homeschool coop and with my own kids. I think that the material is similarly rigorous to Dolciani. The worksheets do not offer as explanation (like a textbook), because a teacher would be using it. But still, her materials are very good.

I have spent a significant amount of time researching the standards in our home state of Virginia. They do follow the Common Core, but have their own Standards of Learning (SOLs). Here are the trends that I see... The typical standards from Algebra I (from many years ago) have been pushed down. There are many more algebraic skills taught in middle school (Math 7 / Math 8). Many of the easier procedures (evaluate expressions, multistep equations, graphing and writing linear equations) will be done before kids begin a class called "Algebra". Many counties allow kids to take more time for Algebra I (Algebra I, pt 1 + Algebra 1, pt 2, or even an Algebra Readiness class). Usually they still only earn one credit for Math, and the remaining credits are electives. Some places also do the same thing with Geometry (part 1 + part 2), earning one math credit and one elective credit. There is often a class between Algebra I and Algebra II. That is the mathematical modeling course that you mentioned. Here it is called "Algebra, Functions, and Data Analysis". The skills that used to be included in Algebra I, but could be considered problem solving, applications, or statistics were placed into this course. This course makes heavy use of technology - graphing calculators, or similar online programs (like Desmos). This is actually a valuable course for all kids - STEM focused on not. It teaches teens how math is used in the real world. It seems to also function as a preview of Algebra II for most students. Algebra II seems to be the least changed. So a traditional Algebra II textbook that we talk about here (for instance, Dolciani or Foerster) is similar to what you might see in public school. But Trigonometry is usually not a full year course. It is either taught together, as Honors Algebra II with Trig. Or a student would earn 1 credit for Algebra II and a half credit for Trigonometry another year. For kids not taking honors math, after Algebra II, I usually see Algebra III with Trigonometry, or Advanced Algebra with Trigonometry. And then Precalculus... To be more concise, the progression through math courses in not as simple as it used to be. When I was in high school, even kids who went to college would end up in their senior year with just a semester of Trigonometry. It was not a problem to start Pre-Calculus in college, particularly if you were not a STEM major. The expectations for kids is so much higher than it used to be. The solution is to stretch it out so that everyone can be successful in higher-level math. If the comments above were not helpful, here are the math credits that I would give for the student that you have described. 9th = Algebra I 10th = Geometry 11th = Algebra II 12th = Algebra III w/ Trigonometry

I don't know everything about Dots, but here is what I do know. Once you have the Alexa app installed on your computer, you can control the Dots that you have on your account. So you can go into the app, see that it is playing a book and hit stop. But I don't think that you could prevent them from continuing. The kids could just say, "Alexa, resume", and she would continue the story. I can control all the Dots. I just tried it, I told her "Alexa, play (name of my playlist) everywhere". And all the Dots (at least the ones I can hear from my bedroom) are playing the same music. I think that you can set up other groups too. One more thing - when Alexa "reads" an e-book, it really sounds like a computer voice. She has no expression, and no understanding of the intention, some things do not sound right at all. Maybe try a sample or two before you pay the monthly fee. We let Alexa read the books for awhile, that quickly became tiresome, and now we get a few books a month from Audible. Make sure you want to do that before you begin. I have not figured out how to get audiobooks from the library on the Dots.

I agree with EKS above. Slow down enough so that it takes two years. You can call this year something like "Advanced Algebra" or "Algebra III", and then next year "Pre-Calculus". In public schools, the math progression is not as simple as it used to be. There are so many different paths to get from Pre-Algebra to graduation. Or what if you have him study for the College Algebra CLEP? There are lots of books available. And you might even find a MOOC that works, there is one from Udacity, one from edX, and the course from Modern States. I have not used any of them. When I look at the CLEP study book, it seems to be a bit harder than Algebra II, but not as difficult as Pre-Calculus.

You can copy the set - click the icon with two sheets of paper that says "customize" It will then say at the top "create a new study set" Change the name (if you want) and click the green button "Create" When you hover over the picture, you will see a trash can - click it. Then click the red button "remove image". Hope that helps!

