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7 hours ago, HomeAgain said:
If I had the opportunity to do this at a co-op, I think I'd lean more toward stuff they need to do together. The first thing that came to mind with collaborative geography was Carmen Sandiego. There are a ton of ideas that can be worked in to whichever country you're studying that week at the Carmen Sandiego website (which I didn't even know there was such a thing!)
TPT has geography escape room activities, too. We've done some similar, but I haven't tried these out.Great point! Keeping the class focused on group games and songs would probably go over best with this age range. I'll check out the Carmen Sandiego website for sure!
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7 hours ago, cintinative said:
How many times per week do you meet?
I ran a class for around that age many years ago called Geography Games and Songs
Each week we listened to the Geography song by Kathy Troxel while they traced a map for a region (I had the large 11 x 17 sleeves and put maps inside. Then we would do puzzles and games pertaining to that region. I created my own Bingo cards for Oceania, the Canadian Provinces, Europe, African flags, etc. We played Flag Frenzy, World GeoBingo, did the GeoPuzzles, and we played the 10 Days in games (10 Days in the Americas, 10 Days in the USA, 10 Days in Europe, 10 Days in Asia, 10 Days in Africa). I am selling some of this in the Classifieds, but the shipping is pricey. Unfortunately, most of the 10 Days games are out of print. Anyway, it worked out well. At the end of the year we did a giant 10 days game by connecting all the boards.
ETA: I forgot! I also have a game called MapTangle which is sort of like Twister but with a giant world map. The problem was that I bought it used and didn't know it was recalled because one of the colors contained lead based paint. So I covered the whole thing with plastic sheeting and we used it anyway. I still have it. I don't know what to do with it.
ETA2: I still have a box of unused 11 x 17 maps if you decide you want to go this route. PM me if you live close to Cincinnati.
Surprisingly, I am in Cincinnati, too! I think I will focus the class on games and songs. We meet once per week. I have the Geopuzzles already. I'll have to look around and see if I can find some geography-based games. Thanks for all the ideas!
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15 hours ago, freesia said:
I did a class with a small group of kids that age—a home based co-op. We would read a folktale or picture book set in that book, watch a travel video clip off YouTube and then do some kind of art project or game from the country. There are tons of resources online and in the library to draw from.
Thanks for the idea! Folktales are up my alley. I'll definitely incorporate this in some way.
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14 hours ago, Tiberia said:
There's a Geography Songs: Sing Around the World cd that's really fun, available on Amazon. Or below on YouTube. (Continent and Ocean song is at the 49:00 mark. If you get the cd, you can pick the countries and songs you want to do a little easier.)
I'd have the kids learn a song a week, and do a map, starting with the continents and oceans. Play the song over and over while they color, then have them sing it. I'd so some individual continents or countries in the following weeks. You can get maps online for the kids to color.
Maybe have each kid do a short country report about people, customs, food, etc. The folktale idea sounds really fun, too.
Get a giant world map puzzle and have contests to put it together the fastest, team or individual. Or if you don't want to buy a puzzle, cut up a map.
Have team Jeopardy-type contests about the geography the kids have learned.
Pretend you're having the Olympics and split into teams from different countries and play the anthems in an opening ceremony, then do contests where the kids do sports, and play anthems for the winners.
Good luck. This can be a really fun class!
(ETA Don't underestimate the kids' ability and willingness to memorize some of these songs. It's perfect for this age group, and they will surprise you with their memorization skills!)
This is a wonderful resource! I have the United States capitals songs and they have worked wonderfully at home. I'm excited to try out some of these ideas. Thanks!
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I will be teaching a geography class for 4th-6th graders in the fall and I have no idea what to use!
I know I want the class to be FUN and interactive without much outside of class reading or in class lecture. I would like for it to encompass world geography. What have you used that would be good for a group of any where from 10 to 20 students in this age range?
Thanks!!
