tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39639969478831062522023-11-27T00:44:52.858-08:00Hope for HomeschoolMerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08551809190430382200noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963996947883106252.post-54913375995503988372023-04-01T07:00:00.010-07:002023-04-01T07:00:00.161-07:00All About Spelling...C<p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400;">This post may contain affiliate links. Please see my </span><a href="https://hopeforhomeschool.blogspot.com/p/contact.html" style="background-color: white; color: #094eb8; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">disclosure page</a><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400;">.</span></h3><h2 style="text-align: left;">Look what's coming on April 17th! </h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.allaboutlearningpress.net/go.php?id=108&url=8327" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_TvCapbaK4irQP81PcDZs6zPSDEQtbFwh6LeYQvdAdbdtcvLIz4mog7d8lWNpt81zbjvtv4GM3QNdDXkbeHL8sjAkgbBmtG8KTDXaxUkejvq16M-njzeimDZkxGU_GDXSnoAR-D3OUzClvZ2K6jH7qpko1rGKHJG_jnS3DYxgLgHqVvrbIA5WaAx-mQ" width="240" /></a></div><br />I'm so excited! I've had an early-release copy of <b><a href="https://www.allaboutlearningpress.net/go.php?id=108&url=8327" target="_blank"><i>All About Spelling</i> Color Edition</a></b> on my shelf for a couple of weeks, and now the big reveal is finally here! <p></p><p>My kids would have loved the full-color activities! And something near and dear to my heart... there are special <b>Advanced Application sections for older students</b>! Most kids need to learn some of the concepts that Level 1 teaches, but older students may find the words too easy. With the new Advanced Application sections, though, instead of simply spelling words like <i>fan </i>or <i>nap</i>, kids will easily see how the skills they are learning help them spell multisyllable words like <i>fantastic </i>and <i>napkin</i>! </p><p><br /></p><h3><b>There are some other great bonuses as well!</b></h3><p style="text-align: left;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5xio5QwgwEwBxlj9zHehLxzUUTOu5Y8Y7ba0RDNsVVkwUoCcw4Zsz3sgXULdUtrBhGvJjOkg1K_mqp3UbX6w_3gyjvzbOg9H2XSrz7kxLVlkkrTa53rK3PTpRY74AtIM0GlyL5X2XrDRiVtjGsqV27c2ONWTFyqpWUYun14XxvaOEdNMJy0ZpvMq_HA" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="191" data-original-width="250" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5xio5QwgwEwBxlj9zHehLxzUUTOu5Y8Y7ba0RDNsVVkwUoCcw4Zsz3sgXULdUtrBhGvJjOkg1K_mqp3UbX6w_3gyjvzbOg9H2XSrz7kxLVlkkrTa53rK3PTpRY74AtIM0GlyL5X2XrDRiVtjGsqV27c2ONWTFyqpWUYun14XxvaOEdNMJy0ZpvMq_HA" width="314" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Spelling with my Jokester back in the day!</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The <b>Rule Cards</b> (formerly Key Cards) have been rewritten so that they are easier to memorize. They all have names now too!</li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>There are <b>19 appendices</b> full of helpful information like<b> Spelling Rules</b> (all of the current level's rules plus any rules taught in previous levels), activity ideas, how to handle spelling mistakes, teaching tips for the Pin-Pen Merger, and more!</li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>More <b>Teaching Tips</b> throughout--the manuals are more than twice the size of the original version!</li></ul><p></p><p><br /></p><p><b>For more information on the various changes, see <a href="https://www.allaboutlearningpress.net/go.php?id=108&url=8331" target="_blank">Introducing All About Spelling Color Edition!</a></b></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Want to try some free samples? </h2><p style="text-align: left;">The full-color Activity Books include greatly-expanded word banks, spelling rule posters, and engaging activities.</p><h3 style="text-align: center;">Try <a href="https://www.allaboutlearningpress.net/go.php?id=108&url=8329" target="_blank">Vowel Hunt</a>:</h3><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.allaboutlearningpress.net/go.php?id=108&url=8329" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkEZZG6Trqr8nrOY2hnRlaU_RsKficOiKWpSMIcxxvxGv3sXvF4jsRSkB-stGMnXD9gCXCnFuJ38wBLNefVK6gzYg_rXP5BTdKAQ6_vTkrg7bCKV5OHp0wECKQLSk7LoI5T-oGa5ATkag15xx9c08RQud-bCDobO5PuT9fl7WmQHsgXyJLMYXdsQMWzA" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and <a href="https://www.allaboutlearningpress.net/go.php?id=108&url=8330" target="_blank">Storks in Shorts</a>!</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.allaboutlearningpress.net/go.php?id=108&url=8330" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-1-AH9m2C8bn7XLKg4YvhG9PAQYemVHE4xt09C5vz7iXthOQNGL8WfTRePaNeVAR9onqg8MuDgojYhdnz1hgRbYp9tjqZDQ9hhTchUZOeEoB3BSAROoZxFgE39wYBsDSmcH5pKp7Bx_wJQD1pJlj54KgSq9OCXPTm6SKXwCxArGfagxXD8-74XXcP8g" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Be sure to check out the <a href="https://www.allaboutlearningpress.net/go.php?id=108&url=5556" target="_blank">Giveaway</a>, too!