This looks very close to what I was contemplating. With a dash of Analytical Grammar I think. A sticky area for me to. I feel like I keep chasing myself in circles. So I stop and go back later and it isn't long before I'm going around and around again :lol:

Your progression is very interesting to me. I see a lot of "me" in there. Clearly the Galore Park materials and Latin Road "won out" over MCT and then PLL/ILL. Do you mind explaining your journey? I'm currently using the MCT materials ( I do generally like them - the grammar the least) and was considering the PLL/ILL for next year for my younger crew. After seeing your list, I think I might need to look at Galore Park a bit closer since I seem to be following your progression :tongue_smilie:

Would you please share your language arts sequence? Choosing something like CLE or Rod&Staff and following it all the way through sounds lovely when it comes to planning. However, I've read where many of you don't use the same program from 1st/2nd - 8th and I'm particularly interested in seeing the sequences that have been created using a variety of materials. If you subscribe to an educational philosophy that impacts your grammar choices, please feel free to share that information as well. Thanks!

It is my mom's name. We thought about naming our oldest daughter Roxanne and she really didn't want us too. Said she would get teased her whole life. Shame, I like the name but she was so adamant that we didn't use it.

I used Paths of Exploration this year. You had listed under cons that it might be time-consuming. It isn't ;) I think there is easily time left for other literature.

beautiful! thanks for sharing

Geomatters still - Paths of Progress or Paths of Settlement

Secular and does not include any sexuality- Current Health Kids & Current Health Teens magazines. They are published by the Weekly Reader folks. My kids really enjoy them and are happy to read them with no prompting from me. A sexuality newsletter is option for those receiving Current Health Teens. http://www.weeklyreader.com/archive/28 Current Health kids grades 4-7 http://www.weeklyreader.com/archive/36 Current Health teens grades 8-12 For younger than 4th - Staying Healthy Series: http://rainbowresource.com/prodlist.php?sid=1302310498-1714583&subject=11&category=3275

We use MM to supplement MEP (money, measurement stuff mostly). We also use it to supplement TT.

It wasn't enough for my 4th grader (we did HWOT cursive in 3rd but that was a dismal failure - not enough practice). I had him restart in the 2nd grade transition book. The first half of that book is print. The second half starts cursive. Then each letter gets a page to itself..... which is what he needed. I had him do 1-2 pages per day. He easily got through that book plus 3 this year. Next year he will do 4 and 5 and be back on track ;)

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I'm in NC - received mine 2 days ago.

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My daughter used a lot of the online labs from Adaptive curriculum for her biology. They did have it on sale at Homeschool Buyers co-op. Let me check https://www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.org/index.php?option=com_hsbc_epp_order&Itemid=986

We have an old dresser in a closet that holds all the indoor tools. Various nails, screws, hooks, set of screwdrivers, wrenches... It is rather large so we also store extra lightbulbs in one drawer. Another has all the rarely used vacuum attachments and vacuum bags. Oh and we have some twine, rope and various junk stuff in another drawer. The heavy duty tools are out in the garage.

Classical Christian Academy :tongue_smilie:

My 7th grader is using this - she is using the online interactive version: Link to the interactive sample The Physics Textbooks I and II come with the interactive version. It is definitely more a textbook class than a living book class. For 5th grade, it would certainly be rigorous - parts of it may be difficult. While there is no advanced math, there are formulas discussed. So it will help considerably if your 5th grader can understand things like P=w/t (power = work/time) Take a look at the sample - the text is just about word for word like the sample. You can get a good idea of rigor there. I compared it recently to a copy of Hewitt's conceptual physics that my husband had left over from high school. I'd rank it a notch lower but generally within the same ballpark (less math). Since Hewitt was designed for high school, I think this would be solidly middle school level. It is a secular curriculum. Textbook 1 is 126 pages long Textbook 2 is 134 pages long I printed them both (color) and had them bound together at staples. I also printed the lab book and had that bound. There are some other (optional) supplies that you will need to buy to complete the suggested labs in physics I: Yenka (free) - http://www.yenka.com/ - this is pretty difficult stuff. I would think it would be extremely challenging for a 5th grader. Thames & Kosmos - Physics Workshop - I personally have found these labs very difficult to build. Now, I must admit that I'm not the most talented person and assembly but there are no step-by-step instructions. There are completed pictures and you have to figure it out from those. Not my forte. My 7th grader was lost. We have skipped some of the more difficult ones and completed some of the easier ones. The reviews on Amazon are good so it might just be us :lol: This course is completely doable without this workshop There are a few other labs with household supplies as well but those are easy - one with paper towels. Another building a Rube Goldburg machine (had to contain different types of pullys, levers....). Physics II lab supplies: Yenka again Snap-Circuits (SC-300) NOVA: Einstein's Big Idea DVD (rent or buy) Adventures in Fiber Optics Kit OR The "Sound Measurement Kit" which states it is for ages 12 and up Expected timeline: one unit per week, doing science 3 to 5 days a week using this as your guide Day 1: Read entire unit without stopping to ask questions, watch videos contained in the unit (these are links if you just have the texts), make flashcards for every bolded work, every law and every formula Day 2: Reread text, have student to stop and ask questions, practice flashcards, rewatch videos, do workbook activity pages (these are questions at the end of the units in the text) Day 3: Complete lab activities Honestly, if you do all this, it takes about a week and a half to complete each unit. Which is what we have done. There are 14 units in Physics I and 14 more in Physics II - it will certainly fill up a year. If you have any other specific questions, let me know and I'll do my best to answer them. Other than the Thames & Kosmos Physics lab, the course has been a winner. My daughter has been retaining the information. Oh last note: I bought the interactive version solely b/c the videos were embedded within the website. No youtube comments (thank you very much :tongue_smilie:) The text being read and interactive has been a great plus! She still reads her text but her first "reading" is watching it online. Then her second reading is the actual textbook.

I do it as a read-aloud. You can write pronunciations in pencil in your TM [;)] I'm working with an older child but we typically - Read the entire chapter aloud in one sitting (fairly long). Review the other school days that week using the list at the end of the chapter. When she can't recall, I state the word in one of the sentences from the chapter rather than telling her the answer. That often jogs her memory. On the last day of the week, we review a final time and then test. I don't usually use the questions at the back of the book that cover more than the vocabulary.

I had a Paragard inserted after my 5th child at my 6 wk pp visit. I had it removed at my 5 weeks pregnant with my 6th child OB visit :001_huh: I KNOW it is rare but it does happen. Mine was in the right place so I guess I was part of the .2 percent that it fails for. Overall, no huge issues. It did not make my flow heavier (but I have a heavy flow anyhow). I did notice after having it removed that my abdomen felt "lighter". That is hard to explain. I didn't know my abdomen had a sense of pressure until after it was gone. I would not get one again. Getting pregnant scared me b/c I was afraid I would miscarry. They did offer me the option of getting another after my 6th child. I chose to get a tubal.

Dark Purple - almost black - like an eggplant :001_smile:

Yes - I generally read aloud from my TM and my daughter follows along in her book which is helpful but not necessary. (7th grade) However, the answers to the questions (at the end of the section) and such are right after the questions. So you would need to do those orally. Or retype them. Other than the answers, and the quizzes and tests in the back, the TM and student book are the same.

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Core 1 I'd choose the Core 2 advanced books (readers) for your 4th grader.

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