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Sunday, November 5, 2006 - Thankful - Day 14
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1. I am thankful that I found the source of the flies. This is a bit gross. For the last week and a half we have been having flies in the house. We keep killing them and they keep showing up. I could not figure it out. Today, while cleaning the kitty box in the laundry room/pantry, I found an old bag of potatoes. They were very old and that is where the flies were coming from. I tossed the bag of potatoes but I needed my hubby to come and get the container they were in and clean it out. That stuff really makes me sick. So I thoroughly cleaned the floor and I am glad we won't be haivng any more flies.
2. I am thankful for a cozy Sunday afternoon at home. Hubby is napping, the kids are playing quietly, by themselves surprisingly, and I have time to write and blog. We usually eat a big lunch out so dinner on Sunday is usually very easy, like popcorn or a bowl of cereal and toast.
3. I am thankful we filed an extension for our taxes because we just got our check in the mail and now we have Christmas!
For the the two of you who were wondering what I decided for Spelling, I will give you an update. I went ahead and purchased Sequential Spelling. It arrived on Friday so we will get started with it on Monday. I am happy to realize that I can use it for two of my children simultaneously. I will let you know how it works for us.
On another school topic. I am wondering what to do about writing for Princess. She is 9 and the writing isn't taking off too well. Part of the problem is spelling so hopefully that will improve soon. We have done copywork for a while now, and we have done some grammar and are currently doing it now. She wrote a couple of pages of what she has learned so far with our Thanksgiving lapbook and the information was great. She really was able to remember a lot of details. I am convinced that she knows our material. However, her sentence structure isn't very good. She puts periods in randomly or not at all. She has run on after run on. The problem is, in regards to her writing, she has never responded well if I correct her. She takes it very personally and she feels criticized. I know some of it is my fault, but part of it is that she is very creative and I think she feels like the writing is a part of her creative side and she doesn't do well with criticism in that area. We are using Simply Grammar right now and I like it. I have looked into Writing Strands and I am thinking of getting it. Any ideas from you? Should I wait for a while to address this subject? Or should I find a way to work on this?
Thanks, for any advice.
Susan
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Sunday, November 5, 2006 - HI Susan! |
| Posted by heartmatters |
How are you? I will be eager to hear how Sequential Spelling goes. As for Writing, we have chosen Writing Strands. We started with Level 2, the brown book. That's a great place for a 9 yo to start. It says ages 7 and up but personally that is way too soon. I am starting my 8 1/2 yo here. It is very easy but for this first level you do spend a few minutes with them. Not many though. After that level, it's independent! I think you like independent :) like me. I think you will like his philosphy.
BLessings,
Jen |
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Sunday, November 5, 2006 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by chickadee |
in my opinion, you are doing great! the copy work and reading should help her "get it" in the next few years. we use shurley english which has a bit of writing in it at the end of each chapter. i've heard good things about writing strands and i taught from it to jr. high kids. it was a good book, but i haven't seen the ones for elementary ages.
