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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 -
Just summarizing the last few threads GRIN... I've been reading these boards for awhile, and I've listened to several of my children's friends complain about their teachers' threats and complaints at the beginning of 8th grade, and I've concluded that it is perfectly normal to spend the entire 8th grade year struggling to begin to learn how to: -Write a short well-organized expository paper -Produce work that has a heading and date, is legible, has full sentences that actually answer the questions, and isn't half question marks -Use an assignment book to keep track of one's assignmen- 112 replies
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Space Science and Astrobiology (secular science, 10-12 yr olds)
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I'm in the early stages of opening a homeschool hybrid school. We're trying to figure out 5-8 grade history. I would like it to follow classical principles. Do y'all have any suggestions?? Some things I've considered include: 1. Joint classrooms with the elementary grades; everyone uses SOTW but the middle schoolers do *more* with it all. 2. Basically follow SWB's suggestions, using the Kingfisher encyclopedia as a spine. The downside is that every student is doing individual work, and I worry that we won't be able to help them enough with things like finding additional books, outl -
My 12 yo son needs a good spelling program. I have chosen Spelling You See but I’m not sure if it’s the best choice for him. We are in Classical Conversations Challenge A so a program that is not simple and short will not work for us. He’s not a terrible speller. He has learned a lot of spelling simply by copying however I’m seeing that he needs better spelling instruction. I appreciate your thoughts!
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Hi. First off let me tell you why I'm here. I have 2 sisters that homeschool their kids. While they do that, I teach Art in public schools. One day they mentioned to me that they couldn't find any art classes for their girls to take. They didn't want to teach the art lessons to them, they wanted someone else to teach the girls art. They also didn't want the girls to just do crafts. They thought that this wasn't educational for them. They looked everywhere for the girls and came up empty. There were places they could drive to, but they were over 60 miles away. That's where I came i
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I'm looking for something to catch up my math phobic 7th grade daughter. She is dyslexic and doing well in her reading. Now it's time to work on math again. -
Okay, DS is in Singapore 5B (standards). I switched him back to SM after 2 years of BA--he'd found it amusing and challenging, but needed quite a bit of hand-holding for it and lost ground in simple computation. (His ITBS scores tanked.) Now I want him to A) speed up on facts--sometimes in the middle of a problem he's stopping for 10 seconds to recall or, more likely, calculate something he should have memorized (despite some improvement via Times Tales) and B) get to Algebra in 8th. He might do high school at home, or might go to a B&M school. Visual presentation is very importa -
How frequently do you have your middle school students do lab reports? I'm thinking I did them rarely, if at all in middle school. I remember doing some in high school, but I'm a little hazy on how many. As a Chemistry major in college, I did them every week. If you have used Apologia, how often did you have your kids do complete lab reports? What do they do in public school these days? My daughter been taking Apologia science classes at an enrichment center two times a week for the last few years. This is the first time that she'll be doing science completely at home. I'm not a huge Apol -
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Excellent condition. Price includes shipping cost. The MCT grammar series cannot be beat. We have loved this curriculum and the only reason I am not selling the full set is because my child doesn’t want to part with all the books. (Other books in the collection include Paragraph Town, Caesar’s English, Practise Town.)$10.00
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Like new condidtion. An excellent addition to the Singapore method, challenging word problems should ntbeoverlooked. Price includes shipping cost.$8.00
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Excellent condidtion, no writing on pages. A great gentle introduction to pre-algebra. Price includes shipping costs.$10.00
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Like New condidtion. Hard Math for Elementary School workbook by Glenn Ellison. Price includes shipping cost.$8.00
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Like New condition book. Excellent middle school physics book. Asking $25 with included shipping.$25.00
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I am considering ordering one of the handwriting workbooks from the Getty Dubay series for my 5th grade daughter. Her handwriting is "ok," but it often ends up rather sloppy, as she tends to be lazy with it. She has gone through several Pentime books, which we really like, but I'd like her to focus more on legible printing. One thing I've noticed is that she often starts her letters from the bottom and goes up (with certain letters). She went to public school for kindergarten, and I think she was taught that way there, although she did get instruction in writing from the top down after kin
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I just received an email from Essentials in Writing about how they are working on an Essentials in Literature program for middle and high schoolers. Using EIW and EIL together will make up a high school LA course. I can hardly wait! Hope it comes out by next school year! Edit to add: EIW says that Essentials in Literaure should be available by the spring of 2016.
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Where would you start to look to see which math curriculum is a good fit for your student? She's 12, doesn't like math, is in TT 6 just finished quiz 5, can do multiplication, division, knows the beginnings of fractions. We were using TT 6 but I'm hesitant to move forward for these reasons: the discs we've borrowed are giving us fits. I'm not sure if its the dvd player in the laptop that plays them or the actual discs. (but I'm not completely sold on TT6 so I don't want to put money into getting new discs just yet) I've heard that TT is 'behind' other levels? I.E. our enrichment t
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This is a work in progress Hopefully it helps others planning for summer. Please observe copyright where applicable. More in #14 as this post is too long to append Pizzazz Algebra PDF Punchline Bridge to Algebra PDF Middle School Math with Pizzazz A PDF Middle School Math with Pizzazz B PDF Middle School Math with Pizzazz C PDF Middle School Math with Pizzazz D PDF Middle School Math with Pizzazz E PDF Pre-Algebra with Pizzazz PDF Algebra Demystified PDF Glencoe Pre-Algebra in PDF Glencoe Algebra 1 textbook here. Glencoe (McGraw Hill) Algebra 1 workbooks page Glencoe Algebra 2
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Interesting article suggesting that the current middle school model does not serve it's student population well - either academically or socially. It seems to capture the feeling of some postings I've read on here that middle school is three years of treading water between elementary and high school. Why Middle Schools should be Abolished -
We just started home schooling 2 years ago. At school, my daughter had the Singapore Math in Focus series. Our first year of homeschooling, we used Right Start because of the group we were with. Last year, we used Saxon 6/5. She does well in math, but I'm worried about all this switching. Math Mammoth is all the rage, but it stops at Level 6, right? So, I'm wondering if I should just stay the course with Saxon or switch. We do have a Mathematical Olympiads team also, which provides us with some variety, math-wise. Has anyone done a comparison of what each curriculum covers or leaves ou
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Does anyone feedback on Shepherds Science, Life Science? Am considering it for my DD who will be in 6th grade next year, she has not enjoyed anything by Apologia, and hates note booking. Have been through a good deal of Jay Wile's Science in the Beginning, and she is not loving it. Suggestions?
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Hi all, I am in the initial stages of planning this Harry Potter class and am now looking for some kids for this middle school level online class Class specs are as foll: Class Size - 5 kids Cost/kid - $200 8 week intensive class (May - June 2014) Days of class -TBD The class will focus on studying and discussing the Harry Potter texts in depth and we hope to cover 2 or 3 HP books (still TBD). Below is a link that you can use if you are interested in knowing more about the middle school level Harry Potter class scheduled to start in May. Open Info Session is scheduled for Tues -
For anyone interested in free Science resources here are some good ones I've come across. Please add to the thread free items you think would benefit the group and we can expand this list. Textbooks: Conceptual Physics Holt Physical Science CPO Focus on Physical Science CK12 Physical Science Concepts For Middle School McGraw-Hill Science posted by Arcadia High School Earth Science looks like it could work for Middle School as well Video lessons: Bloomfield's How Things Work based on his book Udacity's Intro to Physics BBC's Chemistry: A Volatile History https://vimeo.com/239
