They seem to be in the process of updating it. Calvert is using Math in Focus for first and second grade now so I am wondering if they are going to switch to the Math in Focus program for grades 1 through 5. Maybe you could look at that program.

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What a great review! Thanks:iagree:

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:grouphug: That happened to me with #5. On the plus side, when she did decide to come labor only lasted 90 minutes :eek:

Tentative plan : Math: Jacobs algebra (kolbe plans) Literature: LLLOTR and CAP's The Art of Poetry Grammar: R&S 6 Vocabulary: Sadlier-Oxford and Caesar's English for roots, Composition: WWS and maybe some IEW Medieval History: Oxford Press Medieval and early modern books with teaching guides Civics: using Calvert's textbook Science: K12 advanced life science Logic: Art of Argument

From what I understand, the concise versions are used in the virtual school classes but they aren't available for independent users yet.

Thanks for doing this. I sat down to compare the new and old core last night but, with a newborn, found the process somewhat daunting. Thanks again,

Wind in the Willows Treasure Island Robinson Crusoe The Bronze Bow Hth!

Wow, 3rd grade sounds nice. Must put that on my list. Thanks for the review!

Thanks for this review! I will have to look into Killgallon.

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This seems like a good resource: http://www.wholewoman.com/library/content/articles/whykegelsdontwork.pdf

I am using Horizons math 2 with DD and I don't have the teachers guide. The only issue is that there are tons of multi digit addition and subtraction problems with regrouping. I just figure them out as I grade them. I do get into a time crunch as I am also teaching and grading pre-algebra and Horizons math k. Next year I will probably order the teachers guide just to speed up the grading. HTH,

Memoria Press? They have literature guides for their grade level packages that use real books.

Thanks! DD will be so surprised!:001_smile:

I love these books as well! My dd and 2nd ds both learned to read with them and it was a fun and gentle way to get them reading well in K.

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Set of 5 regular $100 on sale for $59.99 1 set regular $20.00 on sale $13.99 Some kits are $30.00 on sale for $17.99 and $25.00 on sale for $14.99 Shipping not included! HTH

We finished 5b but I think you could go in earlier since much of the actual teaching is review. Ds has benefited from the review so I didn't worry too much about it.

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We are using BCM this year and it has tons of problems! My ds usually does the odd problems but I make mixed review sheets using either even problems from the text or problems from the worksheet book that corresponds to the text (found on Amazon for $3!). I really like the plethora of problems available because my son needs it for some topics. We like this text! I do have the CWP and IP texts from Singapore and we are planning to use those as filler since we will be done with BCM before our new baby is born and he can do the CWP and IP mostly independently.

Christian Science Monitor? We use that one and the Economist although you have to be choosy about the articles you pick from the Economist.

We used it fine without the online portion but I think you miss some mapping/geography this way - not 100% about that. We used it when they used Hakim's Story of US ( the 11 volume set). I hear they are using a condensed version of Hakim's books that K12 publishes now. So if you are picking up student pages on amazon you might want to be careful of the dates. HTH,