Quiver0f10 Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 I am curious how you use this book? How many words per day are you studying and how is retention with this method? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 (edited) My kids are not in high school yet but we are using this. My oldest does 3 words a day (though I think she could do more, right now we are sticking with that) I have her use the words through out the day (as often as she can) Retention is amazing! We were doing wordly wise before this and there was little to no retention. For my kids this is an awesome program! Edited September 15, 2010 by wy_kid_wrangler04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted September 15, 2010 Author Share Posted September 15, 2010 My kids are not in high school yet but we are using this. My oldest does 3 words a day (though I think she could do more, right now we are sticking with that) I have her use the words through out the day (as often as she can) Retention is amazing! We were doing wordly wise before this and there was little to no retention. For my kids this is a awesome program! Thanks! I think I remember others saying there was little retention from WW so I am glad you mentioned that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan C. Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Dd loves it. It is 10 words per week. She is really remembering them. She says when she hears the word later, she automatically sees the cartoon in her head. She didn't have as good of retention with WW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Sorry to hijack this thread, but this has peaked my interest. Can someone post the website for vocabulary cartoons? Thanks! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 http://www.vocabularycartoons.com/home/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beach Mom Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 We do a chapter a week. (We are on the second book, retention was great for the first book and my DD really enjoys vocabulary now). Here's our routine: Day 1 she uses the first 5 words in a sentence Day 2 she uses the second 5 words in a sentence Day 3 a crossword puzzle I made for the words of the week Day 4 Matching definitions from end of chapter in the book Day 5 Fill in the blanks from the end of the chapter in the book We use these words for spelling too, so every 2 weeks I verbally test her on the spelling and definitions for the last 2 chapters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhea Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Thank you Beachmom and WY Kid Wrangler04. I'd been wondering how to use this book and now have a starting point at least. I think I'll have my 8th & 10th both do them, as they'll probably enjoy using the words on each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moni Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 I am curious how you use this book? How many words per day are you studying and how is retention with this method? Thanks! Well for us it was Student Pace, whatever he could memorize per day, he did. (Didn't really matter how many I assigned if they weren't getting memorized KWIM :001_huh:) Retention was a result of reviewing (some daily, some weekly, some monthly) :seeya: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoanHomeEd Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 We borrowed ours from the library and considered them just as recreational materials. DD read them as and when she felt like it and I heard giggles from the bathroom :D . Retention was great last yr, when she finished the books. Don't really know whether she remembers any of them today, maybe I should borrow the books again. Joan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted September 17, 2010 Author Share Posted September 17, 2010 Thank you everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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