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8 hours ago, alisha said:
We really liked the bibleproject.com videos: https://bibleproject.com/explore/category/old-testament/.
It's not a curriculum, but it definitely covers the overarching themes. They are called Old Testament Overview and New Testament Overview when you're looking in the video category section. It's about a 5-10 minute video on each book of the bible (longer ones, like Genesis divided into 2 videos). They have a new "animated" series that has come out since we finished the OT & NT ones, but we haven't watched them yet.
They do have a section called Bible Studies which have some discussion questions, but I don't know anything about them. I'll let you explore on your own if you're even remotely interested.
This looks like what I want. I think we'll watch the overview videos and read some chapters from each book throughout the week. Thanks!
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I'm looking for a middle school level Bible curriculum from a Protestant perspective. I would like something that goes through each book of the Bible and provides background information on the themes, authorship, and audience of each as well as pointing out larger threads that run throughout scripture. I am not looking for a character study or something with a heavy theological emphasis. What have you used that meets some or all of these requests?Any reviews on the Bible curriculum "The Most Important Thing You'll Ever Study"?
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On 2/17/2021 at 2:55 PM, AsgardCA said:
This is what I've got so far... All of these will be done together with his (7th grade) brother and probably the 9th grader too.
Language Arts - LLtLotR, Fix It 3?, Vocab from Classical Roots, Canadian Handwriting, Shakespeare play, something for spelling....
History Odyssey Middle Ages Level 2
Canadian History / Government
Canadian Geography
French -
Math - Saxon Algebra 1
Science - Elemental Science Biology for the Logic Stage
LLtLotR -- What does this one stand for again? I know I've seen it but I can't remember.
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I keep coming back to see if a first grade thread has been started so I thought I'd go ahead and make one. This will be my 3rd first grader but first time with a girl which I think will be a different experience. She wants all the crafty things!
Math: Singapore Primary 1A/1B
Phonics: Continue All About Reading, she's currently mid way through level 2
Language Arts: Writing with Ease 1, First Language Lessons 1, All About Spelling 1
History: Tapestry of Grace Year 4 Lower Grammar - we will be focusing on the inventions and famous people of the period and skipping most of the wars but I want to keep her on the same track as her older brothers
Science: Animals, animals, and more animals . . . It's what she most wants to learn about. I have a DK Animal Encyclopedia on the shelf and we'll supplement with library books and animal related crafts from pinterest
She'll join in Morning Time for memory work, artist study, composer study, and Bible. Hopefully, we'll be back to co-op in the fall where she'll take whatever she's interested in but most likely gym, art, ballet, and something science oriented.
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I'll be schooling my 4th kinder this next year. She has been a wonderful preschooler to school, very interested and engaged in all we have tried. I'm hoping for more of the same in K.
All About Reading 1, Singapore Dimensions K, Handwriting with Tears K
Tagging along with sister who is in 1st for history (modern era) and science (life sciences)
I'm still trying to figure out what Bible I will do with my K and 1st grader. I know I'll be bringing them more into our family morning time and requiring more memory work and involvement from them. I'm not sure what that will look like yet as there is a big gap between these two and their brothers who will be in 5th and 8th next year.
I'm also hoping co-op will happen for some structured art and gym time as well as ballet if she's still interested in the fall.
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I'll be teaching 5th for the second time next year but this student has a different learning style from my first. He likes to get his work done quickly, no frills, very logical.
Math: Singapore Primary Mathematics 5, Supplement with Beast Academy if he wants
Language Arts: Rod and Staff 5, All About Spelling 5, IEW Level A Continuing, Literature through TOG Year 4 UG
History: TOG Year 4 UG
Latin: Continue through the forms, probably starting MP Second Form
Science: Undecided, hoping for co-op to take this one
Piano lessons
Continue typing lessons of some kind and coding as he wants
Hoping co-op happens and we can do art, science, gym, and something just for fun
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On 2/18/2021 at 2:01 PM, Momto6inIN said:
This is my fourth 8th grader and I think I've finally got things I like and that work.
