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Thank you so much MarkT and Rose, you guys rock!
EDx Geometry will be a great first pass for D12 next summer!
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Shannon and I were talking about Geometry plans for next year, and I was pushing outsourcing, but she's thinking she wants to work through a text the way she is with Algebra. She said, "After the EdX course, I'm not intimidated by Geometry any more. It's just algebra applied to shapes."
I don't know if that's entirely true, but it struck me as a funny addition to the Geometry thinker vs. Algebra thinker discussion! :lol:
I'm feeling a strange compulsion to buy the AoPS Geometry book just to check it out . . . .Must. Resist. The. Urge. :smilielol5:
Rose, I am looking for something D12 can do over the summer. She is currently in 7th grade PS Algebra I. I think a gentle first pass over the summer would be ideal. I am glad I saw your post EdX course. Can you explain how it works? It there a workbook?
Do they watch videos?
I own The great Courses Geometry course. I have not looked at it, but the work book does not have much instruction. Hoping the videos have the instruction. Also was thinking of Keys to Geometry, not sure which way to go.
Thank you
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You can't go wrong with Foerster problem sets. Some Algebra 2 topics assume some general Geometry knowledge (for example Trig).
So maybe spread Foerster Alg II over 1.5 years or so as a supplement.
What textbook is being used at the public school for Algebra 1 (just curious)?
Texas TEKS Algebra I McGraw Hill 2016
But she can't bring a text book home. they only have a classroom set. Also they have not used the text so far. Their homework/classroom work is all copies of sheets from different sources.
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Bouncing around ideas......
Background D12 is in 7th grade public school Algebra I We supplement her PS Algebra I class at home. . She is just now starting back to Foerster Alg I after taking a long break and working through another text (Advanced Math for Young Students: A first course in Algebra).
I am thinking she will finish the Foerster Alg I text by the time 7th grade is over at the latest.
I am thinking of starting Foerster Alg II right after that and taking it very slow. So she could do that over the 8th grade while in geometry and 9th grade while in Alg II. While in 8th grade she would also supplement geometry with something like Keys to Geometry and maybe Great Courses An Interactive Journey to Mastery.
Any ideas??
Thank you
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My D12 just finished Phillip Keller's "Advanced Math for Young Students: A First Course in Algebra"
D12 found this extremely helpful in understanding the concepts of Alg 1.
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A topically oriented arithmetic/pre-algebra text would let you pull up the precise topic needed when you need it. Any edition of any book with the title "Basic College Mathematics" (Lial, Larson, Martin-Gay, Bittinger, etc. -- just choose the cheapest) would do. Young students can find these visually overwhelming so it will probably work better for you to pull problems out for him. You can find these for pennies on amazon.
For the "why do we need this" you may consider some supplements aimed at middle school students such as Keller's Advanced Math for Young People or Zaccaro's Real World Algebra.
My 7th grader in Pre AP Algebra I in public school just finished Keller's Advanced Math for Young students and found it to be very helpful!!!!
I highly recommend it!
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I had my 5y/o Mirena removed and bleed for 3 weeks. Absolutely nothing since them, I am almost 49...........No sure if my periods are officially over yet.
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I have had 2 cooper Ts and 1 Mirena. Loved them all. I vote for pain pill and replace. Peace of Mind is worth the momentary discomfort/pain.
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My BFF's 13 y/o daughter is extremely disabled by generalized anxiety with panic attacks . She has been in cognitive therapy for appox 2 years with some improvement. She was placed on Zoloft approx. 3 months ago and has improved a quite a bit.
Just a thought.
The PhD she sees works with her pediatrician. She is continuing in therapy.
Hugs to you and your child.
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Thank you ladies!
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D12 qualified on her math STAAR score. She did not qualify with English STAAR score.
Does anyone no if she will only take the math portion of the SAT or the entire SAT?
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I stumbled across a book written as a supplement for Algebra I. This book is for children that are struggling with the concepts of Algebra I or maybe they are just young.
Anyway, D12 started it this school year to use with her public school Algebra I class. it is doing a fantastic job of helping her understand the concepts.
The book is "Advanced Math for Young Students: A First Course in Algebra" by Philip Keller.
Please keep us updated and Best of Luck to your daughter!
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If your father has Medicare it will pay for 100% of Hospice and no cost to the family.
I am praying for you and your family. I do believe Hospice is the way to go and Haldol can help with your father's mental status changes. Also if the lung CA has spread to his brain. Palliative radiation can help greatly also.
My heart is breaking right now for you!!!!
Hugs!!!!
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My daughter is in Intro to Rhetoric with Ms Brian (workshop method). She hates writing and won't put out quality product for me. She is also very shy in her online classes, so I'm sure her "workshop participation" grade is zero right now. There are several eager beavers in the class. The teacher will have to call on DD to get her to participate. There is extensive use of the chat box by many of the kids in the class.
DD has had zero feedback on any of the five assignments she's done so far as she has not been called on to 'workshop' her material. I think she'll probably be called on tomorrow since she hasn't been so far. The assignment for tomorrow wasn't at the top of her list to spend a lot of effort on since the teacher doesn't seem to look at assignments other than those picked to be discussed in class.
