This is an interesting question because I've never heard of anyone compacting WWS. It's a relatively newer program though. I wouldn't say that WWS is anything like WWE which I do use compacted. I've only seen posts on here of people were commenting that it was too much for their students. However, I haven't seen people who have ALs commenting on that. If I recall correctly, it wasn't the beginning of WWS1 that was an issue, but later when it ramps up with writing output. Having used WWE though, I can say that SWB's style is incrementally building skills over a long period of time. I know that she was targeting the reluctant, not natural writer (my ds is definitely in this category). I would imagine that perhaps that might be why you find it easy? Maybe CAP's Writing and Rhetoric or Lost Tools of Writing might be interesting. https://cathyduffyreviews.com/homeschool-reviews-core-curricula/composition-and-grammar/ungraded-multi-level-resources-composition/the-lost-tools-of-writing https://cathyduffyreviews.com/homeschool-reviews-core-curricula/composition-and-grammar/ungraded-multi-level-resources-composition/writing-and-rhetoric-series

I will also say that this was really good, easy to use, inexpensive resource as well. Not overwhelming. Outling 5-8 from Remedia Publications. https://www.rainbowresource.com/proddtl?id=022872

I second the Pararaph series. It's pretty accessible. It's not baby-ish at all. However since it is used for struggling students in middle school, it's written in a very straightforward and simple style without feeling too young YKWIM? It's not overwhelming as each of the four books is thin. Plenty of white space on the pages and not too busy. It's pretty explicit and gives concrete tools for them to use as they think through the writing process. You can break each of the lesson (8 in the first book) into whatever chunks you would like if keeping the lessons short for her ADHD would help.

We don't follow a four year cycle. It's too restrictive for us as I give him a lot of input in what and when we study something. We run multiple foreign languages, multiple sciences, multiple math/logic, and multiple history programs, We accelerate/compact as needed based on how he is working. Writing is the only area that we are running closer to chronological age, but we dip into various resources at whatever rate he wants to tackle at whatever pace he decides he wants to do it. I have no problem shelving something he is not engaged with.

Did you cross-post this on the Learning Challenges board? I think there are a lot of people with more experience over there with getting an IEP in place. Good luck though.

Not really. You aren't missing much. I have them. Starting with 2 is fine as it is written for kids who are reading.

Posting info from another thread. According to other posters, it looks like US edition does not cover negative numbers and operations with negative numbers before 6A/6B. Standards covers this in 4A/4B and 5A/5B.

I think you will understand why the explanations of the why come into play later when they tie in with why you can use this particular problem solving strategy and why you can apply it is x or y or z situation. It's not about teaching them algorithms or just do it this way...but precisely laying a pretty broad foundation on which to build which makes understanding the why behind higher math topics make a lot of sense. When I correct my son's work, I will not tell him how to solve the problem or how to solve a problem more efficiently. I will nudge him and say, what do you remember about how you can apply the distributive property in this situation or what do you remember is true about about squaring any number that could help you write a better equation. It's teaching him how to think mathematically which seems like a huge slog, but it really is worthwhile. ETA: Had I learned math this way and not the plug and chug/memorize the algorithm, I probably would not have quit higher math in college. Granted I was at a school where you had to be pretty good at math to get in, but I quickly realized there's good at math and the truly good at math. I definitely wasn't the latter, and now that I am older it wasn't that I didn't have the capacity to be good. I just didn't know what to do when I first encouranterd challenging math. I also probably would not have been discouraged away from math when I first encountered math I had never seen before like group and number theory. That essay on AOPS site could have been written about me. I gave up and left math. I do not want that for my son, so here we are working away through AOPS.

I wrote a blog about it here: https://lifeatwarpspeed.wordpress.com/2015/03/31/singapore-math/

I don't have to pay the student fee yet either because mine is in 4th, but it is something that would give me pause since I tend to be a la carte as well.

To be perfectly honest, this is why I outsourced Latin as an online class after SSL2. My son got way more out of learning Latin from someone who loves L

We are doing Shepherd Life Science this year. We will see how it will go.

SSL2 is 3 times as thick as SSL1. It is definitely a step up from the previous level. The way they lay of SSL2 leads right into CAP's LFC A which got revamped last year. My son really enjoyed it because it was colorful and had a running storyline through the book. The teaching videos for that were all redone as well.

I usually don't write off a whole company based on one employee. I will let the powers that be know about my specific experience and see how they respond to my feedback. I would judge the company on how they responded to me at that point. I understand how it left a bad taste in your mouth. In my experience, I wouldn't be able to go anywhere to shop because there's always a bad apple employee. Now if I got that from more than one experience/interaction that would be a different story.

Thanks, Jess4879!

I sent the message, but you may not have it. This book is separate from what was required for the class.

I have a used set of Lightning Lit 7, but the student workbook is missing pages 2-4. If anyone can help me out with scans of pages 3-4 in the student workbook, I would be grateful. TIA

Does he like maze puzzle books? Not exactly handwriting, but you still have to use a pencil.

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You are probably better off asking this question on the Golden Gate Moms group in SF. They would be in the know about which private is doing what in the area. Most people on here are homeschooling their children.

Don't you have access to UC Scout classes via your charter?

why don't you have her do the high school content ones at Athena? The material is engaging and challenging for young learners. There is a bio and physics ones. I often think what comes into play is the EF skills of said learner. AP courses just have a lot of stuff to get through. Kids are all over the place in their ability to manage that and what sort of output they can manage. At least at Athena, the content is really high without a ton of demands for output.

You are expected to cover a high school level course first for bio and chem. Not physics though, but physics is now split into 1 & 2. Physics 2 is hard to find offered from what I have heard. Hope this helps.

I think Jr.AG would get it done and get it done quicly. I just used it over the summer with my son. https://cathyduffyreviews.com/homeschool-reviews-core-curricula/composition-and-grammar/ungraded-multi-level-resources-grammar/analytical-grammar

Would be good if I linked them. Price is super cheap on some of the colors right now. https://www.amazon.com/Headphones-Microphone-Lightweight-Adjustable-Smartphones/dp/B015WBVKN2