</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One lucky winner in April will get a copy of BOTH <i>All About Spelling </i>Level 1 and 2 Color Edition, plus a Spelling Review Box and Letter Tiles! The giveaway runs from April 3-30.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.allaboutlearningpress.net/go.php?id=108&url=5556" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQUgPRPOTLSokxA0Pzrk-dlwY1DjA08K39xseHiWVFxct7fwFgQ-Enq4G8KnAtRHmGjS7rMdBvIPudyDMmuwZbMM9c0LiQJp13yQQ21T8c4sglzQ0hfxc7sZD9VmY9lZkztiSsOAAMiA2u028rsyfXc2XvzXG2P_W0zc2rLuc9k52UXKMUq_-CD-RBBQ" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><br />I took my kids through <a href="https://hopeforhomeschool.blogspot.com/2017/03/should-i-do-all-seven-levels-of-all.html" target="_blank">all seven levels</a> of <i>All About Spelling</i>, and it was so beneficial for them! I'm really excited to see a great program become even better! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEii80vRP9Q62mUVxNPtttcAMOl1QLLAlrVWzlQesAS2q7S6WQ8ZYXYnUWX5OBivCCIoUgXi6ShPQuZmeCO_JZI1rhBiN3SAmDsaBw4FCNTcUAEp_4ZMqODdPySdgvOAPbYXW8teWLWHrz71qm4_JHF9D3JCFNa6QKetDd4PcuUGwWMA94JpXzaPknVA8A" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="239" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEii80vRP9Q62mUVxNPtttcAMOl1QLLAlrVWzlQesAS2q7S6WQ8ZYXYnUWX5OBivCCIoUgXi6ShPQuZmeCO_JZI1rhBiN3SAmDsaBw4FCNTcUAEp_4ZMqODdPySdgvOAPbYXW8teWLWHrz71qm4_JHF9D3JCFNa6QKetDd4PcuUGwWMA94JpXzaPknVA8A" width="179" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>This photo is vintage now! We had so many <br />wonderful days with </i>All About Spelling<i>!</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>Merryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08551809190430382200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963996947883106252.post-14930086015955715222022-05-18T09:44:00.002-07:002022-05-18T09:44:44.372-07:00ABC Letter Crafts for Uppercase Letters!<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">This post may contain affiliate links. Please see my </span><a href="http://hopeforhomeschool.blogspot.com/p/contact.html" style="background-color: white; color: #094eb8; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">disclosure page</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">.</span></p><p>Looking for a fun way to teach letters? Check out the new <i><a href="https://www.allaboutlearningpress.net/go.php?id=108&url=7724">Uppercase Letter Crafts</a></i> book from All About Learning Press! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.allaboutlearningpress.com/pre-reading-uppercase-letter-crafts-book/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSYjx5w34CU85knAJMGPbBzjMMXPnKE7f7OSqhL89kkZ4uUbde2eRnpfJ_an4tV5l9xTYD833CgieJhr8mblelBn9ZfUTn08-WWnEbrFiPfBDNfA99IeZoxyBlIcuIc9B23jKiN2ozz4yvEXqAu_OUZ_9iJUU45SBN0bhsXfT_nJ9DDZoQVknTN0EpQQ/s320/Uppercase.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>These are so cute and would make a fun supplement to Pre-reading or just on their own as an introduction to letters!</p><p><i>Uppercase Letter Crafts</i> has 120 pages and features:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>26 colorful cut-and-paste animal crafts that can be completed using only scissors and glue</li><li>Fun rhymes that accompany each craft</li><li>Additional activity ideas that reinforce important pre-reading skills</li></ul><div>Here are the <a href="https://www.allaboutlearningpress.net/go.php?id=108&url=7736">online samples</a>. 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<br />Merryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08551809190430382200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963996947883106252.post-37375663446019068952017-08-14T18:47:00.000-07:002017-08-14T18:47:23.896-07:00Super-cute, FREE, ABC Crafts for Preschoolers!<h2>
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Sometimes people do three or four levels of <i>All About Spelling</i> and then wonder if they should complete the program or move on to
something more independent for their children. I always like to say--if it's "not broke, don't fix it!" But sometimes there’s
only so much of mom to go around and parents wonder if it will be time well spent. We decided to do all seven levels, which
takes students up to high school level spelling (the last level includes 9<sup>th</sup>-12<sup>th</sup>
grade level words). So I can say without reservation, it was definitely worthwhile for us! </div>
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children’s abilities</b>. Do they tend to pick up spelling concepts easily? If
so, they might be fine moving to something that’s more independent. On the
other hand, if their current successes are due to being directly taught (<i>All About Spelling</i> is working), or if
