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I need some ideas for grammar for this next year. We've been using FLL all the way through (DS levels 1-3; DD levels 1-4 and then Rod and Staff this year), and I'm having to acknowledge to myself that I just don't think it's working. Both kids can rattle off definitions and lists like nobody's business, but ask them to actually identify parts of speech in a sentence when we HAVEN'T just spent five minutes talking about that part of speech, and they look at me like deer in headlights. My son can easily tell you that "A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought" and "All sen
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I need some ideas for grammar for this next year. We've been using FLL all the way through (DS levels 1-3; DD levels 1-4 and then Rod and Staff this year), and I'm having to acknowledge to myself that I just don't think it's working. Both kids can rattle off definitions and lists like nobody's business, but ask them to actually identify parts of speech in a sentence when we HAVEN'T just spent five minutes talking about that part of speech, and they look at me like deer in headlights. My son can easily tell you that "A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought" and "All sen
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I am trying to plan our curriculum for next year and need advice. I will have a "2nd grader" who is still learning to read. He is doing Saxon Math 1 this year and we finished FLL 1 & 2, we also did WWE 1. We are still working through OPGTTR and he is doing really well but it looks like it will take us all of 2nd grade to finish it. My daughter would normally be starting 6th grade is she was in public school but when we pulled her out of public school she was behind in several things so we are working on bringing her up slowly. It bothers her that her books say 4th grade but I have explain
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My 6th grade dd is begging to do American history. She needs a little accommodation from us due to mild general academic malaise. She has above-average reading ability (albeit reluctant). We'd like an affordable, one semester, ability-appropriate survey with a biblical perspective. She has enjoyed MOH vol. 1 format, and the Heroes biographies by the Benges. Has anyone used Christian Liberty Press' "Exploring American History"? It seems to fit the bill. http://www.shopchristianliberty.com/exploring-american-history-second-edition/
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Languages in general are not my subject. On the foreign language front, we have found a couple publishers that really work well and I am sort of blindly trusting that they are not total quacks. So far, they appear not to be. However, I still do not have a publisher/company that I'm really sold on for English. As such, every year it is a bit up in the air for what we will do next year. My inner planning freak doesn't like this. I know enough to realize that it works very well to have a general theme to the school year and a specific goal we are trying to accomplish. From there, I can norm
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I have been looking and found a lot of great classic reading lists but I would love to add some more up to date books also and mix the two for the year. We do a lot of reading, and a lot of reading together, and sometimes the older stuff can get tedious. It would be great to mix it up with some do not miss more recent books. Anyone know where to find decent lists like this??
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Good afternoon fellow educators, I am in the current stages of planning out our 6th grade year. I have three children ranging in age from 3-11. I am struggling on how to teach the history portion to my 11 year old. It seems that the only way I will be able to check his work, and make sure things are moving in the right direction, is if I read along side him or pre-read the text. Is this correct, or am I missing something? This is a huge concern for me. I am also teaching 3rd grade and I have a toddler. The idea of having to basically do the history lessons before he does, is worrisome. Pl
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Okay, I consider myself an eclectic homeschooler with a classical bent, but this year almost every piece of curricula I've chosen is CE. My problem is that it looks like SO much - how do you get it all done each day without burning yourself and the kids out? Do I have too much planned? If so, what would you let go of? Here's my 6th grade list: Writing: WWS1; Creative Writer 1; 5 Minute Daily Writing Practice (when in car or something) Spelling/Vocab: Word Roots Beginning Grammar: Analytical Grammar (1/3-1/2 book - DD is talking about wanting to go to public school in 8th grade, want thi
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My ODS is going into 6th grade next year. He has done 2 years of Singapore math and that didn't go so well so this year he is doing 5th grade Horizons math. I want to set him up for middle/high school and I am worried Horizons isn't the best choice for 6th grade and beyond. My first reaction is to switch to Saxon Math. He needs a spiral math program because the mastery approach (Singapore) didn't work for him. Your thoughts, suggestions, ideas, etc. I will take any and all! TIA
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Am putting together a reading list for 6th grade. Would love a mix of classics and contemporary. I am going for quality over quantity, as I want to leave plenty of time for free reading. So far, we are considering Robin Hood, Rainbow People, the Giver, roll of thunder, hear my cry.....I have seashell collection of poetry as well, The Sea Around Us, Alternates: Enders Game, westing game, ink heart, Snow Treasure......
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Hi, everyone. It seems almost incredible to be writing this, but DS will be in 6th grade next year. He has been studying Spanish, and now I'm going to add Latin to the mix. Neither one of us knows any Latin. I may be able to understand a few things because of knowing Spanish and a few other languages, but I have never studied it. I looked at samples of the Big Book of Lively Latin 1 online and it looks perfect for DS, who will be a fresh 11 by then. I see that there are three different versions to buy, though. One is the printed, the other the pdf version you have to print yourself, and t
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In 3rd grade my daughter stopped receiving adequate composition and language arts instruction. Her 5th grade year also saw no language curriculum - just packets of suffixes and prefixes, no writing. She is currently in the 6th grade. Due to a variety of circumstances I will be homeschooling for language for the remainder of the year. I need a ready to go curriculum that relies heavily on composition. I would prefer a non-religious text, but am not opposed to a good Christian based curriculum. Thanks.
