Noreen Claire
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We do use WWS, but we didn't start until 6th grade. (We did WWE 1-3 over grades 2-4, and then used Killgallon for half of 5th.)
In 6th, for WWS1, we tried *very* hard to stay on the given schedule of the book, but we sometimes stretched a week's lesson out over two weeks. This year (7th), he's taking WWS2 through the WTMAcademy. While I'm glad that we have some outside validation/input on his writing, we both liked it better when we did it ourselves.
We plan on doing it ourselves next year.
If I could go back, I would have broken up WWS1 over 5th & 6th grades, and then tried to keep to the schedule for WWS2 in 7th.
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We used GWTM starting in 5th grade, after finishing FLL 1-4. We've used the program like this:
5th grade: lessons #1-60 in the purple book.
6th grade: lessons #1-80, in the red book, then review lessons 61-77 in the purple book.
7th grade (this year): do reviews #1-3, then lessons #37-100(-ish) in the blue book, then review lessons 78-??(as far as we can) in the purple book.
8th grade (the plan): reviews #1-5, then 61-130 in the yellow book (if it's published by then). Then, throw a party!
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Check out Grammar for the Well Trained Mind, also by SWB.
https://welltrainedmind.com/a/how-to-use-grammar-for-the-well-trained-mind-with-your-student/
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19 minutes ago, Lady Florida. said:
Could you tell if this is middle-schooler appropriate? Both my 4th and 7th graders read adaptations of the novel, and have heard the Broadway soundtrack. They might be interested!
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I'm trying to find documentaries to go along with the early modern period (essentially, SOTW book 3 time period, pre-US civil war). I have a 2nd grader listening to SOTW3, and 4th & 7th graders reading other texts on the same time period. I'm looking for both world history and US history, and would like to include diverse viewpoints.
If you have any lists or titles you could recommend, I would greatly appreciate it!
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4 hours ago, prairiewindmomma said:
Birth control pills don't work effectively when taking antibiotics.
I learned this the hard way. 🤷♀️
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I solved it, but I haven't had my first cuppa tea yet this morning so it's not pretty.
Maybe it will still help?
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Skittles?
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DS12 will be going to the local public school for HS, so I am looking at the next 18 months with three areas of focus:
academic: Keep moving forward and challenging him in his academics: finish alg2 and move to geometry, continue with Latin before he chooses a spoken language in high school, work on more advanced grammar topics, and continue to strengthen his writing before starting at the high school.
self-sufficiency/executive functioning: Moving to public school will be a different world for him (he's been home since the end of 1st grade). I need to start having him have more input in scheduling himself and his schoolwork/chores. Also, he would like more cooking and baking lessons.
music: Keep up with his piano and viola lessons, and encourage his love of classical music. His viola teacher thinks that he can try out for the local youth symphony in the fall, but I'm not sure he would be able to swing that with his sports and other lessons. He's also self-teaching saxophone, so that he can join the high school marching band in 9th grade. We might use a Great Courses music appreciation or music theory course in 8th grade, if we can fit it in.
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This will be my last year with this kid at home, as we're planning for him to go the the local public high school.
Math: finish up Alg2, then AoPS Geometry; reading lists from Living Math U3
Logic: Finish Art of Argument, then Argument Builder.
Science: Hewitt's Conceptual Physics (DH has been teaching this in his high school classroom for over a decade) along with continuing in The Story of Science books that fit the history timeline.
History: Civil War to the modern period, using Light to the Nations P2 & the companion The Making of the Modern World: The History of the United States as our spine, with plenty of other resources as needed.
Latin: finish Henle First Year
Language arts: Writing With Skill level 3; Vocabulary from Classical Roots levels C & D; Grammar for the Well Trained Mind
Literature: assigned books from the WTM reading list plus whatever else he wants to read, he usually has several non-school books going at once
Sports: summer cross country training with the local running club, fall soccer & cross country, winter basketball , spring soccer.
Music: Continue with piano and viola lessons, and self-teaching saxophone so that he can join the public school marching band the summer after 8th grade. We may add in the Great Courses How to Listen to and Understand Classical Music course, if we can find the time.
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I like to occasionally reread Good and Cheap by Leann Brown. It's about how to cook on a SNAP budget. I don't usually make the recipes, but I always get inspired by it.
(The pdf is free to download.)
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I left my first husband 25 years ago, so my memories of that time are *very* fuzzy. What I do remember clearly is that I realized after the (relatively simple) divorce that there were things I should have asked to be included, but didn't. If I could go back, I would have kept a running list, for whenever a thought or question came up for the lawyer, so I wouldn't forget. I was under so much stress, and so overcome with emotions, that a list would have helped immensely.