they tend to need lots of review and a <a href="https://www.allaboutlearningpress.net/go.php?id=108&url=3450" target="_blank">mastery-based program</a> in order to
succeed, then continuing on is a good idea. </div>
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goals and your children’s interests.</b> Are they enjoying the program? Do you find that learning the rules behind why we spell words they way we
do is helping them to be successful? If
so, these can be good reasons to continue rather than try an independent program.
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<li>Everything starts to come together in level 5. Students learn the rest of the phonograms and can start spelling longer and harder words. The upper levels helped me address many more <a href="https://www.allaboutlearningpress.net/go.php?id=108&url=3869" target="_blank">spelling mistakes</a>.</li>
<li>There is more focus on word analysis. In the lower levels, students are told <a href="http://allaboutlearningpress.net/go.php?id=108&url=2414" target="_blank">which spelling method</a> to use, but in the upper levels, they learn how to decide this for themselves so that they can learn how to study any word actively. (My kids used to want to skimp on the word analysis, but this is some of the most important work in the program—this is where kids’ really learn to appropriate the concepts for themselves. If you have a student who isn’t actively applying what they know, work more on word analysis skills.) </li>
<li>There are a number of helpful rules in the upper levels (one rule in level 6 helped me overcome one of my spelling bugaboos). Students also learn how morphology (or word parts) can help them spell tricky parts of words. A word like <i>local </i>where the A is muffled is easy to spell if you know the word <i>locality</i>, because you can clearly hear the short A sound. Many “shun” endings (-tion, -sion, -cian) become clearer to students when they understand how morphology can help.</li>
<li>We loved learning Greek and <a href="http://allaboutlearningpress.net/go.php?id=108&url=3001" target="_blank">Latin roots</a> in level 7 and how that knowledge impacts spelling. </li>
<li>I was able to get “double duty” out of Levels 6 and 7 by teaching a lot of <a href="http://allaboutlearningpress.net/go.php?id=108&url=347" target="_blank">vocabulary</a> at the same time that we did spelling. </li>
<li>The seventh level includes creative writing prompts—my daughter had a lot of fun with those!</li>
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Older students can sometimes move on from the tiles and do all of their practice in writing. Or, it might be time to consider the <a href="https://www.allaboutlearningpress.net/go.php?id=108&url=4424" target="_blank">Letter Tiles App</a> if they still benefit from the hands-on practice and demonstrations but feel they've outgrown the physical tiles. </div>
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I also found I could tweak my approach in the older years and do one or two independent days each week. I taught them one-on-one Monday-Wednesday, or sometimes Thursday if needed. At the end of Wednesday's lesson, I gave them the words for the <i>Writing Station</i> activity, and had them do that for Thursday's work. On Friday, they used a page or two from the <i><a href="http://allaboutlearningpress.net/go.php?id=108&url=720" target="_blank">All About Homophones</a></i> book. </div>
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your priorities and time needs</b>. Where do your children need the most help? If your child has never struggled with spelling or seems to learn words without any practice, an
independent program is worth considering. In our case, I knew that
my children really needed that support in spelling and to continue working on automaticity in writing through spelling practice and the dictation exercises. People use spelling and
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For example: one year for science I used an audio-book for my 7<sup>th</sup> grader (so he could
read along or just listen if the volume was too much), and I let my fifth
grader basically “unschool” for science. She helped pick the books, and I told her to
work on science for 30 minutes each day. She could: read, copy a diagram into
her science notebook, do an experiment, go in the back yard to do nature
studies, or draw or write about science in her notebook. We do a one-on-one
time daily, so I was able to check in on her progress and hear about what she
was up to. I was a bit nervous about this "hands-off" approach at first, but ironically it turned out to be a great year. A budding little scientist emerged
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other ways. Maybe Dad can take over a subject such as science experiments,
reading history, checking math, or another subject that can lighten the load.
