kfeusse Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 I have a 3rd, 5th and 6th grader this fall and I am trying to decide if I should add "Vocabulary" to my school line-up for at least the 2 older kids. tell me what you do. thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Yes, we are starting English From the Roots Up. Have you looked at Megawords? We have enough workbooks in our line up, and I like EFtRU as a read/flashcard alternative to yet another workbook. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dory Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 I don't have any vocabulary planned for my kidlets. I never even really thought of it as necessary as I use vocabulary building as a form of discipline around here (that could backfire on me yet:glare:). If they are yelling at each other, or using inappropriate words (that doesn't happen often), than their vocabulary must be lacking. They have to find two new words that they could've used in their disagreement and then come back and discuss their problem with each other, using their new words. When they have to think around things like that it tends to take the heat out of the argument and they work through it better, and they also are building their vocabulary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 I have used Wordly Wise forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 I am starting it with my 7th grader. We finished up our spelling series this year and are moving on to vocabulary. We are using Vocabulary from the Classical Roots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emzhengjiu Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 I incorporate vocubulary into most subjects, but don't teach it separately. Both my girls study Latin which helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joani Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 I do - Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop. My oldest used it this year and it's completely independent, so it's the perfect thing to pull out and work on for 15 minutes when they're waiting for me or if they finish something early. I'll only use it for my kids who are finished formal spelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Strawberry Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 No. I am a walking vocabulary lesson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phathui5 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 I think we're going to be starting Wordly Wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffeemama Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 My DC will be using Sadlier's Vocabulary Workshop in the fall. The new books arrived last week and they all dove right in! They especially liked the audio part online and that each exercise is fairly short. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 No. I am a walking vocabulary lesson. I'm on Caesar's English 2 with the 10 year old. :lol: Both of these. I am only doing vocab because it's part of the MCT lineup. If it weren't, I'd not bother with it.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkInTheBlue Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 We use Vocabulary from Classical Roots from about 5th grade on regardless of age. We do it slowly and thoroughly just like grammar. We'll do grammar every year even if it's only occasional refresher sparsing and diagramming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte Veste Academy Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 We do vocab through MCTLA and I am currently stalking Shannon after this thread (hint: post 5 is sheer brilliance). :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 No. Only as it comes up, which it does regularly, so I haven't been concerned. I know that studying it in a workbook is *not* the way my kids learn. We used to have a little word a day flip book but half the words were really, really stupid. Like, it was for 1st grade but it had words like astronaut in it. Are there really a lot of first graders who don't know astronaut? Plus, it had these little cutesy questions at the bottom that were just plain odd. They wanted to be riddles, but they weren't. Anyway, I wouldn't mind finding something like that - a word a day flip book for elementary school - but done better. I don't want a full vocab program, but I like little routine things like that. Unfortunately, I couldn't find one. I played around at the start of second grade with maybe making one myself, but I was too lazy to finish the project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 We've been doing Vocabulary from Classical Roots since about 5th grade, and will continue with it in the fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Country Mouse Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Yes, we are doing Word Within the Word, Vol. 1 with a little Words on the Vine for fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cin Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 I do - Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop. My oldest used it this year and it's completely independent, so it's the perfect thing to pull out and work on for 15 minutes when they're waiting for me or if they finish something early. I'll only use it for my kids who are finished formal spelling. This is what we use. I really like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth in MN Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I am only doing vocab because it's part of the MCT lineup. If it weren't, I'd not bother with it.:001_smile: What's MCT? It's not on the master list of abbreviation... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truscifi Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 We use MCT as well and will be doing Caesar's English this year as teh vocab part. We do Megawords for spelling but I review every word in each list for meaning as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte Veste Academy Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 What's MCT? It's not on the master list of abbreviation... Michael Clay Thompson, sometimes written as MCTLA for MCT Language Arts. It's positively dreamy. