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I think I have picked the book. We're going to try Basic Algebra by Brown and Dolciani. It looks like a good choice to solidify her skills and move step by step through early algebra. It doesn't cover as much as Dolciani's structure and method books and has more review. Then we'll see if she wants to continue with Dolciani or go back to Saxon's algebra sequence.
Thanks all!
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3 hours ago, 73349 said:
We really liked Jacobs, but I did a bit of explanation as we went (which your dc might not need). We didn't use any kind of teacher guide or video.
Does Jacob's have an Algebra II?
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3 hours ago, cintinative said:
You can check it out here on archive.org. This is the 1988 edition. There is a thread here somewhere but you don't want a late edition of this text. It was apparently changed significantly in not good ways. Something up through early 90s is okay I think?? https://archive.org/details/algebra00brow
I have zero experience with Lial's, but it is known for self-teaching.
I love archive.org
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Would Dolciani be a good choice? I can't seem to find a way to look inside those books
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On 4/12/2022 at 4:54 PM, SilverMoon said:
I'd love to hear what you loved for evolution and/or prehistory for middle grades. 🙂 My smallest human is super interested and we're building a diy science for his upcoming sixth grade year. The rest of the year will be astronomy and physics, though at this speed physics may get booted to 7th.
I have a few ideas but searching to see what others have done hasn't been very helpful for this one. The Build Your Library unit studies aren't really what we had in mind. He's already read good Darwin bios and their Prehistory looks pretty young.. I may get the Evolution one just for the animal timeline, and The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate can go in his lit stack.
NOVA's Great Human Odyssey or First Peoples.
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On 7/10/2022 at 2:40 PM, Farrar said:
Mary Oliver wouldn't be a bad choice, I think. She's in that collection.
That's who I was going to suggest
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My ninth grader is just finishing up Saxon Algebra 1/2, but it's been a bit of a struggle and I think she might do better with more mastery based exercises and more explanation. Here's the problem. She wants all the instruction in the student textbook. No online classes, etc. She doesn't learn well from videos and doesn't like them, and wants to avoid anything where a lot of the material is in a teacher book that makes it hard for her to work independently.
So what would be some good options? I've been looking at Lial's or Abeka or Foerster. Any opinions on these?
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Has anyone tried this? It looks like an interesting option for my 7th and 8th graders.
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14 hours ago, 8filltheheart said:
You can. They are called annotated editions.
Anyone have a favorite publisher for these?
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13 hours ago, WTM said:
Viking press had a series of annotated books under the imprint of The Whole Story — they are excellent— illustrated, lots of historical and textual notes. I think they are out of print but you may be able to find them on abebooks. Some are abridged, so look for unabridged titles. I only have Call of the Wild (unabridged) and Heidi (only the first half of the book is included) and both are excellent.
I’ll have to check and see if my library has any of these
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I really wish one could buy ‘student’ editions of books that have historical/cultural/literary notes and unusual vocabulary in sidebars or footnotes.
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We really like Philip Campbell’s Story of Civilization series. Catholic content though.
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22 minutes ago, UHP said:
My daughter is enjoying Hillyer, "a child's history of the world" on tape.
Is this the new or old version?
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Audible has some great deals for members
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4 minutes ago, CAtoVA said:
Anything by Eric Larson or Bill Bryson.
The Splendid and the Vile (about Churchill and the Blitz) was the first Eric Larson book I’ve read, and it was fantastic
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We used several volumes last year and read and took notes, but I think this year we might finish the set just as extra reading
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1 hour ago, Matryoshka said:
Mary Stewart. Those are pretty much the only things I could label as 'romance' I've ever read, back when I was myself a teen. Very clean.
I just got the audiobooks for her Merlin series on sale a few weeks ago
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The Blue Castle is sounding like it would be enjoyable to read with my teen, I think.
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6 minutes ago, katilac said:
Sunday Philosophy Club for the win!
Oh this looks interesting. Added the first one to the library list
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40 minutes ago, Lori D. said:
@Kareni-- Just wanted to add: your recommendation a few years ago of The Goblin Emperor (Addison) = 😍. It has been my favorite new book for the past several years running, and is my new go-to "comfort food read". 😃
I read The Goblin Emporer last year and adored it! The Angel of the Crows by the same author was also excellent.
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2 hours ago, Dmmetler said:
Cozy mysteries often have a romance element as well, but it tends to be slow growing over the series, where the couple is often dating for several years after their first meeting before getting married, and then after the wedding will eventually have children-the only evidence they ever moved beyond kisses, since the non-mystery discussion has often been focused around finding and repairing a house, conflict with family members, job issues, and other day to day stuff.
Hmm, sounds good. Anyone have some favorite cozy mystery series of this type?
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3 hours ago, katilac said:
Your library system must be more conservative than mine. I used to call the YA books the soft porn section, lol.
😂😂😳
My daughters are getting into young adult books. The parental approval process can be highly contentious
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4 hours ago, katilac said:
Do you want the romance part to be central? Always a 'new' standalone romance or ongoing relationships in a series okay?
Ongoing relationships would be great.
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3 hours ago, Danae said:
You might enjoy Sherry Thomas’ Lady Sherlock series. It’s primarily mystery with a bit of romance. Sex is mentioned but not described.
Also Mary Robinette Kowal’s Glamourist Histories which are Jane Austin with light magic.
I loved Lady Sherlock. Great fun. I’ll have to check out the Glamourist Histories. I love that era.
Help me pick a good Algebra I textbook?
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