Video Text Algebra
Reading list to go with history (includes 2 lit guides)
Figuratively Speaking 1/week
AG season 3 then finish SICC-B (we do either grammar or composition, not both at the same time)
VCR Book A 1/week
Apologia Physical Science with a science fair type project
Piano lessons weekly
Artistic Pursuits middle school book on her own 1/week
PE - 1/week at the local private school
Art of Argument
Victus Study Skills followed by Great Courses How to Be a Superstar Student
Career exploration
Codemaven followed by Codecademy
Getting Started with Spanish
Trail Guide to US History
History of Us concise edition books C&D (post Reconstruction to present)
Weekly speech and debate club (in the fall) and drama troupe (in the winter and spring) - this was radically different this year, but I'm crossing my fingers it will go back to almost normal this coming year
Is this the Figuratively Speaking book you are using? I'm looking to bulk up TOG literature studies a bit. I'd like a simple book that introduces some literary terms before the big jump up in skills of Rhetoric stage.
https://www.rainbowresource.com/product/028214/Figuratively-Speaking-Using-Classic-Lit-Tch.html?
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I think I have most of 8th figured out because we are mostly moving up a level in our current choices.
Math: Singapore Dimensions 8
LA: Writing with Skill 2, Rod and Staff 8
Vocab: Not sure yet, Vocab from Classical Roots was a flop this year, open to options??
History/Literature: Tapestry of Grace Year 4 Dialectic
Science: Novare Earth Science
Latin: MP Third Form
Logic: Open to options here too?? Thinking maybe MP Traditional Logic, maybe saving that for high school. He's done Fallacy Detective and Art of Argument
Co-op: Assuming covid is mostly in the past, we will co-op again next year. He will take art, gym, and participate in the play plus anything else that looks interesting to him. A creative writing class could be fun.
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19 hours ago, kbutton said:
BTW, if you are able to keep up with DM with your son as he needs help, I think you are likely to be fine with Foerster's. DM for 7th and 8th doesn't have a lot of teacher support, but it does have worked solutions.
Thanks for that encouragement! For some reason, I'm very nervous about upper level math even though I did well while in school. I think it is because my son loves the "why" behind it all and I never really understood that part of it. I was a plug and chug, memorize the formulas kind of learner. I want him to have more than that. Singapore has been a great fit and now I have to try and find something that will work for both of us for upper level math.
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3 minutes ago, Doodlebug said:
Yes, I did.
And yes, it was far pricier than what I'm accustomed to. I scoured ebay and other used curriculum vendors to no avail.
But, I was looking for something specific to the needs of me (teacher) and my student. 😉
Thanks! I'm pretty sure if we use Jurgensen I'll need the teacher's guide. I won't be able to teach without it but man, it is a hard pill to swallow.
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On 6/14/2020 at 9:44 PM, Mom2mthj said:
My daughter used Foerster for Algebra 1 and 2 and used Jurgensen for Geometry. We used lesson plans from Memoria Press. Really it was mostly odd problems from the A and B sections. I did find a used copy of the solutions manual. I looked at the text that Math Without Borders used and it seemed OK and Jacobs seemed a bit cluttered and busy. I wish there had been videos to accompany the text. My son had a few issues with Foerster- well he had issues with being immature- so it took awhile to complete it successfully. He would like to try Thinkwell for Geometry. He isn’t going to self teach math well and geometry was never a love of mine. I was always more of an algebra gal.
Did you purchase the teacher edition for Jurgensen? It seems so pricey!
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14 hours ago, kbutton said:
My son used some of DM followed by Foerster's for Algebra II (it includes some Trig). He's planning to do AOPS Geometry this year.
I'm leaning towards Foerster's. Can you tell me a little about the instruction? Did you feel there was enough for you to assist with teaching and help when your son had any issues? Were the solutions fully worked out? Thanks!