Other families use audio- or video-based materials for history, or choose to
outsource a class. If spelling needs to
be a priority in your family, think outside the box about how you might
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Merryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08551809190430382200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963996947883106252.post-84587671346326796152016-01-12T15:15:00.000-08:002016-01-12T15:15:09.475-08:00Combining Notgrass Government and Sonlight 430I've done several posts on combining Mystery of History with Sonlight--we really enjoy Sonlight's literature selections and some of the biographies, but I often find myself drawn to other spine texts. When it came time for my oldest to do Government, we decided to go with Notgrass (which he really enjoyed). Not wanting to miss Sonlight's literature, we again added in many of their selections as readers and read-alouds. We did this his Junior year, while we were waiting for the last volume of Mystery of History to come out. My daughter will use it for her her senior year (and I'll have to come up with some different read-alouds when she does it, since she's heard these). Here's what we did (and how we liked the books):<br />
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<b>For Read-Alouds:</b><br />
1 – Scarlet Letter, (My kids enjoyed this as a read-aloud and thought Pearl was laugh-out-loud funny--which made me ham her up a bit. Seriously, they made me like this book instead of just considering it "good to eat" like veggies, LOL!)<br />
4 – The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,<br />
10 – The Day They Came to Arrest the Book, (Good follow-up to Huck Finn--I think this might have been removed from 430)<br />
13 – My Antonia, (Enjoyed when I was a teen too)<br />
16 – Mama’s Bank Account, (Notgrass suggestion, delightful)<br />
19 – Best Short Stories of O. Henry, (eh, we read a few, not our fave)<br />
22 – Dry Divide, (excellent)<br />
25 – Snow Treasure, (Core H I think...anyway, it was fun to read aloud)<br />
28 – Escape from Warsaw, (ditto)<br />
31 – Death of a Salesman, (talk about a totally depressing play with almost no redeeming characters--one minor character, and the possibility of one character becoming redeemable...but I was glad to read it because I knew a man just like the main character, who also met the same end for the same reason...so I found it deeply profound despite my daughter's protests of "why would you read such a book to us?!")<br />
34 – The View from Saturday, (profound, funny, sometimes sad, wonderful. Might have been moved to 100--I'd do it either way)<br />
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Readers:<br />
1 – Dug Down Deep, (book I added, pretty good)<br />
4 – The Giver, (well-liked)<br />
6 – Mark Twain: Humorous Stories and Sketches, (Notgrass suggestion--I did it so my son would have a reader by Mark Twain since I was doing Huck Finn as a RA, but the stories were very enjoyable)<br />
8 – The Portable Edgar Allen Poe, (My poetry-hating son LOVED Poe!)<br />
10 – In His Steps, (I think this was a Notgrass suggestion...powerful book worth reading)<br />
14 – Our Town, (Classic play, worth reading, enjoyable)<br />
16 – Bud, Not Buddy, (Son really enjoyed this book)<br />
19 – The Chosen, (excellent)<br />
23 – Evidence Not Seen (excellent)<br />
26 – Going Solo, (Core 200...son enjoyed)<br />
29 – Black Like Me, (powerful book, worth reading)<br />
33 – The Outsiders, (again a powerful book--one of my son's favorites of the year)Merryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08551809190430382200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963996947883106252.post-18153878810739437922014-10-05T12:59:00.000-07:002014-10-05T12:59:25.968-07:00Mystery of History 4 and Sonlight for High SchoolAs I have posted before, <i>Mystery of History </i>4 works well with <i>Sonlight </i>and for high school. We're using it this year for my senior and sophomore, and have not been disappointed. This may turn out to be our favorite volume yet! Even my non-history loving child has been excited to tell me about several of the lessons (the early one on Bach and Handel helped my music-lover!)<br />
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This year is our most "eclectic" year yet. I had planned to pull books mainly from <i>Sonlight </i>300 and then other cores for the earlier time period, but I also really wanted my oldest to get some British literature in, and a more focused "literature course" before going to college. (I tend to have us read and enjoy literature, discuss what interests us, and only occasionally do "literature analysis.") So with that in mind, I had to be pretty ruthless in deciding which <i>Sonlight </i>300 books we could read aloud. I decided in the end to do <i>Learning Language Arts Through Literature Gold</i> (British Lit), some 300 books, a few from 530, and even a book from Core H and Core F, to round out our lit for this year.<br />
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We read aloud for about 30-45 minutes per day typically. Here's what I came up with (the number preceeding the book shows the approximate week I hope to start this book, and the chapters after show how much I anticipate reading per day):<br />