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I feel like I am finally getting a handle on all of this and now everyone is starting to talk about planning for next year...I am panicking a bit. Next year I will have a chronologically 6th grader and 7th grader...but it will be more like a 5th grader and 8th grader. They have been doing history and science together, along with art and music. Their math is varried and spelling is very different. Their literature and writing is sometimes the same type of assignment, but with higher expectations for the older one. We are doing Ancient History this year and plan to move to The Middle Age
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We are finishing up our first year of homeschooling and my 11 year old daughter is struggling with writing book reports & just writing in general. She has a hard time thinking up and organizing ideas and struggles with grammar a bit. She scored "well below average" in the CAT test on language expression section. She is enrolled in 5th grade Seton and while I like the program overall for her, the English is too advanced and she's not getting it and unless I organize the book report for her. I am open to the possibility of not having her enroll in the fall and putting together my own cu
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I've been reading the WTM for the first time since I started homeschooling and was shocked to see that I should be teaching logic. I had never known it was a subject to teach and was not taught it in my own education. Then there have been some threads on here recently about Logic. Hmmm...I need to do this, but how? Can you help me? So, I have a 6th grader and 3rd grader. Neither of which have done anything from Critical Thinking company or Fallacy detective, or any of those others I've seen mentioned, Logic Liftoff, Orbiting with Logic, etc. Where do I start? What is my goal? I unde
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Oh, those who have gone before me, please guide me now. I've hemmed and hawed for two years about buying MCT, mostly due to price but also not being sure I could wrap my mind around the program. I'm pretty sure I want to take the plunge and believe I've got a much better feel for how it would go. But now, I'm wondering, is my 6th grader too old for it? She knows grammar rules, but it's not internalized. And she loves things that are beautiful and crafting beautiful sentences, by copying good writing. So, I think MCT will encourage and develop that! BUT, which program should I sta
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My dd has been working with WWS since the beginning of the school year. She is a very good writer and absolutely loves The Creative Writer. (we supplement with that.) The only complaints I would have about her writing is that, if she's not completely clear on a subject, she can be disorganized when she gets it on paper and she can get a little too creative and embelish too much. These don't happen too often, but they are there. When she writes from WWS, she almost never does either of these. I love WWS and think that it is very helpful for her. She hates it. She says that it's redund
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My son is very visual. dislikes reading/language arts very much. What are my Language arts options for 6th grade textbook?
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I'm looking at doing up my sixth grade plans as we normally switch over in April. What are y'alls plans or what are you doing or have you done? If we just continue on with what we have been doing it'll look like this - Reading & Literature – LCC history and literature suggestions Writing – WWS and or The Creative Writer Fine Arts – going to museums; biographies by Mike Venzia; creation of some sort, maybe felting? Math – Singapore 4A and B OR Life of Fred Fractions Science - Janice VanCleave's Chemistry for Every Kid History, Geography, Government - SOTW 3 with Kingfi
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I'm planning ahead for next year's curriculum for my dd who will be in 6th grade. I haven't been happy with any program we've used so far, but I know where I need to go. Can you give me your advice? We've only been homeschooling since her 4th grade year. She was ps before that, and her 3rd grade was heavy into book projects each month. Then in 4th grade with did LLATL Orange, but I felt compared with her 3rd grade year it was too easy for her. So this year we did CQLA Level A, as I was looking for a strong writing component in our program. I didn't care for CQLA's approach to writing. I fe
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I have decided that with our rather hit-or-miss approach over the years, that I need to buckle down a little, at least with ds, since he's officially of "middle school" age/grade in the fall - yikes! :ohmy: I've decided on the basics, and have narrowed history and science down to 2 options each. With history, I want to simply be able to read aloud once or twice a week, and let ds (and his sister) explore the rabbit trails. Science, well, you can see below. I would love and appreciate some feedback on this! Language Arts: Brave Writer Lifestyle, with some written history/science narrati
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I'm wrestling with decisions for next year and am wondering what others have done with 6th graders who are average students. I have a few solid selections, but am having a hard time with some subjects. Here are my choices so far: History/Literature/Biographies: Ambleside Year 6 Math: Math Mammoth 6, CWP 5, & probably Life of Fred Pre-Algebra 1 day/week (which means MM will likely take longer than 36 weeks) Poetry: finish Grammar of Poetry--We're moving through this *really* slowly. Latin: finish Latin Prep 1 & begin Latin Prep 2 Bible: CBS-Genesis; I have H
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I know this has been discussed before- but we are now moving toward convention season- so- if you have any new thoughts... What are you using for 6th grade? Some basics from me to start it off... Wordly Wise Spelling Skills and Spelling Wisdom Saxon Math BJU English and Writing Typing (I think TI Deluxe) HOD RTR ( I think...) this is unorganized for now... but just some ideas. Thanks! Rebecca
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So here's my rather tentative plan: Phonetic zoo MCT voyage, then LL7 & homegrown writing Lively Latin 2 SYRWTL French Math Mammoth or Singapore 6, CWP, Zaccaro's Challenge Maths Mindbenders + Logic Lift Off Scratch For Teens, then either Python or Visual Basic SOTW4 with AG, tests, etc. Ellen McHenry's Carbon Chemistry & The Brain Astronomy* Electronics * Possibly Art of Argument* Book & cook club music & art outsourced Tennis, swimming, dance, Brownies/Girl Guides a) comments welcome b) anyone else want to post theirs?