Also, I would second counseling/therapy/whatever. I crawled into a bottle for several months after my separation, and I made some terrible decisions during that time. Therapy probably could have helped, but I was young (early 20s) and stupid.
Many, many hugs to you and your boys.
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Looks like we got around 15" or so. We didn't have a single plow come by yesterday, and I was woken up by plows during the night. They only did the middle of the street, so there's a lot of shoveling to be done today!
Seems like my SIL was in the jackpot zone; they got 30" yesterday!
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I'm in a pocket on the MA/NH border that is expected to get 24"-30"+. 😱 I did a grocery pickup yesterday, on the way home with the kids. I'm not expecting to lose power, because the snow is supposed to be very fluffy, due to the very cold temperatures.
I am concerned that DS26 will attempt to drive his GF to/from work tomorrow. (She works for a doggie daycare place.)
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I am right there with you, @Jenny in Florida. The last two years have been hard enough, but I was already not quite right pre-pandemic; add to that going into menopause and all the hormone swings that go with it and, well, it's been rough. I spent the other day on the couch, cycling through bouts of tears and absolute panic, and no real idea why. There are so many things I want or need to do, but I just can't bring myself to even start. I've been bingeing Downton Abbey the last week in an effort to hide from life. Gah.
I've never been officially diagnosed, but I am definitely going to bring it up with my doctor at my physical in March.
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Meera Sodha has several excellent cookbooks - I took them out of the library to try before I bought my own copies. I make these couple of recipes frequently:
Channa Saag (slightly different than the book, with kale instead of spinach and fresh instead of tinned tomatoes; I use canned tomatoes like the recipe in the book)
My best advice for making Indian recipes is to use the absolute best, freshest spices that you can find/afford. When I upgraded my spices my cooking went from simply okay to very, very good!
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Looking ahead to next year, DS12 is very interested in taking Music History & Appreciation though the WTMA. (He's currently taking a different course there and is familiar/comfortable with the platform.) It's a one-semester course, and I was wondering if anyone knows of similar course that would be focused on NON-western music traditions? Or, alternately, if there are any other online/video music history courses that would include both western & non-western traditions that a musically-inclined, advanced 8th grader could handle?
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I had what was probably Reynauds in the past, while breastfeeding children #3 & 4, on my nipples.
**Insert screaming noise here.**
It fit the description of what happens to fingers and toes, but in a much more sensitive place. It went away slowly, and it wasn't an issue when nursing my youngest.
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I had a J&J in the spring of 2021, and a Moderna booster dose a few weeks ago. I was tired, and came down with a headache about 12-18 hours after the booster shot. My arm was very sore for days!
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I'm not sure. One of the other moms from her kid's school is a nurse, and took her kid to get boosted as soon as the news of the FDA recommendation came out. She called my friend when finished, and my friend picked her kids up and went straight to the same place.
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My BFF took both of her girls (12 & 14) out of school to a local (to her) walk-in clinic and got them boosted this afternoon!
I'm waiting to hear if the clinic my city is holding on Wednesday will allow my DS12.
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We will start back on Monday, but I'm upset about it.
Now that my youngers are all vaccinated, we had been planning to use the week after the holidays to visit all the museums and other places that we had been avoiding for nearly two years due to the pandemic and omicron has now ruined those plans. I'm just so sad about all the 'extra' stuff that we haven't been able to do that made homeschooling much more fun.
I am also feeling that ever-present conflict between 'we're doing too much, we should relax' and 'we're not doing enough, how do I add in what's missing?'
Anyway, i refuse to think about it until Monday. DH goes back to his high school classroom on Monday and I'm worried about him catching covid from his students. DS26 still has not been able to get a booster, so that adds to my constant worry for his health. I just so tired, y'all.
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DS7 just wrote a four word dictation. Willingly. And spelled 'slice' correctly, to boot!
Last year, this kid refused to do *any* school work. Flat out refused to learn to read. Would not pick up a pencil to write anything, no matter the bribe or the consequence. So many days were spent fighting and so very little learning happened. This year, he's willingly coming to the couch to work with me most days. He's moving steadily through phonics and, while still a slow reader, is starting to choose to read on his own. He will physically write a page of handwriting or math without much fuss (though I still scribe about half his work). He's blowing through his math books. He looks forward to grammar and narration. He even read and completed the entire page of his MindBenders book all on his own today!
Many days are still a frustrating slog, with four different learners and personalities, so I'm glorying in these small victories today.
Have you had any small victories lately?
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What to use after First Language Lessons 4?
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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I'm currently doing WWE4 with DS9. I'm modifying it a lot, as the dictation passages are very long/complicated. It can be done, but it's not *needed*. SWB has a PDF on writing programs to use...
WWEandWWSexplanation.pdf