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- Tue Jan 17, 2017 2:58 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Help with Testing in Foerster Algebra 1
- Replies: 7
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Re: Help with Testing in Foerster Algebra 1
Thanks, Tidbits! Those are helpful thoughts and you hit the nail on the head with your assessment of perfectionists wanting to get everything right and spending way too long on one problem. He is definitely my perfectionist child. :) I would like to limit the time, but am perplexed with the "how" of...
- Mon Jan 16, 2017 7:26 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Help with Testing in Foerster Algebra 1
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4696
- Sun Jan 15, 2017 10:30 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Help with Testing in Foerster Algebra 1
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4696
Help with Testing in Foerster Algebra 1
My son is doing Foerster's Algebra 1 this year and has easily mastered the concepts without struggling with any of the lessons. However, when it comes to the end of the chapter "Chapter Review and Chapter Test," its a real challenge, in that they are taking an extremely long time for him to complete...
- Tue Nov 15, 2016 3:52 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Should I do Beyond over again?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7070
Re: Should I do Beyond over again?
Instead of repeating Beyond, how about cutting back to half-speed? That will extend your time until Bigger another 30+ weeks, which would take you through the remainder of this school year and possibly into the beginning of next school year, depending on when you end for the school year. I have a fe...
- Mon Oct 31, 2016 2:21 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: 2 Q's: testing and calculators
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5474
Re: 2 Q's: testing and calculators
I'm not sure of Carrie's recommendation, but when I taught mathematics, the students were allowed to use calculators when they started Algebra. My son is currently working through Foerster Algebra 1 and, so far, I haven't allowed him to use a calculator, as it hasn't yet seemed necessary. If he gets...
- Tue Sep 20, 2016 11:12 am
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Grading Foerster's Algebra
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3384
Re: Grading Foerster's Algebra
There are many ways you could do this. For sake of simplicity, I don't grade the homework assignments, but I do make sure my son completes and corrects all of them. For his final grade, I just take the average of his test scores.
- Sun Aug 28, 2016 9:59 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Help with English 3
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1495
Re: Help with English 3
No, the Preparing guide is not necessary. Just do one lesson a day out of the English book and you'll be just fine. (If you look at the sample week of Preparing, you'll see that the first day just says, "Beginning Wisely: Lesson 2" and the second day, "Beginning Wisely: Lesson 3," etc.)
- Tue Jul 26, 2016 2:40 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: My son has decided to go back to school
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2666
Re: My son has decided to go back to school
We're not at the high school level, yet, so I hope others will guide you in that direction, but I thought I'd share that R&S Math is excellent, but is not at the 10th grade level. The 8th grade book, their final one, is at a pre-algebra level and solidly 8th grade. (I used to teach high school level...
- Sun Jul 17, 2016 10:30 am
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Sneak Peek #6: New US2 History Guide
- Replies: 20
- Views: 23942
Re: Sneak Peek #6: New US2 History Guide
Been there, done that ... too many times to count!!Gwenny wrote:You are right Daybreaking! I read that sentence a few times and I don't think I'd had my coffee yet! I kept reading that it was 2 areas we already studied.
- Sat Jul 16, 2016 12:04 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Sneak Peek #6: New US2 History Guide
- Replies: 20
- Views: 23942
Re: Sneak Peek #6: New US2 History Guide
Thank you, Carrie, for the College Board post. That was incredibly helpful and reassuring!!
- Sat Jul 16, 2016 10:38 am
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Sneak Peek #6: New US2 History Guide
- Replies: 20
- Views: 23942
Re: Sneak Peek #6: New US2 History Guide
Looks fantastic!!! I love that you have thought outside the box and spent so much time reviewing and finding such incredible resources. Did you mean to say, "Studying these areas of science has the benefit of providing students with two differing areas of study from the sciences that have NOT alrea...
- Sun Jun 26, 2016 9:26 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Beyond storytime books
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1981
Re: Beyond storytime books
In Beyond (and Bigger), the storytime books are specifically scheduled. Instead, Carrie lets you pick a book for each genre. There are the three that are in the HOD packages (classic, boy and girl) and normally 1-2 other suggestions in the appendix. You pick on book per genre, and then divide the b...
- Sat Jun 11, 2016 2:18 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Foersters algegra
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1950
Re: Foersters algegra
A few months ago, I spent days and days trying to find a sample. Other than the table of contents and the first page of text found here: http://www.rainbowresource.com/viewpict.php?pid=033416, I don't think there are any samples online. It's a shame, as it would definitely help people in their decis...
- Mon Dec 07, 2015 9:39 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Are we behind, is this enough?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2552
Re: Are we behind, is this enough?
We used R&S English 2 when we did Beyond and it worked very well for us. If you think your son is ready for it, you can easily start right now. For math, I would agree with the other poster about giving your son the placement test for Singapore and make your decision based on that. A solid foundatio...
- Fri Dec 04, 2015 8:36 am
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: HOD Nominated for Award - please vote if you'd like!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4012
Re: HOD Nominated for Award - please vote if you'd like!
Me, too!sarah_smile07 wrote:Voted! 10's across the board!