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Would you share your high school math sequence and the publishers you chose? My son will work through all of Singapore Dimensions by the end of 8th. At that point, we will need to choose a new publisher. He will be ready for either geometry or algebra 2. What did you use for Geometry, Algebra 2, Pre-Calculus, and Calculus?
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On 1/22/2020 at 3:40 PM, WendyAndMilo said:
I love it 🙂
Our plan is simple, pretty much a continuation of what we’ve already been doing because it’s working out well.
Algebra 2
Geometry
Keep moving forward with the last few W&R books
History will likely start in the late Middle Ages and continue on from there
Misc science documentaries and books
(using science and history for reports and public speaking)
Latin II
Russian II
Advanced music theory
Piano (7 years), Harp (4 years)
Jujitsu 3x week and MMA 1-2x week
What are you using for Algebra 2 and Geometry?
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You can start in any color book for GFWTM. Like the previous poster said, they are non-sequential and cover the same material with hopefully higher levels of mastery each time you go through it. I will say that I tried the program with a 5th grader and it was way too overwhelming for him to feel successful. We slowed it way down and still only went about 1/2 through before returning to Rod & Staff. There is no way I would try it with a 4th grader but it is absolutely enough for a 7th grader.
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I can't really help with the math but I'm in the opposite position on the writing track. We have used W & R through book 6 and are switching to Writing with Skill this year for my 7th grader. He likes the W&R program which is a good motivator in doing the work but I'm not seeing the kind of progress I would like in paragraph formation or outlining skills. This is just our experience. From what I've read of others, W&R has been enough to get their children writing well for high school. I wouldn't skip any of the books if I were you. They do build on each other.
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18 hours ago, aaplank said:
Memoria Press also has Form Review books that highlight the major topics as a quick review. Maybe you could start with the Second Form Review book and see how it goes.. https://www.memoriapress.com/curriculum/latin/second-form-latin-review/
I didn't know about these. This could be a great fit! Thanks!
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On 7/7/2020 at 5:10 PM, Emily ZL said:
I agree that the MP folks are helpful and you should contact them, and the MP forum is also very active. This link shows that they expect a 7th grader who has been doing MP Latin the whole time to be in 3rd form. (But switching programs might cause gaps.)
https://www.memoriapress.com/articles/which-latin-program-do-i-start-with/
This link also says the forms (1-4) basically take 4 years to cover Year 1 of Henle Latin, so you might do Henle 1 at a much slower pace. You'd still be on track with high school Latin if it took you 2-3 years. OTOH, you might not like Henle... Some people don't.
Can I ask why you didn't go on to Primer C? Since Latin Alive is also from CAP, it seems like skipping a level. I think finishing Primer C is supposed to put you in a good position to start a high school program like Henle. I am doing Primer B with my 5th grader next year and planning to take it slow, hoping to finish C by the end of 8th grade. And then not sure about what to do for high school since a lot of people dislike Henle and I don't want to force it at that age.
They were in the middle of updating Primer C when we were ready for that level. On the Latin Alive page, they suggest skipping C and going to Alive 1 or doing C and going to Latin Alive 2. We have contemplated back tracking to Primer C at this point but I think we will go on to Third Form. My son needed the bells and whistles of the CAP program to get started but would benefit from a bare bones approach at this point. I'm hoping MP Forms will be the way to go. After speaking to MP, they thought he would be able to do 2nd Form as a review or Third Form with only a few topics not touched on before. Thank you for your advice and the link provided!
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I have an upcoming 7th grader who has finished Latin for Children A & B and the first unit of Latin Alive. We both feel that Latin Alive is not going to be a good fit for further Latin studies. I've been looking at the Memoria Press Latin options and I'm not sure where we should start. Maybe Third Form Latin or Henle I? Has anyone moved from Latin Alive to a Memoria Press product? What was your experience like?
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I remember almost anything I learn to music. I'm sure it will be a big hit with the kiddos. Thanks!