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    2nd-3rd grade Reading poll

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    We use R&S. We are on book 2 finished book 1. I love that it includes bible and I read his bible story book to go along with the R&S book. Let me start by saying I believe our ds to be a late bloomer when it comes to reading, but what we do has done wonders for his reading ability and now he likes to read and will even pick up a book on his on to read. This week he even picked up an early reader chapter book to read out loud.

    YEAH!!

    Our reading/phonics time goes like this.

    Ds picks out what he wants me to read out loud and one he would like to read out loud. (this can be anything from our book shelf or from our library book bin)

    We head to the couch. :D

    Next I read to him and he reads to me from his book picks.

    Then I read a short story with questions and narration prompts.

    Next we go over the new word list for R&S then he reads R&S out loud and I then read his bible story book to him.

     

    Next we move to his desk and begin his R&S work books. (Sometimes he writes everything, sometimes I write some things for him and sometimes we do exercises orally)

    We have also started a silent reading 1 page story with questions for him to do - then I read it to him and go over the answers. Found here: http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/index.html

    And most of all we are having fun doing it! :)

     

    Lisa

    Dd 19 Jr. in college

    Ds 7 Hockey player

    Math Curricula help 3rd grade

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    Well I am trying to regroup for next year, rereading WTM rethinging :glare:

    We 1st used More Than Counting and Mathematics Activities for homeschooling with Unifex cubes. When ds was 6 we started R&S Arithmetic 1 and now almost finished with R&S 2.

    Ds 7 likes R&S, but I am not sure :confused: He does not seem to know his facts - he adds by looking at a calendar or number line or counting something. I am awear that he may still need concrete objects in order to process facts. But, R&S also seems to me not as advanced as other math curricula. He does do all problems given correct and understands concepts taught. I have looked at all of WTM curricula, but I really don't care for them.

    Any sugestions??

     

    Thank You

    Lisa

    Help! Need to vent!

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    Oh, you are not a failure! Take heart! He's only 7! I liked Garga's questions. We need more info! What are you using for him to narrate? SOTW? SOTW 1 WWE? Are you having him write it or is this with oral narrations? Oral

     

    Also...could he draw a picture of one thing he remembers about the reading, and then tell you what the picture is about? Never gave this a thought good idea - thanks :) I did this with my son for several years at that age...he could read really well and understand it, but even when I asked him the leading questions I'd get one word answers or blank stares. Finally I had him draw a picture about something he liked/remembered about the story, and he could tell me about that. You might have to give concrete suggestions of things for him to draw, but I usually let him come up with his own, and that worked.

     

    Hang in there!

     

    Thank you :001_smile:

    Lisa

    Help! Need to vent!

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    I don't really have advice, so let me ask some questions and maybe someone will have advice.

     

    1. When you ask him to give a narrative, have you read the material to him only once? Yes Maybe he can't give a narrative because he hasn't retained anything. Maybe he needs to hear it more than once? never thought of it

     

    2. Do you give him leading questions? he can answer a direct question correct, but I am thinking I have a problem with leading a question.To prompt his memory? I need improvment :D

     

    3. Do you tell him to give you just one tiny nugget of info, and then build from there? I do think he has a poblem on where to start Sometimes my ds7 doesn't know where to start and his mind will go blank, so I'll tell him to give me just one thing he knows. Then I can ask him to tell me what happened right before that info or just after.

     

    4. Is this material you've read to him or he's read himself? Both - he can read material silently( 1 page) and answer 5-8 question by himself correctly Maybe it's a problem with reading comprehension (if he's reading it himself.) This is what I thought too, so that is why I started to print off from http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/index.html their reading comp. went through grade 1 now in grade 2 and he is not having a problem - sometimes he even writes his answers in a complete sentence. My ds was reading a story book and reading it perfectly, but when I asked him every couple of pages what it was about he didn't have a clue. (There was a lot of sarcasm in the story and he was too young to understand it. When a character would say, "Yeah, right" sarcastically, he read it as if they really meant "Yes! That's right!") Well when I ask my son about a story he has read weather it be outloud or silently he says I don't remember, but say it is from his reading (we use R&S) he can get every answer correct. :confused:

     

    5. If you're reading aloud, do you stop and comment along the way (if you're reading it to him) to see if he's getting it, or do you read a whole chapter and then ask him? No again I need to do this Maybe he's getting lost somewhere in the reading. this could very well be

     

    ETA: I agree with the post right below mine. There might not be a problem at all. If you're doing all sorts of things, like what I suggested above, then perhaps it's just not your childs way of expressing himself. He's still very very young.

    This could be, but I have been thinking maybe I should use WWE along with R&S Engilsh 2 ?

    Here is what we do:

    R&S Engilsh 2 2 x per week

    R&S Math 2 5 x per week

    Finished R&S Reading1 and before we start R&S 2 we are doing Fast Track Action Reading. To get a better grip on phonics.

    Read outlouds

    Scholastic reading comp. grade 2 workbook

    superteacher worksheets for silent reading comp. all reading 5 x per week

    SOTW 1 with AG 2 x per week

    Critical thinking co. Building Thinking Skills 2 x per week

    Science 5 x per week REAl science, Bill Nye, MSB and moms own units - we love experiments :)

    Probably forgetting something :lol:

     

    Well should I add WWE and which 1 or 2?

     

    Thanks

     

    Lisa

    Help! Need to vent!

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    I feel like a failure! Our 7 year old ds does not like and does not do well at narration. Somewhere along the line I must have messed up in his teachings. To get him to narrate anything it is like pulling teeth. My dh says it is because he likes to keep his toughts to himself :001_huh: Ugg I need help - I really do not know what to do :confused:

     

    Thanks

    Lisa

    Has anybody done Geography in 1st grade?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    I'm using Scholastic Success with Maps with my 1st grader (and the third grade book with ds#1). mended in

     

     

    :iagree: Our son loves this book it is fun! He has done 1, 2 and I already bought 3. He also likes Brain Play Crosscountry USA Photo Safari CD. These are somethings he enjoys doing on his own :) At this time he is learning where the states are located by finding them on the map and then using a follow the directions poster sheet on each state that tells all the states information - these are made by Crayola and are the start of our USA notebook. Also, to learn the oceans and continents we made our own world map - I copied the continents he colored them and cut them out. He painted the poster board blue and made a compass rose. Then we glued everything in their proper places and labeled oceans and continents as we read books and leraned about each one.

     

    Lisa

    DD 19 college Jr.

    DS 7 our hockey player

    Have you done a study/timeline on American Wars? if so Please read

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    O.K. our ds 7 loves war facts, books, games as of now his main focus is WWII and any and all aircraft, ships, weapons, uniforms and the geographical regions in which each fight is fought. He really loves History and geography period. So since we will be finished with Abeka (Our America) grade 2, my husband and I feel we should run with his interest.

    so the problem arrives -

    Is there ready made materials, unit studies, lapbooks, etc?

    Should we do a timeline book with maps?

    What are good books to read for each war?

    As you can tell we are in need of guidance.

    Thanks

    Lisa

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