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HI Carrie, Thanks for responding. Let's see, I guess what I mean is that the actual process of writing is problematic for my children. For example: when my second grader does his grammar homework and has to recopy sentences and add punctuation, it's a chore. He either has to go very slowly, to make ...

Julie, Thank you so much for the advice. I was hoping I would be able to do something like that. So, if I use the right side of an older guide now, how does that work when I actually get to that guide in the future? You don't repeat the same things do you? If we use the extension pack, are the textb...

Carrie, I totally understand, conventions can be fun, but also totally exhausting (My school used to send me to the Florida Reading Conference every year, and somehow I always felt I spent most of the weekend kind of glazed over from all the stuff going on :wink: ). I appreciate your willingness to ...

Hi Carrie, Thank you so much for responding. In looking at the placement chart, in the area of reading, I would say my younger ds falls into the Bigger category, he is reading short chapter books on his own, but very slowly, and with support. My older ds definitely falls into HFHTH, he is a voraciou...

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Thanks, I really appreciate that. I just want to be sure what I am doing follows the path he has laid out for me, because I know that utlimately, no matter what my personal desires are, keeping my family on His path is what's most important! I am hopeful about homeschooling and I know God can do ama...

Okay, I've been lurking for a while and I've felt prompted to post and ask some questions. First of all, background: I am not homeschooling yet, but I hope to next year. For the last 11 years I have been a 7th grade reading/language arts/social studies teacher. I enjoy my work, but lately I have rea...