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Summer Read-alouds:</h3>
<i>The Best of Sherlock Holmes</i> (2 days per story, 4 weeks)<br />
<i>The Wednesday Wars</i> (9 sections, 30 pgs each, 2 weeks)<br />
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School Year Read-alouds:</h3>
1- <i>In Search of Honor</i>. (Core H. 1787 – French Revolution: 3 ch)<br />
3- <i>Jane Eyre</i> – (Core 200. 1 ch)<br />
9-<i>The Importance of Being Earnest</i> – (Core 530. 1890’s: ½ Act/day 1-2, 1 Act 3)<br />
10- <i>The Great Brain </i>– (1900’s beginning: 1 ch)<br />
12- <i>Murder on the Orient Express</i> (2 ch)<br />
15- <i>Old Man and the Sea</i> – (1940’s: 25 pages)<br />
16- <i>The Hiding Place</i> (1940’s: 1 ch)<br />
19- <i>The Great Divorce</i> (Core 530. 1-2 ch)<br />
21- <i>Alas, Babylon</i> – (1950’s written: 1 ch)<br />
23- <i>Breaking Stalin’s Nose</i> – (Core F. 1950’s-ruled 20’s – 50’s: 6 ch)<br />
24- <i>My Father’s Daughter</i> – (1952: 1 ch)<br />
27- <i>Red Scarf Girl</i> – (1966: 1 ch)<br />
30- <i>To Destroy You Is No Loss</i> – (1975: 1 ch)<br />
33- <i>There’s a sheep in my Bathtub </i>– (1990’s: 2 ch)<br />
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Movies:</h3>
<i>The Scarlet Pimpernel </i>(French Revolution)<br />
<i>As You Like It</i> – Shakespeare (filmed at the Globe)<br />
<i>All Quiet on the Western Front</i> (WW I)<br />
<i>Cry, the Beloved Country</i> (1940’s just after WWII)<br />
<i>Ghandi </i>(1950s)<br />
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Optional:</h3>
<i>Gulliver’s Travels </i>(1726: 39 chapters, 2 chapters per day, 3 weeks)<br />
<i>Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus </i>(53 chapters, 2 per day = 4-5 weeks)<br />
<i>Fallacy Detective</i>: 38 Lessons, 1 per week?<br />
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Readers:</h3>
<i>LLATL Gold</i><br />
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1 – Emphasis on Poetry<br />
6 – Romantic Poets – Wordsworth, Coleridge<br />
9 – <i>Frankenstein</i><br />
13 – More Romantic Poets – Shelley, Keats<br />
15 – <i>Emma </i>for dd, <i>Gulliver's Travels</i> for ds<br />
21 – Victorian Poets – Tennyson, Browning, Arnold<br />
24 – <i>A Tale of Two Cities</i><br />
30 – More Victorian Poets – Hopkins, Hardy<br />
31 – <i>The Time Machine</i><br />
33 – Modern Poets – Eliot, Owen, Graves<br />
34 – <i>Animal Farm</i><br />
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If I wasn't doing British Lit, I might have chosen differently for the readers, though I think the time frame lines up nicely to do British Lit with this level of <i>MOH</i>.<br />
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We've already veered from this slightly--since <i>MOH </i>4 wasn't ready when we started our school year, I started with <i>Jane Eyre</i> (thought-provoking look at character, faith, the internal battle when resisting sin.) Hopefully we'll hit <i>In Search of Honor</i> close to when we study the French Revolution.<br />
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One more change--after pre-reading <i>Emma </i>(used in <i>LLATL Gold</i>), I decided my son would not be interested or amused by it! (He did sit through <i>Pride and Prejudice </i>as a read-aloud a couple of years ago, and did well with that after the first 1/3.) So I'm going to substitute <i>Gulliver's Travels</i> for him when that comes up.<br />
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That's one reason I really like coming up with a one-page list like this--it makes it easy for me to alter plans depending on what we're doing in the year, and to make the curriculum work for us, while at the same time giving me a solid plan to follow for the year.<br />
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I'm really excited about the variety of books this year, and the chance to discuss compelling works, as well as include some humor. I'm treasuring this last year of working with my son before he graduates, and enjoying both students as they become young adults. Sometimes homeschooling high school is intimidating--I can look too far ahead and lapse into worry and fear about the future. But the Lord pulls me back and reminds me they are in his hands, and to treasure and cherish today and the gift of homeschooling.<br />
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Here are some games we've used for practicing math facts:<br />
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<b>Multiplication Math war:</b> </h3>
This is just like the card game war--each player gets half a deck of cards, but instead of turning up one and having the highest number take both player's cards, turn up 2 cards, multiply, and the highest product takes both. If you tie, then you do a war--3 cards upside down, and then 2 turned up to multiply.<br />
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Play until one player has all cards or set a time limit & the person with the most cards wins.<br />
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Take out Jacks-Kings if you don't want to multiply with them, but you can use them for 11, 12, and 13. Aces can be 1 or 14, depending on whether you wan to go easy or hard.<br />