I have lived through at least 25 years of kid performances. And either my husband or I did leave a few times when the younger ones were babies and toddlers. But the other one of us stayed for the entire evening. I always told my kids that if they were old enough to be in the show, they were old enough to watch everyone else. To this day, it hurts me when my friends leave after their kids have performed but before mine have had their turn. Each time another showcase comes around, I want to come at intermission, miss the little kids, and just come for the portion that involves my high-school aged kids and their friends. But I don't - because that seems rude, and a bad example for my teenagers. Count me in as one more of the dinosaurs.

It was a club "52 weeks to organized home". But it was closed due to this ... But you can find the original content here. https://www.home-storage-solutions-101.com/organized-home.html

If he is goes back to school next year, would he be stuck in that sequence no matter what? So if he goes back this spring, it would be Pre-Algebra? And even if he finishes Foerster Algebra I, he would have to repeat that in 8th grade? Is there a Geometry class for him at this school? Would they let you do all other subjects in their typical routine and then do independent study for math? I think that is a bigger question than going out of order in this textbook. There are lots of equally good sequences for Algebra I. The chapters at the end of this list (Ch 5, 6, 9, 10) are generally harder for most kids. If all that is true, I would find something else for him to do this year. It might be counter productive for him to be in a math class so far below his abilities. There are other things that he could do to keep moving forward mathematically.

I think that the flexibility needs to go both ways. If you want to change her hours from 1:00 pm to 12:30 pm, then you need to give her flexibility to come late on occasion. If you want to switch days, from another day to Friday, then you should allow her to sometimes take a day off and switch to a day that works better for her. You can't have it both ways - at least if you want a happy, productive employee.

I have taken high school kids on Disney cruises and they had a blast in the teen club. I have been on other ships (before kids) and would not take my kids anywhere other than Disney. In fact, even if we went on a cruise without kids, I think that I would still choose Disney.

Mary Washington is fabulous! My son attends as a commuter student, and we are so lucky to live nearby. You can find kids who party, as you would anywhere. But plenty don't. There is enough to do on campus. And with Fredericksburg being a medium-sized town, there are enough things to do off campus if there is something special you enjoy. UMW is not top ranked, like UVA and Tech, but there is challenge there, you might need to find it for yourself. There are certainly harder majors, and harder classes within your major if you want to spend time finding them. They have an honors program. I don't know too much about it, but my son is enjoying his one honors class a bunch. Mary Washington is a small enough school that you should be able to form a relationship with the professors in your major. They will help you to seek out challenges, if your class seems to be review. Both the dorms and the dining halls at Mary Washington have a bad reputation from the on-campus students.

We had a damaged book one semester. My son notified Amazon and they made a note in the file. We were not charged for the book, even though it looked even worse after five months of use. I think that as long as you contact them soon, you can stop worrying.

A function is a special type of relationship in math where each input has exactly one output. There are several ways to write a function. You can draw a graph. You can organize the inputs and outputs into a table. You can draw a mapping. A mapping is like a list, but you draw arrows to show the relationship from each input to the correct output. If you look at the Wikipedia page linked below, the mappings are on the right side of the page, with big ovals marked, X and Y. There is an oval for Set X, which is the list of all elements that are inputs. This is called the domain. And there is Set Y, which is the list of all the items that are outputs, which is called the range. So, an equation is one more way to explain (define) a function. It is often the most useful way. You would not want to make a list (either a table or a mapping) of a function where any number can be used as an input. You cannot write an infinitely long table. But you can write an equation, which is valid for all real numbers as the input. Does that help? (But this Wikipedia page is way too detailed if you are just beginning to study functions. I only linked it because you mentioned it and it has some good diagrams. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_(mathematics)

One of the best teacher-authors on TPT for algebra is "All Things Algebra". https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/All-Things-Algebra There is a sale going on right now (Aug 20th). 20 to 25% off is the best sale you will ever find on TpT. All Things Algebra has an active Facebook group of teachers. If you are stuck, and ask in the group, you can usually get an answer quickly. I have the Warmups. They are short (half-page) reviews of one topic. But they cover everything, but in short little bites. And the End of Course (EOC) review packets and quizzes are also good if you want some longer assignments.

I used to go to a practice where you would always see a PA. The only way to get an appointment with the doctor was to go through the PA. I think that you can get excellent care with a PA, or not - just like an MD.

I have found many of the TpT "teacher-authors" to be very responsive. Perhaps you can contact the person who produced the packet and ask for suggestions for how to make the activity shorter?