BlsdMama Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 HELP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Okay, I'm a little frustrated. What in the world do I purchase off of TOG? If I'm catching the gist of it, I'm paying $170 for a plan and a CD? Is that right? And then the books are, of course, extra. Which leads me to spend $514 for our 4th grader for history. And then more to fold in the 1st grader. And more to fold in the 8th grader. (Insert deep sigh.) I've been all over their pages, and apparently I'm very thick, or I just don't understand, or I'm not clicking the right pages. What do I get for $170 other than a CD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melora in NC Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I think you clicked right. It does seem like an awful lot of $ for a disk & a download (or a couple disks, however it stands right now) -- it was a lot easier to see that one was getting a huge amount of wonderful material when it came as a big box of pages! We've only been using it this school year, and I only have an upper grammar and lower grammar student, but I have been able to reduce my book expenses quite a bit by using the library (and substituting titles available from my library system for unavailable suggested titles quite a bit!). Also, your 1st grader will probably be able to use many of the same books as your 4th grader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlsdMama Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 Okay, I think I'm getting the hang of this. So, the CD will contain all the levels? I won't need separate levels for each child. And if I understand correctly I can purchase the unit I'm interested in to try it? Then, all levels share the read aloud? That's a fantastic idea! And then they separate to do their work. Are they expected (Upper grammar and above) to do all their own lit and history? I'm assuming so since it's not listed as Read Aloud. And, then, obviously, there is the Lower Grammar level which I'll be reading. I think this is making sense. It does seem a little pricey, but what do they mean when they say "includes all Loom materials?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenciavo Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 For $170 you get to download the a digital edition of Tapestry of Grace (TOG). TOG consists of weekly reading assignments in history, literature, church history/worldview - including Pageant of Philosophy, weekly writing assignments, art/hands-on assignments, student activity pages, and teacher's notes. You do not get a cd unless you request it and pay an additional $5. Obviously the more you use it the more cost effective it becomes. If you think of it as just a 4th grade history program then yeah, it's $$$. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choirfarm Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 First of all, have you downloaded the free 3 week sample for either year 1 or year 2? Which year are you looking at. I would print out the sample and go from there. The year 1 didn't have readalouds listed, but year 2 does. I just chose either the dialectic and/or from the alternate resources for a readaloud for year 1. For your 170, you get: a reading list for all 4 levels both those that they strongly recommend as well as a page full of extra recommendations if you wish or already have them. You get history lessons and assignments as well as questions for dialectic and rhetoric. You get geography assignments for all levels. You have fine arts and/or hands-on activities for all levels. You have literature assignments with worksheets and or really tough questions on the literature level for rhetoric. There is a philosophy and church history reading and assignment for the little ones. You get writing assignments for everyone. That said, writing aids really flesh it out though if you are REALLY comfortable teaching writing then you might not need it. There are teacher's notes to read for you to understand the topics and discussion questions and answers for the dialectic and rhetoric level. You are supposed to have a history discussion and a literature discussion once a week with dialectic and rhetoric. There are vocabulary words and people for the younger ones to do, define or discuss as you see fit. There are timeline dates and if you join the yahoo groups you can get some free graphics to help you. It does not have grammar, math or science (although especially in the younger grades some of the assignments could easily be science assignments. Sometimes they are supposed to research the flora and fauna of an area or something like that. It would be easy to do your own thing for science and tie it in) So it does contain a lot for one little disc. The Loom disc is the disc that those of us with paper copies have that we can print off the SAP (Studen ASsignment pages) that contain the questions and assignments. I hope that helps. REally..print out the 3 week sample or at least 1 week of it ( Each week is typically 35 to 60 pages depending on the topics involved.) Christine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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