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You can also follow similar rules to play Addition War--highest Sum wins.<br />
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<b>Phase 10 Dice</b> </h3>
This is a great game for showing kids how to add quickly by making 10s, as well as beginning probability skills.<br />
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The game comes with 10 dice, and the player has to make sets and runs, depending on which round they are working on. They get three rolls, and if they complete the "phase," they add up the points on their dice. I modeled adding by physically making 10's with my dice--9 and 1, 8 and 2, or 8, 7, and 5 to make a 20, and so on. Once the kids saw how this made adding faster, they quickly learned to manipulate their dice to make 10's or 20's as well.<br />
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<b>Monopoly</b> </h3>
Addition, subtraction, and multiplication skills are all used in this game. And as a bonus, there are cards to read as well.<br />
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<b>Yahtzee</b> </h3>
Addition and multiplication skills<br />
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<b>Blokus</b> </h3>
Conceptual skills with fitting shapes together and using them to block your opponent's moves<br />
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<a href="http://www.hopeismyanchor.com/2007/11/what-is-farkle.html"><b>Farkle</b></a> </h3>
Definitely a family-favorite! A dice game that involves addition, multiplication, and probability<br />
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<b>Five Crowns</b> </h3>
A fun card game with changing wild cards and progressively more cards that need to be used. Addition skills--players have to add the remaining points in their hand.<br />
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a bunch of ideas you can use for both the fluency pages and the word cards in <i>All About Reading</i> to
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<span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Use games to review the
word cards. Pull out favorite family board games like Sorry or Candy Land, and
have each player read a word before his or her turn. You might enjoy<i> </i></span><a href="http://allaboutlearningpress.net/go.php?id=108&url=1532"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Bake the Cookies</span></i></a><a href="http://allaboutlearningpress.net/go.php?id=108&url=1532"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> </span></i></a><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">as
a way of reviewing.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Easy, Word Flippers with F/L/S, A Flock of Ducks for L1, and Feed The Anteater,
Be a Lumberjack, and Wake the Sheep for L2.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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consider getting the </span><a href="http://allaboutlearningpress.net/go.php?id=108&url=1533"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Ziggy Supplement </span></a><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">for
some folder game options you can use for review. (These were designed to go
with level 1, but can be used with cards from any level.) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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which has words you can use with levels 1-3 of <em>AAR</em>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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phrases and sentences for your child to read. Let your child also make up funny
or silly ones for you (or a reading buddy) to read as well. Some kids really
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or phrases in blanks. When the child reads the word, they get to color that
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students do get overwhelmed by the amount of words on the fluency pages. Marie has some great ideas for using the pages to make them more fun or interesting (and there are more great ideas in the comments section to, be sure to check that out!) Check out the <a href="http://allaboutlearningpress.net/go.php?id=108&url=1761" target="_blank">Top 5 Tips for Using the <i>AAR</i> Practice Pages</a>. A lot
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Use the page for your reference only and write the words, phrases, or sentences
one at a time on a white board. When your child can read one line well,
try writing two lines at a time.<br />
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Make the words/phrases/sentences with tiles for your child to read.<br />
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Mix up the exercises a bit more–do something from the next step and then just a
bit of the fluency reading from the previous step. This will stretch the next
step out a bit more, and give a bit more fluency practice, without having the
practice be all together in one chunk.<br />
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Use the words, phrases, and sentences to come up with a little book together
that your child can read. Put one phrase or sentence on each page, and
let your child draw a picture, or cut and paste pictures from a magazine on
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Me: how are you doing this morning?<br />
