Radley
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Post by Radley on Mar 11, 2019 7:40:49 GMT -6
I thought maybe we could use a thread for non-topical questions. Maybe you’re having trouble with school that day or your question doesn’t fit any of the specific threads, it could be posted here.
Also I have a random question so this is fairly self serving.
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Post by Radley on Mar 11, 2019 7:45:35 GMT -6
DS1 loves science and has finished his K level science for the year. I wanted to try out interactive notebooks so I ordered a new K science book so he could continue doing his favorite subject through the year. The book came in late so we missed science the last two days last week. It came in on Saturday, but because of various reasons, I didn’t look in the book until last night. It needs the pages to be copied and I don’t own a printer copier anymore (we let someone borrow it and long story short, we never got it back). I guess my question is, should I run out and get copies made this morning after DS2’s OT or can it wait one more day so I can make copies at my mother’s tonight?
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Post by bunnyfungo on May 3, 2019 17:58:45 GMT -6
Queen Mamadala I think you are homeschooling older kids? It looks like I’ll be homeschooling SS2 next year. He’s 14 and going into 9th grade. I have zero clue what to do for a high schooler. All of the curriculum I’ve researched has been for my first grader, so I feel out of my league. Any recommendations? Also, did you do any testing to see grade level on things like math or language arts? I know it’s normal to be asynchronous, so it feels like we would need to determine levels somehow. Advice on older kids?
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Post by Queen Mamadala on May 3, 2019 20:23:59 GMT -6
Queen Mamadala I think you are homeschooling older kids? It looks like I’ll be homeschooling SS2 next year. He’s 14 and going into 9th grade. I have zero clue what to do for a high schooler. All of the curriculum I’ve researched has been for my first grader, so I feel out of my league. Any recommendations? Also, did you do any testing to see grade level on things like math or language arts? I know it’s normal to be asynchronous, so it feels like we would need to determine levels somehow. Advice on older kids? Hey! Yes. We homeschool through a charter. Do you know if your state has something similar? We chose Oak Meadow curriculum for both (6th and 8th) girls. I discovered it several years ago when I was contemplating homeschooling and knew that was the curriculum I wanted to use. It aligns perfectly with our educational philosophy. It's all coursework/textbook-based rather than online that seems to be more popular with junior and high school grades. A lot of the popular online options for digital curriculum don't allow for the same kind of flexibility. The girls could essentially continue working through summer if they wanted to. I know my dd1 plans to continue doing algebra 1 and geometry over the summer and some ELA. This one is a popular choice for high school students who prefer digital learning. There's a HQT (highly qualified teacher) that has office hours. It's similar to what you'd expect if you took online college courses. www.strongmind.com/Oak Meadow offers distance private school and independent use. You can download a sample of their curriculum before you purchase: www.oakmeadow.com/#acc=%23link1JC colleges also offer concurrent enrollment that we plan to look into. As for testing, the charter does Star360 in-house testing three times a year and caaspp testing at the end of the year. I chose grade-level coursework and supplemented as needed. They were able to finish in 4-5 months and that allowed them more flexibility to move to the next grade's coursework or study other areas of interest for the remainder of the year.
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Post by bunnyfungo on May 5, 2019 21:50:47 GMT -6
Queen Mamadala I think you are homeschooling older kids? It looks like I’ll be homeschooling SS2 next year. He’s 14 and going into 9th grade. I have zero clue what to do for a high schooler. All of the curriculum I’ve researched has been for my first grader, so I feel out of my league. Any recommendations? Also, did you do any testing to see grade level on things like math or language arts? I know it’s normal to be asynchronous, so it feels like we would need to determine levels somehow. Advice on older kids? Hey! Yes. We homeschool through a charter. Do you know if your state has something similar? We chose Oak Meadow curriculum for both (6th and 8th) girls. I discovered it several years ago when I was contemplating homeschooling and knew that was the curriculum I wanted to use. It aligns perfectly with our educational philosophy. It's all coursework/textbook-based rather than online that seems to be more popular with junior and high school grades. A lot of the popular online options for digital curriculum don't allow for the same kind of flexibility. The girls could essentially continue working through summer if they wanted to. I know my dd1 plans to continue doing algebra 1 and geometry over the summer and some ELA. This one is a popular choice for high school students who prefer digital learning. There's a HQT (highly qualified teacher) that has office hours. It's similar to what you'd expect if you took online college courses. www.strongmind.com/Oak Meadow offers distance private school and independent use. You can download a sample of their curriculum before you purchase: www.oakmeadow.com/#acc=%23link1JC colleges also offer concurrent enrollment that we plan to look into. As for testing, the charter does Star360 in-house testing three times a year and caaspp testing at the end of the year. I chose grade-level coursework and supplemented as needed. They were able to finish in 4-5 months and that allowed them more flexibility to move to the next grade's coursework or study other areas of interest for the remainder of the year. Thank you. I need to look into charter options here. I know there are virtual school options, but I really don’t think that’s for him. He aced the MCA (standardized test in MN) for science so I think my plan would be to just center everything around science. Write a paper about your findings. I was a science major in college so I can pull up old lab reports and have him use those. Yes. Be well rounded. But also, do any of us remember the courses we didn’t use in our lives? I’m trying to remind myself of that when I get overwhelmed.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2019 14:22:03 GMT -6
bunnyfungo I forgot this board existed. I grew up in Florida and we did FLVS which was awesome for high school. you do have to pay if you're out of state but a lot of states have similar type programs. My brother ended up doing keystone online for his high school and it was not as good as FLVS. online school is great for high schoolers but I definitely needed my mom to stay on top of me to keep from falling behind. But I loved being able to finish early if I just flew through the modules.
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Post by bunnyfungo on Jul 10, 2019 22:46:54 GMT -6
How is everyone doing? Any new curricula for the next school year? Thoughts? Concerns?
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Post by hawkward on Jul 15, 2019 10:36:17 GMT -6
How is everyone doing? Any new curricula for the next school year? Thoughts? Concerns? I'm kind of thinking about switching things up that I had planned for DS1. I had planned on LOE, but I showed him a sample and he was very "meh" about it, so I'm thinking about using First Language Lessons with him since he already has a good foundation in grammar and is enjoying other WTM products. I'm having some analysis paralysis, I think.
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Post by bunnyfungo on Aug 9, 2019 19:39:11 GMT -6
Okay. I’m having a minor freak out with my stepson. I’m thinking Build Your Library 8 even though he would be a 9th grader. Because it’s history of science and that’s his jam. So in addition to that I’m thinking AoPS for math either Algebra or Geometry depending on his testing and then Essentials in Writing. And plus also Holt Biology.
This all seems like a lot. But it’s also high school not elementary. So I think a few hours a day of work sounds right? RIGHT?!
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Post by hawkward on Aug 10, 2019 11:34:35 GMT -6
I think that sounds right, bunnyfungo. Definitely not too much. From what I’ve been looking at, 4 hours a Day is about right for high school age.
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