Tag:IEW
8th Grade Homeschool Plan for H
Eighth grade for H has been a bit of a planning challenge this year. She attempted to use Alpha Omega’s online program last year. Although at first she really loved it, it didn’t take terribly long to realize it wasn’t a good fit for her. All of the subjects other than math were scrapped fairly …
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Letting the Kids Take Over
Well, we are on our six-week break one-week break following our second six-week period of school. (Twelve weeks down!!! Yay!!!) I think we were all ready for this one! Overall, I think it was a productive period. I didn’t get a lot of resistance about school, except in the IEW that I started with H. And that …
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Is this the one?
The new writing program has arrived! I’ve had a lot of experience with IEW through our homeschool co-op, and K is taking it at co-op this year. H doesn’t really seem to like the approach that Writing Strands uses, so we’re going to try All Things Fun & Fascinating and see how it goes. Which …
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IEW – First Keyword Outline and Writing Exercise
Today K had her first “lesson” in keyword outlining, IEW (Institute for Excellence in Writing) style. We do not have any of their curriculum at this time, but I do assist in an IEW class at our co-op and I have taught the class before. (Of note, H is going to be using their Bible …
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