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    What would you do?

    in The Chat Board

    Posted

    First, get your shirt back. I wouldn't yell at your daughter in front of her friend, but I wouldn't worry too much about making her look like a fool. It's not your fault if her friend draws the logical conclusion based on her behavior. (I wouldn't get mad at the friend though, as long as she takes off your shirt when you tell her to. Likely she thought your DD was operating within the norm for your family.)

     

    Second, I would start taking stuff away from your daughter--starting with the master bedroom. Your younger daughter is already sleeping with you, so what do you have to lose? And maybe then you can lock your bedroom door. :-)

     

    I agree with this completely.  It sounds as if your daughter feels she is the queen of the castle and she can do anything or have anything she wants.  She needs to go back to a regular room and you need to take back the master bedroom and put a lock on your door, if there is not one there already.  I also agree with pp about taking everything away from her and having her earn it back a bit at a time.  You are clearly going to have to get tough here to make her understand what she is doing is very unacceptable.

    Have SWI-A; waiting for TWSS; Should I start without it?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    You sure can.  Just sit in with your child while they watch it.  You'll be fine.  I have TWSS but didn't watch it before using SWI A, B, or C.  I keep it on hand for reference.

     

    Thanks, I appreciate the feedback.  We'll give it a try then and see how it goes.  I think I would feel more confident if I had watched the instructor's DVD first.   Other than WWE1 and 2, which they mostly enjoy, this is their first class that will really have them doing some writing and I'm worried that I'll do something that will make them hate it.

    Have SWI-A; waiting for TWSS; Should I start without it?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    I was planning to start SWI-A with my two sons on Monday but have yet to receive TWSS.  It may not arrive until around the 15th (ordered used on Amazon).  I already have the instructor's notes, student notes and SWI-A DVDs.

     

    For those who use this, would you recommend I wait until I have TWSS and have a chance to watch the first part before beginning SCI-A or go ahead and start with what I have?

    Question for those using IEW's SWI-A

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    You'll want to go sign up for the IEW emails right quick.  After Christmas they will be having their 12 days of Christmas giving and last year they gave away some great helps!  You had to log in every day to get it but it was really helpful to me.

     

    There is a yahoo group which if amazing.  I found most of the source texts my kids used for each Unit right in their files section.

     

    Here is the Teacher binder

    Teaching Writing: Structure & Style [seminar Workbook] [CLEARANCE]

    http://www.iew.com/shop/products/teaching-writing-structure-style-seminar-workbook-clearance

     

    Now you can use this with ANY level of the TWSS   So, it works for Levels A, B and C.  I have this and reading it along with watching the DVD's for the teachers would be enough for me.

     

    If you just want the Teacher's Manual for Level A then you could buy this:

    http://www.iew.com/shop/products/student-writing-intensive-continuation-course-level-teachers-manual-clearance

     

    Here is the student binder on clearance

    http://www.iew.com/shop/products/student-writing-intensive-notebook-binder-tabs-only-clearance

     

    Here is the stuff that goes into the above binder for the student.

    http://www.iew.com/shop/products/student-writing-intensive-level-notebook-packet-clearance

     

     

    I was blessed with the Level B videos so my kids and I watch those together.  The teacher's DVD's I watch alone and I take time once to a month to watch the next webinar for the unit my kids will be going into.

     

    The part that I love about IEW is that now that I have the TWSS I can use this all the way through to college with my kids.  If you have any other questions feel free to ask.

     

    Thanks so much Amy!  This is so helpful.  I will definitely check out these links.  I appreciate your help.

     

    Question for those using IEW's SWI-A

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    I have not yet gotten the instructors DVD set but I am thinking I will.  Before I do though, I have a question.  I purchased the SWI-A DVD's on sale at a resale shop.  I sat down to listen to the first lesson yesterday and I though it would never end!  I couldn't believe that this group of kids were doing all of this in one sitting.

     

    I read in a different thread that some of the lessons were 40 minutes long.  I didn't time this one but I really thought it was longer than an hour.  Maybe I was wrong.  I kept watching because I wanted to see what work he would assign them but it took so long that I finally gave up and turned it off. 

     

    If you have used SWI-A, could you tell me what the first assignment is?  He kept talking about them meeting again "tomorrow" so it seemed this was one day of teaching and they were meeting again the next day.  Could someone describe the first lesson?

     

    This seems like it is something that would fit us very well but I would like to understand it a bit better before I spend that kind of money.  My two sons are 8YOs (as of end of 9/30 and 11/11) and are getting ready to start 3rd grade in January.  They have completed WWE1 and WWE2 but have yet to really do any of their own writing, other than one or two letters and thank you notes.

    Question for those using CAP's W&R

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    You can break things up and give them more time to write, if it's too much writing at first. I have sometimes done that with CAP in the early lessons, and did it with IEW last year. At 8, my son couldn't quite write a whole 7-8 sentence paragraph in one sitting, but he could do it over 2 days. Now at 9, he can do it in one day. Some of the CAP stories can get kind of long, so I just give extra time as needed. I'm not in a hurry. And with a 3rd grader, you have plenty of time. :)

     

    The 3 week sample is fairly indicative of the rest of the book. If they can handle that, they'll be fine. Be flexible.

     

    Also, I tend to split each lesson into 3-ish days. The first day, we do the first fable and oral narration, then the questions afterward, and the copywork (in cursive). The next day, we'll do dictation and whatever is after that except for the big writing thing at the end. Then the 3rd day, he begins the big writing thing. If he needs more time, that's fine. Occasionally, there is a big writing thing and then a smaller writing thing again, and I'll split those up on different days, of course.