Anna: Fine...forgetting a plate.<br />
Me: forgetting a plate?<br />
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I'm wondering...what bearing does this have on how she's doing? Where is the plate--in her room? I've told the kids not to keep dishes in their rooms. What's so important about this plate?<br />
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Anna: For. Getting. Up. Late!<br />
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Yes, I'm auditorily challenged this morning!<br />
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I often have a similar glitch--the spaces between words disappear and my mind has to tease out the sounds and decide which ones form words. When I was 7, I asked "what?" whenever my mother spoke to me...so often that she had my hearing tested! What I heard was...<br />
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My hearing tested fine, and I learned to stop saying "what?" all the time, to pause, and to wait for the sounds to separate into meaningful words in my mind. And it works...most of the time.<br />
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There is that line in Jingle Bells that puzzled me for years. It made sense to me that they were "making spare-ribs bright." That meant they were putting lots of barbecue sauce on them--one of my favorite meals! It would be warm and cozy after a breezy sleigh-ride. But why they took soap with them was just beyond me. ("a one-horse soap and sleigh.")<br />
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And then there was that country song..."You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille." I could never figure out why he was so worried about his crop in the field, since he had 400 children. My mother would have put those children to work in that field, and they'd get the job done! Years later I laughed when I realized...it was "four hungry children."<br />
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Enunciation. It's a good thing!<br />
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When I started homeschooling, I learned about Central Auditory Processing Disorder, and my glitches started making sense to me!<br />
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If you've ever questioned your child's hearing and not found anything wrong...this may be what's going on.<br />
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Slow down just a bit when you read aloud. Pause just slightly more between sentences and paragraphs.<br />
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Have your child sit where he or she can watch your mouth so that the sounds will be crisper. For example, letters like M and N can be very difficult to distinguish, but it's easy to see the difference in how we form these sounds.<br />
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Do school work in a quiet room with few distractions--your child will be using a lot of energy trying to focus on what you say. This is especially important for reading and spelling work.<br />
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Use multi-sensory methods to reinforce your teaching, rather than relying on one method (this has been found helpful for all kids, actually, but is even more important when a child has a struggle with one particular method). Don't attempt to explain things all orally--use manipulatives to "show" what you are saying in math, or letter tiles for reading or spelling. (Programs like <i>Math-U-See, <a href="http://allaboutlearningpress.net/go.php?id=108&url=95" target="_blank">All About Reading</a>, </i>and <i><a href="http://allaboutlearningpress.net/go.php?id=108&url=136" target="_blank">All About Spelling</a></i> integrate manipulatives.)<br />
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Shorten explanations and directions. (Remember the teacher on the <i>Peanuts </i>cartoons?! That's what our children hear when we talk too long or too quickly!) wah-wa-wah-wah-wahhhhhh....<br />
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Don't avoid reading aloud--my daughter sometimes has similar missteps in her hearing, and when she was young, she often didn't enjoy our read-aloud time. I think continuing with read-alouds strengthened this mode of learning for her though, and she came to enjoy read-alouds a lot (still one of the favorite parts of our day--here's one of her favorite ways to listen!)<br />
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<br />Merryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08551809190430382200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963996947883106252.post-31084289296699664592013-09-27T16:23:00.000-07:002013-09-27T16:23:03.333-07:00Petrifying Purple Pajama IncidentI think it's been long enough that I can share this story safely. I have a confession. I'm responsible for spreading a stereotype all over town here.<br /><br />Oh the shame! <br />
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It was a cold day in February about 2.5 years ago...<br />
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I went to the doctor's office to pick up some paperwork, took my son to guitar, went INTO the bank (not just the drive-thru, noooo...), went into the library, and helped my son get his "adult" library card (where we freely admitted he has no picture ID because we homeschool). As we turned to leave the library, I realized that I still had on my purple nightgown!!!<br />
