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Alright, I finished my speed-read of TWTM4, so let me type out my plans for this year and we'll see if anyone has suggestions. Please?
Boy in 8th grade - slower learner
Reading - something very step by step to work on comprehension. The close reading kind; he does well enough with literary elements for now. Practice for fluency from Catholic National Reader 4 (his pick)
Reading/Literature/History - probably Bookshark 5 (Eastern Hemisphere) or 6 (World History I). I really love the idea behind the Eastern Hemisphere class, but this kid's science and history has suffered while we dealt with getting his reading skills up to grade level. So I wonder if we shouldn't go through World History 1 and 2 the next two years and get a solid framework. Plus SOTW at least has a respectable amount of non western history. I have A Little History of the World, and was looking at that for a one year course, but it looks like it would be too dense for him. I do also have a SOTW 1 set.
Math - Kumon tutoring plus CLE plus Khan Academy
Grammar - Step by Step Grammar combined with CLE Language Arts
Writing - practice dictation, outlining, and writing across the curriculum for now. He just finished WTMA's Expository Writing Prep (highly recommend), and is having some writing exhaustion.
Spelling - continue with Megawords (excellent). Wordly Wise 7
Science - either Bookshark Science 6 or maybe make up my own plans based on What's Science All About and the suggestions in TWTM. I was looking at Elemental Science Earth Science and Astronomy for the whole group, but he is also going to be doing a 2 hr a week science class at a local museum, so we might be getting to more science time than I have.
Girl in 3rd grade - basically Hermione
Spelling - Spelling Workout
Reading - Catholic National Reader 3. Finish Explode the Code Online. Maybe continue with Lexia for Homeschool or a MCP Word Study book, or maybe be done with phonics.
History - Sonlight B, which I already have, along with some extra maps from Knowledge Quest and notebooking pages
Literature - The Read Aloud books in that history core are about the level of what she reads for fun, so I think we will popcorn read them while little sister listens in.
Science - outside science class for 2 hrs a week. Maybe Elemental Science, or an hour or two each week of biology and life science ideas from TWTM that go along with the class.
Math - Singapore and Beast Academy. Kumon.
Latin - Song School Latin
Grammar - CLE
Writing - narrations and dictation. Some time to work on creative writing.
Girl in 2nd grade - bright but limited fine motor skills and patience
Spelling - Spelling Workout
Phonics - Explode the Code online
Reading - Sonlight second grade readers, if I can figure out where I lost the lesson plans. Or just easy readers from the shelf.
Math - Singapore. Start Kumon.
Grammar - English for the Thoughtful Child
Writing - copywork, lots of coloring and tracing to work on the motor skills
History - Core B with her sister
Science/Latin - tag along with big sister as well
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And I'm still up....
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And guess what just appeared on my Kindle as I was going to bed?!
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I've liked Little Angel Readers and Primary Phonics. Explode the Code once they are old enough to work through it independently on the computer.
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Awesome work!
Any chance we can see pictures?
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If you want any other online subscriptions, KOLA may be cheaper. 15 credits is $115, and Brainpop is 6 credits, so you'd have 9 left for other programs.
This looks like a great deal actually! Anyone have any experience with this site?
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He's waiting to see a psychiatrist for attention/impulsivity, but there is a long wait time. Is that who would do this kind of evaluation?
He had an in depth evaluation done years ago, a few years after we adopted him, but it was shoddily done (imo) and came back with him in the borderline area for ADHD and emotional trauma and reasoning skills, so the evaluator didn't have much to recommend.
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Unfortunately, with the 13 year old, things don't click until either the third program I teach it with or a few years behind schedule. Still haven't figured out which.
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The now-13 year old is the kid that struggles with everything.
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And thanks for the hugs!
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:grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug:
Start with the 12 year old and focus on him first. The others are little. Unschooling and audio books for a few weeks (or a year) won't hurt them at all. Seriously. Work on what you want/need to do for your 12 year old. Get everything you can get done for him prepped ahead of time. THEN look at the 7 year old, and move on to the 5 year old and then the 3 year old (who shouldn't need much of anything) when you are ready. Do core first and build off of that.
:grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug:
That's incredibly sensible.
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Ideally something where he can read the lesson, instead of having a video or teacher present it. He finds the latter annoying and babyish.
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Can anyone suggest a grammar program with lots of scaffolding and review for a 7th grader that just doesn't get grammar.
Is spiral language arts a thing?
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By needing to prepare curriculum plans for 4 kids. I've got the struggling kid, the overachiever, the smart but can't hold a pencil right kid, and the preschooler that gets into everything. Agh!
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My copy of Picture Book Activities arrived today and it looks fantastic.
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I do have a bachelor degree.
I expect the 1st and 2nd graders to be in higher percentiles and the 7th grader to be in lower ones.
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If you like faith based podcasts, I saw Adventures in Odyssey has one for kids.
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What kind of curriculum is out there now for hands on, literature based, or arts and crafts type of preschool plans?
We have a ton of workbooks around here, but I have a Ramona-type preschooler for the first time.
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We're enjoying John Christopher's Tripod trilogy over here.
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I just added Classics for Kids from the thread below to my podcast app, and thought I'd ask if anyone else has discovered good kid friendly casts.
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What are the pros and cons of these tests? I've used the CAT 5 for years, and liked it (as well as one can a standardized test) but Seton Testing appears to have discontinued it.
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Thanks for all the answers!
I'm trying to figure out how to balance great activities with not feeling so chaotic. (We had 15-20 hours of outings a week last year.)
Any scheduling and organizing tips?
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Hogwarts robes. Including the super cute house ties.
No, seriously dress codes are such quicksand. I'm in the assign a uniform and have a rule that no underwear can be showing (probably covers the worst problem with both genders), and then move on camp.
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French? You want me to teach you French?
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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I'm trying to get my girls to want to study French instead of Spanish. I've taken a few years of French, but can't pronounce a Spanish r for anything. I'll have to try the ballet angle.