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMom2One Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 We like Vocabulary from Classical Roots, a program we learned about from TWTM. They have workbooks that start for 4th grade level and go on up to early rhetoric. Here's a link to see them on CBD, but please note that the books are secular if that matters to you. Blessings, Lucinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fhjmom Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 (edited) We do Wordly Wise, but since DS (finishing 5th grade) just tested at 99th percentile/13+ grade equivalent for vocab on his recent standardized testing, I may back off for him. :P I am going to have him start doing the SAT word of the day app, but other than that, we will just cover stuff as part of other subjects and I may add in some root/etc. later. For the girls, vocabulary is a must because of their hearing loss. Since hard-of-hearing kids don't pick up incidental language the same way as kids with typical hearing, they require systemic, intentional vocabulary input. Wordly Wise has been great for us! Edited July 2, 2012 by fhjmom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embassy Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Yes. Word Within the Word 1 for one child and Vocabulary Cartoons 2 for the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannqn Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 We use Michael Clay Thompson's vocabulary component. We've been through Caesar's English 1 and 2. My daughter's been through roughly half of Magic Lens 1. I love his vocabulary. Next year, we are taking a year off from most of our curriculum and doing more project based schooling. Vocabulary will be culled from our reading for LA and history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I do add vocabulary. I use Wordly Wise 3000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2squared Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I will be the rare one to post that we don't have "vocabulary" in our fall line-up. I've owned and tried to use some of the programs mentioned here, but formal vocab just isn't our thing. My kids are great at asking what words mean, and they both score quite high in this area for their standardized testing. My 5th grader will be asked to identify unknown words in her lit reading so she can look them up, but I don't know that I will require her to write the definitions. The writing piece seems like busy work for her, so I expect that we will start doing it and then it will fall to the wayside after a week or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Yes, I added vocabulary (VFCR) to the fall line up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO4UR Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 No, and I'm not adding it. We read. We are studying Latin (and the kids *love* finding derivatives). We use Apples & Pears Spelling which comes at spelling from a morphemic approach (breaking words down into root parts). I feel we are covering our vocabulary bases for the year. My dc are 4th and 2nd...(the 1st grader is only auditing the Latin and will not start Apples & Pears for several months). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 We do MCT also, (Michael Clay Thompson's Language Arts program from Royal Fireworks Press), so we will be doing Caesar's English as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 No. The only formal vocabulary study either of my kids has done was a run through a few levels of Word Roots software. They both thought it was fun, and it did help them learn how to break down a word and look at its components. But I don't think either of them learned much actual vocabulary from it. Each of mine has mostly learned vocabulary through reading. Well, and the several times a day tell them to L.I.U. (look it up). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Caesar's English has been great here. We're finishing up Bk I. My son has a pretty good vocabulary already through his extensive reading. At least, he's always gotten some of those looks when we're out and he speaks normally for him. CE gives a bit more of a solid foundation & it's been fun seeing some of our read-alouds mentioned in the book and seeing the words selected mentioned in outside reading. I also loved it when on a long drive, my husband was asking my son what some of his vocabulary words were. Dh said, "Amaze me with something you've learned." Ds replied, "Oh long and tedious night, abate thy hours," (which we had just had as a quote from Midsummer). Dh's jaw dropped. :lol: I like CE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I have used Wordly Wise forever. I used this, too. It is great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EducationX2 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Not yet. I read aloud from books above her level, and hope that she'll pick up some vocabulary by osmosis. :D We have a pretty full schedule this year. Starting in 3rd or 4th grade I plan on doing a word of the week type of thing. I'll give her a word to define, use in a sentence, provide a French translation, and possibly a few more things as she gets older (word origins, Spanish translation, synonyms and antonyms, etc). In middle school and high school we'll be doing Latin and then (maybe) Greek, and those, combined with French and Spanish, will take the place of a formal vocabulary program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoPlaceLikeHome Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Yes, we are starting English From the Roots Up. Have you looked at Megawords? We have enough workbooks