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I had been cold when I woke up, so I threw on some pants and a big warm sweater over top, thinking I'd get dressed later. We got busy with school, I did some work, and then it was time to go to guitar so we left...and my then 14 year-old, dearly beloved son said nary a word to me about my snowflake-bedecked nightgown sticking at least a foot below my sweater!<br />
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While I was driving to his guitar lesson, we saw a guy who was sagging almost to the knees! We had such a hoot--really, I don't know how the guy could walk, he looked so ridiculous--but there I was not even realizing I was in my PJ's and making my own fashion statement, LOL!<br />
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And WHY didn't said dearly beloved son say anything? He just didn't think about it. Boys! I told him he should be embarrassed to be seen in public with his mother in a night gown and should tell me next time!Merryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08551809190430382200noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963996947883106252.post-79216786373997825422013-09-14T12:11:00.000-07:002013-09-14T12:11:06.594-07:00Homeschooling with chronic illness or pain?<a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R207BR0AI18B19/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0985260327&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=283155&store=books">Great new review</a> for <i>Invisible Illness, Visible God</i> on Amazon today! Minnie writes:<br />
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I can't say enough about this devotional. It is so comforting to read, especially if you yourself are going through any kind of trial: illness, job loss, relationship problem, etc. It is filled with God's word and promises but also filled with very real emotions that we all experience at different times of our lives. It is hard to use as a daily devotional because I want to read it all at once (it's that good!). </blockquote>
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Merryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08551809190430382200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963996947883106252.post-43777592385215406342013-09-09T07:23:00.002-07:002013-09-09T07:23:44.223-07:00AAR 3 is 20% off this week<a href="http://allaboutlearningpress.net/go.php?id=108&url=1181"><i>All About Reading</i> 3 </a>is 20% off until September 15th. Check it out!<div>
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I JUST had a sneak peek at the "Chasing Henry" story--so adorable! Some friends help this charming little lizard hatch out of a friend, and then try to raise him--and he gets into mischief as only he can! But I don't want to give away the ending... </div>
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And what kid doesn't like the thought of finding lost treasure? The illustrations, as always are enthralling to kids of many ages.</div>
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One more sneak peak at some of the fun activities...My kids would have had so much fun with this when they were learning to read!</div>
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See <a href="http://allaboutlearningpress.net/go.php?id=108&url=1181">all of the online samples</a> here:<br />
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You can see samples of the Teacher's Manual, Activity Book, and both readers. Also, here's a <a href="http://allaboutlearningpress.net/go.php?id=108&url=1183">placement test</a> to see if your child is ready for Level 3. Enjoy!<br />
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Merryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08551809190430382200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963996947883106252.post-89917083002564447402013-08-06T18:18:00.001-07:002013-08-06T18:18:10.135-07:00Hope Is My Anchor: Radio Interview Link<a href="http://www.hopeismyanchor.com/2013/08/radio-interview-link.html?spref=bl">Hope Is My Anchor: Radio Interview Link</a>: If you missed my inteview on Katherine Albrecht's show, here's a direct link . Katherine has lived through breast cancer and really ...Merryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08551809190430382200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963996947883106252.post-40434881013743734242013-08-01T22:40:00.001-07:002013-08-01T22:40:59.704-07:00Hope Is My Anchor: Radio Interview...Take 2!<a href="http://www.hopeismyanchor.com/2013/08/radio-interviewtake-2.html?spref=bl">Hope Is My Anchor: Radio Interview...Take 2!</a>: My interview has been rescheduled! On Monday, August 5th, 5-6 Eastern (4-5 Central), you can hear me on the Dr. Katherine Albrecht show. We'll be discussing chronic illness and my recent devotional book, <i><a href="http://www.hopeismyanchor.com/p/visible-god.html">Invisible Illness, Visible God: When Pain Meets the Power of an Indestructible Life</a></i>.<br />
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