wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 Eraser, pencil and awesome are vocabulary words in A.C.E 8th grade science?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in VA Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 Oh good grief!! Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lang Syne Boardie Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 The point of that lesson is not to spell or to learn science. The point of that lesson, and indeed of all studies, is to learn to have a meek and teachable spirit. Gag me with a spoon. Students deserve more than this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted October 1, 2011 Author Share Posted October 1, 2011 Gag me with a spoon. Students deserve more than this. :iagree:Unfortunately I know somebody who uses ACE for all subjects and not only do they use it but only do about 1/2 the paces a year :001_huh: Notice at the bottom of page 4 it has 4 (four) My first graders math book does that :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snickerdoodle Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 Never heard of it. What is ACE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted October 1, 2011 Author Share Posted October 1, 2011 Never heard of it. What is ACE? Its called Accelerated Christian Education but if you ask me its a complete joke! Its really sad. They are set up in 10 little workbook things for each subject for the year called paces. I was looking at a 2nd grade science pace and it literally had 2 paragraphs that amounted to Look __________ Its a sheep. Did you know God made sheep? Did you know sheep are good? God is good. God loves us. Then the next page is the 'questions' and the questions were _________ made sheep. Sheep are ___________. God is ____________. And it had a word box with the words Sheep, good and God :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snickerdoodle Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 Ok, now I see why I've never heard of it. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted October 1, 2011 Author Share Posted October 1, 2011 Ok, now I see why I've never heard of it. Thanks. Exactly :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyWifeandMommy Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 I tried ACE word building but after she finishes with them I will be moving onto Spelling Power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted October 1, 2011 Author Share Posted October 1, 2011 I tried ACE word building but after she finishes with them I will be moving onto Spelling Power. I have never seen the word building so I can't knock that one ;) :lol: but we use Spelling Power and love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in VA Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 I have never seen the word building so I can't knock that one ;) :lol: but we use Spelling Power and love it! I don't want to derail the thread but I'd love to hear what you like about Spelling Power. Do you have a natural speller? What is a day with Spelling Power like? Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted October 2, 2011 Author Share Posted October 2, 2011 I don't want to derail the thread but I'd love to hear what you like about Spelling Power. Do you have a natural speller? What is a day with Spelling Power like? Heather I do have Natural Speller! I like that too. We go through the natural speller the spelling power way. Spelling Power is great! You chose how many wrong word you allow your dc to get wrong to study for the day. We do the list until we get to our max number of words. Then dd does the 10 step and sentences, then she plays with the words on Spelling City for a while. Its been great! I also add in wrong words in whatever writing she does. I don't follow the SP rules though- we are supposed to do just 1 list a day, we do a few sometimes. I figure some lists she can just knock out and others will take her weeks. If we have some easier lists coming up then we do a few. It is up to you if you do that or not. Spelling takes ME about 5 minutes a day and her between 15-20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunflowerlady Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Well, we have used ACE for math for several years now. DD has always tested at the higher end of grade level for math. Oh, and math is her weaker area. For next year, I am considering all ACE. I won't decide for sure until I go to convention next May and take the time to really look through it all really well. I am considering a few other options also. Oh, and you don't have to pass any ACE course to use the curriculum here in the USA. You just buy what you need/want. They do recommend placement testing so that the student is placed at the correct level in the curriculum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 The point of that lesson is not to spell or to learn science. The point of that lesson, and indeed of all studies, is to learn to have a meek and teachable spirit. Gag me with a spoon. Students deserve more than this. :iagree: I used ACE (as a student) for K & 10th g. Math, "literature," etc. No science--Abeka for that. I have something to say about it all, but...I just can't find the words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Eraser, pencil and awesome are vocabulary words in A.C.E 8th grade science?! Uhm, you may want to review any thread dealing with ACE on here. Doesn't surprise me one bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorMom Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Wait.... is that science??? I thought it was a 4th grade spelling unit - or Bible class. I can't see how that could be counted as science - especially above an early elementary level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimm Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Doesn't the A in ACE stand for accelerated? I spent some time the other day looking through samples of their fifth grade stuff, not just the beginning PACEs but the later ones in some subjects and there is nothing accelerated about it. As someone who was an ACE victim for a few subjects in middle school, I have to say that I think it's awful stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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