We use Classically Catholic Memory, but I’m thinking of adding some more poems and longer Scripture passages. How do you all organize your memory work and review it?

Alright, I think we’re going to give English from the Roots Up a try. See about teaching her to look at words more analytically

Alright help me find some new books to read? I don’t generally like Christian fiction, but I would appreciate finding some novels that don’t spend six or eight pages describing the *tea party* in detail

These are great suggestions. Maybe I should return to having at least some of her reading time mom-selected books

No visual or auditory processing issues. The audiobooks aren’t for school work, but we listen to them in the car and at bedtime

Does Wordly Wise teach word roots? It does look pretty easy to use

This is kind of what I was thinking. That maybe she doesn’t pick up vocabulary from context and needs to learn to analyze the words instead

I don’t even do the self tests with my 3rd grader. We just read and I make up a few questions or ask her to narrate. Other we do the same, a couple pages a day I forgot to add. We read these books together so we can discuss

My sixth grader is a voracious reader, listens to a lot of audiobooks, and scores very well on reading assessments, but her vocabulary scores are consistently low. It’s not just a testing issue. She regularly complains about people using big words that she doesn’t understand. Anyone else have a kid like this? My others have basically just learned word meanings by osmosis. Any ideas about what kind of vocabulary teaching she might need?

I have decided that fourth grade reading is just going to be a big basket of excellent books to read for 30 min every day. #easybutton

Forgot Henry Huggins and Ramona. And Paddington!

What are the not to be missed reading selections for this age? I'm thinking Boxcar Children, Charlotte's Web, Narnia and Little House type of books.

Seton’s spelling and handwriting and vocabulary would probably work well in a classroom. Maybe Memoria Press’s lit? It’s pretty Catholic friendly at least

My daughter will be in fourth grade next year and her spelling lessons so far have been pretty scattershot. We’ll start Megawords in fifth grade, but I’d like to do a crash course/review of elementary spelling next year. Any suggestions?

Little Women or Treasure Island The Diary of a Young Girl The Giver

If you have used this, did your student complete all the material included? I’m seeing Learning Checks and Exercises in the Textbook and quizzes and tests and review guides in the digital files. What was most valuable?

I like CLE for the independent workbook format

I’m looking for something Catholic or Catholic friendly that will plan out history/literature/geography for me. Any ideas? I’m going to have girls in grades 4, 7, and 8.

I got a subscription to The Week Junior for my 11 and 13 year olds, and it seems to be working well.

Depending on the circumstances, she might be required to attend non-offenders treatment. Basically therapy or group that helps women learn to deal with a partner whose an abuser and protect themselves and their kids. That would be more if Josh abused their kids though, which I pray didn’t happen

SeaQuest! That brings back some memories. Lucas and his dolphin were the best. I'll have to see if that's on Netflix or anything

My bigger girls and I love Stargate, especially Sam Carter, scientist extraordinaire. But I'm keeping it another year for the little one. Some of the violence is just a little too realistic.

We’ve decided on Avatar: The Last Airbender. Thanks!

Thanks! Lost in Space might be just about right.

So my daughter just turned 9 and we need a new tv show for mommy time. We really like 90s era scifi. She loved ST: TNG and DS9 but I thought the latter was just a bit dark for her at times. I was thinking about Babylon 5 or Andromeda or Earth: Final Conflict. Anyone remember these shows well enough to guess if they’re too intense for a 3rd grader? (We’re planning to watch the rest of the Star Treks later in the year with Daddy, so that’s why we’re skipping Voyager/Enterprise)