in our line up, and I like EFtRU as a read/flashcard alternative to yet another workbook. HTH Any links for EFtRU?:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Yes, it's included in our Progeny Press literature guides. They'll do 2 of these this year. The younger kids get their vocabulary in the Pathway Reader workbooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomandlorih Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 We did Wordly Wise last year. Trying Vocabulary From Classical Roots - gr 4 this next year but eyeing Megawords also=D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYoungerMrsWarde Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I don't have any vocabulary planned for my kidlets. I never even really thought of it as necessary as I use vocabulary building as a form of discipline around here (that could backfire on me yet:glare:). If they are yelling at each other, or using inappropriate words (that doesn't happen often), than their vocabulary must be lacking. They have to find two new words that they could've used in their disagreement and then come back and discuss their problem with each other, using their new words. When they have to think around things like that it tends to take the heat out of the argument and they work through it better, and they also are building their vocabulary. This is brilliant. I love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoPlaceLikeHome Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Any comparisons of Vocabulary Workshop and Wordly Wise? Is one better than the other? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 I started formal vocabulary study in 2nd grade because I realized that vocabulary was the limiting factor in my DD's reading. She could decode anything but it might as well have said The garglezonk fribbered the snarfblatt. Without knowing what the unfamiliar words mean, it is impossible to understand the sentence. She did MCT's Caesar's English series and now is working through Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatholicMom Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 I am starting a vocab book, but just once a week with my 3rd and 4th graders. It will be very simple and also to help practice dictionary skills (which they think is really fun, lol. Whatever floats their boats :tongue_smilie:). I'm using Evan-Moor's A Word A Day workbook. I love Evan-Moor for simple little odd things like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rootsnwings Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 We used Sadlier-Oxford's Vocab Wkshp in 4th & 5th grades & I'm about to purchase for 6th grade this week! =) He loves it! We also use the progeny press lit guides which have lots of vocab work & he's learning formal latin & keeps a Latin notebook for Apologia Botany so I would say he's getting plenty of vocab ptc!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne_in_TX Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 I'm another vote for Vocabulary from Classical Roots. I used it with a 6th grader last year and will use it again for 7th. I'm not sure if they have it for younger levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MathNut Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 I've used Wordly Wise and MegaWords in the past....but now I am pulling vocab from other studies and making sure kids have clear, precise meanings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MathNut Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 I forgot, we've used MCT vocab and have done Latin studies.....all helpful in expanding vocab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfeusse Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 I also have these: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006THMJCU/ref=oh_details_o06_s00_i00 We really like these. The pictures are often very funny and memorable. what do you do with these exactly, how do you use them? I saw these in the latest Timberdoodle catalog and looked at them...they are a little cheaper than on Amazon, which surprised me. But I am mostly curious as to the most efffective way to use a tool like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Any links for EFtRU?:D http://www.christianbook.com/english-from-the-roots-up/joegil-lundquist/9780964321038/pd/41033?item_code=WW&netp_id=100896&event=PPCSRC&view=details You can look inside at CBS. I got mine used off Amazon. Flash cards for both and the book for book 1. If the book helps a great deal, I 'll get book two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 No and I have no plans to in the future. We'll be doing Latin, and later Greek. We pause to discuss new words in our read-alouds. He asks about words he hears. Eventually, I'll teach him to keep a dictionary handy when reading to look up unfamiliar words. We tried Wordly Wise, but it felt really forced to both of us so we dropped it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 We like Vocabulary from Classical Roots, a program we learned about from TWTM. I liked the looks of these, and have picked up a couple used, but consider also Vocabulary from Latin and Greek Roots: A Study of Word Families. The quiz questions and reading selections are more appealing to me than VfCR. YMMV of course, but for those hungering for yet more curriculum choices, have at it. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Not until high school, and then as prep for the SAT. Until then, they're stuck listening to DH and I trying to one-up each other with our vocabularies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfeusse Posted July 4, 2012 Author Share Posted July 4, 2012 I think I am going to try "Daily Acedemic Vocabulary" from Evan Moor, along with the game Rummy Roots, just for fun. I wasn't looking for anything too intensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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