I have some preliminary opinions on the class & teacher that aren't positive, but my problem(s) may be ultimately come down to the workshop method not being a fit for my kid and my personal wish for more organization, structure, and personal feedback in the class. My kids do better with personal feedback rather than trying to extrapolate from the feedback during class.
I've already thought about moving her to another class, but don't really have any good options other than pulling her out completely and I'm not doing that. DD asks daily if she can quit. I was just wondering how it was going for others (i.e., is it only her?).
How would that class work in the Delayed Course. I say that because (I know it is still early) but there is still a lot of "housekeeping" things taking up the beginning of class. Such as not submitting properly, also she gives the classes warning to too much chatter.
Having said that, D12 said that if she has a question that is not asked by another child (has not happened yet), as all questions have been answered by kids in the live class, she can email Ms. Meyers. Ms. Meyers is very quick to respond to her emails.
So far the Delayed class as worked out very well for D12. So what I am rambling about, would a Delayed work for your daughter's class because it seems there could not be a workshop class for delayed.
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DD is in EW1 with Kayla Meyers who is super responsive to emails (ahem, I had computer issues and level changes). She assigns one lesson per week and the rest of the week's lessons are done together in class. So far there hasn't been anything related to workshop discussions. She privately comments on DD's writing.
During the summer I tried hard to get through EW1, but DD had a writing class with attuneup.com which suited her creative side. DD did not like EW1 and without that enthusiasm, it was hard for me to teach it, so we did not even get to the half way point of the book.
It's much better now because Ms. Meyers is engaging, there are other kids in class, most of the week's lessons are done orally during class which means that kids can get immediate feedback from the teacher.
D12 (public school 7th grader) is in Exp W 1 with Kayla Meyers, Delayed with the Mon-Wed live class.
D12 loves Ms. Meyers. She submits her assignments on the Sunday before the Monday class. She watches the delayed class when she gets home
from school on Monday and Wednesday. She is using the WWSI book. So far the course is going very well.
D12 hates to write , but so far, she is really enjoying the class.
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(((( HUGS)))))
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Thank You so much! ^^^^^^^^^^^^
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This thread is really causing me some introspection as I see myself in your husband. I grew up "walking on eggs shells" from dad. I sought out meds because:
1. I am perimenopausal and the symptoms are worsening
2. I see how my D12 reacts to me (much like the way I reacted to my dad when I was a kid)
3. Really scared the wheels could come off as anxiety continues to worsen.
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What your you describe of your husband and what Jenna describes of herself is me to a tee. I feel I constantly walk on a tightrope and at any second I can fall off and every thing in my life fall apart. I have felt like this for a long time. I "pick" on my boyfriend, because he not detailed and anal like myself. I hate this about me.
I feel so out of control inside that micromanaging things helps me feel in control (temporarily), it really just worsens my anxiety.
I have recently started Buspar and I am seeing some benefit.
Hugs to you.
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Hugs, sending good thoughts your way!
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I am spending my day off watching TC's How to Become a Superstar Student, the first edition.
Boy this has some great stuff! Very worth the 25.00 and time. I will be watching it again with D12 sometime in the future.
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Bauer's Writing With Skill teaches outlining for different types of academic writing.
Does WWSI teach that? D12 is watching her 2nd delayed lesson right now.
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We are really focusing on learning to take notes from lectures and from books this year in 8th grade, so that the skills are in place for high school.
I'd start by having the kids watch How to Become a Superstar Student, a TC lecture. Well worth it, my dd learned a lot from it. She is now reading What Smart Student Know by Adam Robinson which is a detailed explanation of how to take notes from books and lectures, how to study successfully, etc. I definitely recommend both those resources.
As far as what I'm doing to help - we are doing several TC courses in science, and she is taking sort of Cornell-style notes. The first couple of lectures I sat beside her and took notes myself, to model the process. Now I sit with her to watch, but don't actually take notes. I do pause the video and comment if I think she's letting something go by, as well as offer hints and tips on what to write, how to write it, etc. It's kind of at the "we do" stage of learning. For texts, I've made her study guides for the first two books she is reading this year, to help her read slowly and focus on the important points and develop the reading-to-learn/writing-to-learn skills that she'll need.
Modeling and scaffolding is important at this stage, I think, with the goal of getting them to independence with the tools they'll need to learn in high school and beyond.
I just order the TC lecture " How to Become a Super Star Student" (1st edition) from Amazon. I will what it before my 7th grader does. Thank You. Please update up on the Adam Robinson techniques and if you think they will work long term.
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Would you have your children take released STARR tests?
in General Education Discussion Board
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Janeway,
D12 started working through Foerster Alg 1 this past spring. She was flying through it w/o real difficulty. She then went on an extended vacation with her dad, when she finally returned to Foerster (after 5-6 week break), she could not remember what she had previously learned. D12 then reviewed all the previous chapters. But before we went on to new material. I heard about Phillip Keller's
"Advanced Math For Young Students: A first course in Algebra. This book explained the how and why to her very well. She really enjoyed the Keller text. After completing this book, she is back to Foerster Alg I. She has a better understanding this time.