i do just what you do--wonder if they are where they should be and i often compare them to other kids. but i try to remember that they are still very young and i didn't learn much about writing until i was in 6th grade and beyond. i think the more they read, the more the sentence structure and puncuation will make sense. |
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Sunday, November 5, 2006 - Heather of http://heather.shamusyoung.com |
| Posted by Anonymous |
| Generally speaking a 9 year old is not to be expected to have perfect writing. Runons, spelling mistakes, misplaced punctuation will occur often. Be glad she is willing to write at all and don't over correct at this point. Read plenty of good books to her, have her read lots of good books. Make sure she knows how to use punctuation correctly out of context (like write some sentences with no punctuation or capitaliztation, poor spelling, and have her correct them. If she can do that then don't worry about it in her personal writing. Teach her to use a wordprocessor and the spellchecker but allow her to write as much as she wants without over-correcting. If you frustrate her now you will have a hard time getting her to write when she has gotten her understanding of the language under her belt. There is plenty of time for perfect punctuation and spelling when she is jr. high and high school. That is when you start working on perfecting, right now you focus on getting ideas into words. It is a long process and one many never get through because they get hung up on perfecting things and therefore don't learn "how to write". Professionals (including most of my professors when I was being trained to be a teacher) agree that the average child does not have a good grasp on the language until about 11 or 12. Their vocabulary is still growing, they are still learning how to articulate what they are trying to say. Keep the rules seperate from creative writing until she is at a point where she can look over her own writing, after it is written, and correct her own mistakes. If you teach her to correct your sentences, she will learn to correct her own. I am writing this as one who was taught this way by my mother after having my writing ability squashed by teachers who thought even a rough draft had to be perfect. Teach her the art of brain storming, rough draft, more drafts, until you get to a final draft and your daughter will be way ahead by the time she gets to college age. |
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Sunday, November 5, 2006 - Yes, |
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I would start in Level 2. The first lesson will seem very basic but it does progress! For example, the first lesson teaches how to describe something. The author uses a pencil. The pencil is yellow. The pencil is long. The pencil is sharp. Each day she will expand her sentences about the pencil. By the end of the lesson it will be "My mothers long, sharp, yellow pencil is on her desk." Do you see how she will be adding ownership and prepositional phrases? She will also learn how to use the comma to separate adjectives. The idea is to praise her ideas and give her structure in framing her thoughts. The second lesson is much more fun. The first is very basic. I think you will really enjoy it! And it is reusable!
Jen
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Edited by heartmatters on Sunday, November 5, 2006 at 7:50 PM |
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Monday, November 6, 2006 - Writing |
| Posted by Angelheart |
Hello Susan. We have had this same problem with our daughter and she is 9.
I think it will come but I have created some games to help her. Then I am not correcting her all the time in her writing. First we were playing a game where I would start a sentence or give her the ending and she has to fill in the rest of the thought. Tommy went.... Tommy went to the store. Then I ask where did Tommy go. You have your action and subject Tommy. We also use for writing a word web . So she starts with one topic and then places her ideas into each circle around it. This helps her get her ideas together. I then make a game of that telling her there are no ands, because, but etc.. allowed in her sentences. One sentence for each topic. You can model one for her to start. Modeling helps alot. Just them seeing how it is supposed to go. As for the spelling we use are spelling box I told you about . So if something is spelled wrong in her writing we put it in the box. Lastly She is to edit her work. I have a card with different symbols for each thing she fixes. If she needs capital letters she underlines them twice. So she edits capital letters. Is is a complete sentences. Do you have punctuation ? Spelling. I have done a unit with her on the dictionary so she knows how to look the words up.
Hope this helps.
Nikki |
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Monday, November 6, 2006 - You might want to take a look at... |
| Posted by fallinglikerain |
...The Writer's Jungle from bravewriter.com . It is not a curriculum, but rather instruction for moms in how to teach language arts. The Brave Writer blog and e-mail list both encourage a "lifestyle of language arts" (my phrase, not hers). Poke around the website and see if there isn't something you could use. Her articles are really fun, not to be missed! I tried Writing Strands numerous times and it just never worked for us. We're currently using Sonlight's language arts and loving it. I'm seeing on their message boards that a lot of people are using it with ideas from Brave Writer.
HTH, Sandy |
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Monday, November 6, 2006 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by destinationgloryland |
Even though my children are too young for this grammar program at this time, I am most interested in using Character Quality Language Arts when they are ready. Here is the website of where you can get it along with a review of the program by The Old Schoolhouse.
http://www.trainingfortriumphhomeschool.com/
I have to say that it is comforting to know that I'm not the only one dealing with flies. In our house it's fruit flies and I've gone on the warpath!! |
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Sunday, November 12, 2006 - Writing suggestions |
| Posted by mom2two |
I used Daily Grams with my son when he was about 3rd or 4th grade level and that seemed to really help. We read aloud A LOT which I think helps with sentence structure once they get a little older.
As far as a writing program, my son is really enjoying the Wordsmith series. He completed Wordsmith Apprentice last year and is currently working through Wordsmith. It has helped him come along with his writing quite well.
Yvonne :o)
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