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Whenever I use the R level quizzes, I use only the first page of short answer questions. I don't have my students write essays every week. (We don't take quizzes every week either.)

I would be...

Dana,
Is this a document that has been added to later printings of Year 1 redesigned? I have scoured the Loom and opened every document that looks like it has anything at all to do with R lit, and I...

I've just done Years 3 and 4 with R students and am now getting ready to go back to Year 1. We have not used the church history--at least not in its entirety--because dh and I chose a different path...

I'm just coming off of Years 3 and 4 with R students and now Year 1 looks so different that I'm finding myself confused. I realize, after searching the forums, that there is no Poetics/Frameworks in...

Realizing this is an older thread, but wanted to add that I used to use something else in addition to TOG lit and decided it was overkill. TOG lit is plenty.
Michelle

Anything is possible but maybe not advisable! http://tapestryofgrace.groupee.net/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Is there any particular reason you want to condense? Personally, I would...

In reviewing my Y4, I find that D's and R's are set to (as one option) memorize all the countries of the world and their capitals. When I look at the schedule in U4 Supplement 11, this looks like a...

I would say it depends on your son's reading ability. To be perfectly honest, my first--and even second--graders are so often still working on reading skills that we don't do much writing at all. I...

Why would you need to compress? Personally, I would just keep going at the regular pace. You'll still get through all four years when she is in high school, so I don't see that it really matters. I...

I have my kids look up the words in the dictionary normally used at their age level, but if the word is not there, I will look it up for them in the adult dictionary. (Looking up words at that age...

Heather,
My ds doesn't like to read off the computer either, but the weekly assignments are generally not all that long that he can't tolerate it for a short period of time. Plus, if you print it...

I agree with Pat. Helping your student to plan on which day he will read what book and which pages, then later making sure he has planned it, and finally releasing him to do it all himself, is one...

Dana makes some great points. I just finished my first year with an R after two years with D's only. Here are some things that help us.

<UL TYPE=SQUARE>I use church history and philosophy as...

We are the same way. I buy all the history, in-depth history, and literature books, and some of the church history--mostly the missionary biographies. And since I'm buying for three levels (UG, D,...

Ashley,
Each grammar program has its strengths and weaknesses. I usually start with Easy Grammar with my kids because I like the way they start with prepositions and prepositional phrases. Once you...

Using the cutting chart for R literature, I will be cutting weeks 14, 23, and 34, which are all poetry assignments from the Poetry Anthology. Is this book used for any other weeks besides these? I...

I just thought I would throw this out there for any mom who is making workbooks by copying and pasting. I did this one year--and found it horribly time consuming!! Yet I still wanted to get all of...

This past year I had one D and one R student. I found that usually I could combine the history discussions if I, the teacher, had prepared well in advance. That often meant not going in the same...

I like using Fallacy Detective and Thinking Toolbox for my 7th and 8th graders. It's a pretty good introduction to arguments and just plain clear thinking and communicating in general.
Michelle

I'm not sure how helpful this will be, but we're not doing the music component. Not because I don't want to, necessarily, but because 1) my R student is not overly interested, and 2) I think the...

I suspect I will do for Year 3 what I did last year in Year 2. We read The History of US books aloud--for both UG and LG. We would discuss certain aspects as we read. Then we complete lap book...

I've been looking through the Evaluations for the R level for my 9th grader. Keeping in mind that Evaluations is to be a tool ...

Personally, I don't start Easy Grammar until 3rd grade. I use English for the Thoughtful Child (not overly different from FLL) and I do hardly any writing until the child is reading really well. It's...

Will the D book on presidents that I purchased for Year 2 (The Everything American Presidents Book) also suffice for R Year 3? One of my D students is moving to R, and I don't want to buy a book when...

If you already have familiarity with the IEW techniques, it is quite easy to take the TOG topics and use the IEW methods. If you are just starting with IEW, it may be easier to use some of the...