ereks mom Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 I'm thinking along the lines of a workbook-based program with words that a child should know by the time he finishes 8th grade. Got anything for me? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop. My DH did these growing up at his Catholic school (they are secular BTW) and swears by them for SAT prep. DD is currently working through Level B after finishing the two MCT Caesar's English books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5LittleMonkeys Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop. My DH did these growing up at his Catholic school (they are secular BTW) and swears by them for SAT prep. DD is currently working through Level B after finishing the two MCT Caesar's English books. :iagree: Both of my older girls are working through these. We had done a roots based vocab at one time, and although they were exposed to a larger quantity of words, they weren't using them so we had little retention. VW has a lot of application exercises so they are learning and remembering without rote memorization. We will use these through highschool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 I love lists and checklists. They comfort me. They aren't always the most effective way to handle certain subjects though. My boys predominantly learned their vocabulary from reading and HEARING the KJV Bible, and studying Greek and Latin, and watching documentaries. That doesn't stop me from putting together a word study program for my tutoring students :-0 I can't help myself. As I said, lists comfort ME. I'm not so sure it's best for them though. I'm deeply attached to the McGuffey's Eclectic Word List and the Eclectic Readers, lately. And I like the audios available for them. 3/4 of vocabulary study to ME is being able to use the words when TALKING, not just silent reading and writing. We are harshly judged by our speech. Half way through the McGuffey book 3, the word lists change from spelling to vocabulary. These books are NOT by grade. I don't think there is a good pdf copy of book 4 anywhere free online. Those that are called book 4 are not. The Gutenberg versions are good for copy and paste, but not so good for printing. The Gutenberg is the only real revised Eclectic Book 4 that I know of, and Book 4 is probably what you want. Also the word list isn't available for free either. I bought the CD I linked to above, and at some point hope to buy hard copies of the orange and blue readers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 I just looked at the webpage for vocabulary workshop, what books do I need to order (tight budget here!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5LittleMonkeys Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 I just looked at the webpage for vocabulary workshop, what books do I need to order (tight budget here!) The middle/highschool levels are very inexpensive on amazon. I haven't found that I need the TMs. I also have my dc write their work in a composition book so I can re-use the workbooks for younger dc. I just look over their work a couple times a week to check for errors. Honestly though, the few times my dc have gotten something wrong they've realized it through the work they've done in the next section and been able to correct it themselves. I've not used the elementary levels, but the middle school and up should just be started at grade level. A=6th grade, B=7th and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Love, love vocabulary.com. And it is free. 1000s of lists to choose from. Some of my favorite lists are the lists for historical documents. Also the SAT list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillehei Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 We are doing Vocabulary Vine. Very cheap and uses roots. We love it. It's not a workbook but my older can work more independantly. We got it on Amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom2011 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Another vote for Vocabulary Workshop. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 Thanks to all! I'm going to get Vocabulary Workshop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyGrace Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Another vote for Vocabulary Workshop. :001_smile: :iagree: I used this in high school-wonderful! Just starting it this fall w/ dd 7th grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoPlaceLikeHome Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop. My DH did these growing up at his Catholic school (they are secular BTW) and swears by them for SAT prep. DD is currently working through Level B after finishing the two MCT Caesar's English books. Do you think teacher's editions are needed for these workbooks? I think I can figure out the answers. I would only want the teacher's book if it offered more words and a lot more info than just answers:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 :iagree: I used this in high school-wonderful! Just starting it this fall w/ dd 7th grade. I just wish I'd heard of it sooner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5LittleMonkeys Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Do you think teacher's editions are needed for these workbooks?I think I can figure out the answers. I would only want the teacher's book if it offered more words and a lot more info than just answers:) I haven't seen the TMs but dd14 is on level C and I haven't found that I needed the TM for anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Do you think teacher's editions are needed for these workbooks?I think I can figure out the answers. I would only want the teacher's book if it offered more words and a lot more info than just answers:) I have the TM, and it basically is just an answer key. It's a timesaver for me so I probably will continue to get them as DD moves through VW, but I could do it without it in a pinch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Would this a good choice for families not learning Latin and Greek? Are you looking for a roots-based program? While there is a small amount of roots work in VW, it primarily focuses on studying whole words. For example, one of the words in an early unit of VW Level B is adjacent. VW does not discuss the etymology of the word (though I personally added it in on my own). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melanie3 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 I tried using WORD roots books A1 A2 B1 and B2 from The Critical Thinking CO. and it was so dry. BOOORRRRRing. I thought it was me for a long time just being an unprepared teacher until I gave it all my might. I am selling it to someone who would benefit because we sure did not. It was organized though--not enough practice IMO.:glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom25girls Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 If your 7th grader had never used a vocabulary book, would you start at Level A or B? Thanks in advance for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Each VW book is self-contained so you can start at any level. The words simply get more challenging as the series goes on. I started my DD in Level B of VW after finishing MCT's Caesar's English II because the words appeared to be at a similar challenge level. In fact, a few of the words in VW B are repeats of words covered in the CE series (pervade and orthodox are examples). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom25girls Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Thank you :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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