     

    The dictation is easier than WWE3 dictation, and they don't have to hold it all in their heads - it's ok to go sentence-by-sentence.

     

    Thanks for explaining how you schedule it.  I will definitely have to take it slow with them and I am perfectly fine with that.  It is very helpful to hear how someone else has handled it.  I think we will take breaks between W&R lessons to do Killgallon sentences and WWE3.

     

    Question for those using CAP's W&R

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    I really like the looks of this and want to use it with my two sons (recently turned 8YOs - end of Sept and early Nov).  They have finished WW1 and WW2 and also FLL1 and FLL2 however, from reading multiple threads about W&R, I don't think they would be quite ready to do Fable yet.

     

    They did the dictation in WWE2 fine, although one of them had trouble with remembering many of the passages, especially the longer ones.  They are pretty good with narration also.  They are not solid on doing their own writing.  I have been following WWE2's instructions and writing it for them and then dictating a sentence or two back to them.  I have written their history narrations for them also.  (I'm not quite sure how to transition to having them write their own.  Suggestions are welcome.)  One son has had trouble with writing, is in OT for it and is improving but the other is quite capable, I just have not been sure how to go about transitioning.

     

    As for grammar, when we were going over the end-of-book review lessons in FLL2, they were not able to easily pick out some parts of speech, although they knew the definitions and had memorized the lists.  FLL has not covered subject and predicate yet nor the various sentence phrases.

     

    So, my question is what do I need to do to get them ready to do CAP's W&R?  I just purchased Killgallon's two books for elementary (sentences and story grammar).  I was in the process of considering a purchase of IEW's DVD course for teachers and also the A level course for students.  Now I'm not so sure about this direction. 

     

    Any advice on what I should use to get my two sons ramped up and ready for W&R?

    3rd grade composition

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    What have you used or are you using for 3rd grade composition?

     

    I have two recently turned 8 YOs (end of Sept and early Nov) and we are finishing up WW2, after also having used WW1.  I already have WW3 and they enjoy the narrations so we will keep using it but I feel the need to diversity a bit.

     

    I have been reading tons of old threads about writing and have been reviewing CAP's W&R along with products from Classical Composition and IEW.  I'm a bit overwhelmed.

     

    What are you doing / have you done for third grade comp?

    CLE Language Arts: Where to start?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    I am finishing up FLL2 with my two just-turned-eight-year-old sons and we did FLL1 before 2.  After reading and reading prior threads about CLE Language Arts, I am thinking of trying it, since they like and are used to CLE Math.  I have looked at the placement test and, since they have not learned the diacrititcal phonics marks, I think they would probably end up placing in 100.  For those of you with experience with 100-300, should I just start them from the beginning or what do you think?

    Confess your unpopular opinion

    in The Chat Board

    Posted

    Harry Potter is creepy and so are all of the Twilight type of books/movies.  I can't even stand to watch the previews.

    Cooking is one of my least favorite things to do.

    I can't stand the smell/taste of yogurt.

    I don't care for the taste of any kind of alcohol.

    I don't like the taste or smell of coffee.

    I am not current on popular music or tv shows.  I haven't watched/listened to either in the last 15 or so years.

    I don't know who most of the celebrities in the above threads are.  Never heard of most of them.

     

    I like to listen to talk radio when I am in my car.

    I like my minivan and have no desire to trade it in for an SUV.

    I like junk food and Pepsi and have a hard time staying away from them.

    Violin Lessons - What should I know going in?

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    I completely agree. I have known MANY kids to start violin and the ONLY ones who have kept with it had an adult either learning along with them or an adult who already played. The first 1.5 years are really tough and it appears that very very little progress is made until after that point.

     

    Also, your student needs to be willing to do a lot of work on posture/position. My son's first teacher did not focus on this, and he had to do 1.5 YEARS of exercises only before the new teacher was willing to allow him to play again, his position was that bad. On the good side, he is now an excellent player.

     

    Ruth in NZ

     

    If I had it to do over again, I would search on line for proper posture and positioning to make sure I knew what to look for.  My son's first teacher did not stress proper positioning.  I always wondered about it and worried about it and I would mention it to her and she just acted like it would come.  After 2 years, we switched teachers and the new guy was very particular about posture and positioning and he had much better ways of teaching it also.  It was very difficult for ds to take this step backward to work on posture and positioning so long before he could start moving forward again.

     

    The other thing is that I had to take notes and help him practice every day.  He was 7.5 when he switched to piano.  Although I miss the beautiful sound of the violin, the piano practice fits into our schooling day so much easier because he can do it on his own while I am working with my other ds.  I also love the sound of the piano and he is picking it up very quickly so that is nice.

     

    nm

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    My two sons are almost finished with AAS Level 2.  I was planning to switch them to R&S Spelling's 3rd grade level.  Has anyone transitioned from AAS to R&S spelling before and, if so, were you able to stay at the same level?  I suppose I should look for a placement test:).  If anyone has already btdt and could save me the trouble, that would be great.  Thanks!

     

    nm...I did a google search and found my answer:)

    FLL-ds knows definitions for parts of speech but can't identify them

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    Has anyone else had this problem?  We are very close to finishing FLL2.  My two sons have learned the definitions of the parts of speech and also the various lists, including the list of prepositions.  We just covered a lesson where they were to identify each word in a short paragraph.  They were soooo bad at it.  It is clear they have memorized words but not internalized meaning.  They can identify nouns and action verbs much of the time but that is about it.

     

    I'm thinking they probably just need a lot of practice of picking out the various parts of speech from sentences.  We may spend our time doing this for the next month or two, before starting FLL3.  Does anyone know quickie worksheets I could print out for this or a workbook?  Any other suggestions?

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