tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016790922270318352.post2759511002488211475..comments2010-08-20T21:38:24.415-04:00Krishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948350029651674295noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016790922270318352.post-77837053177764062132010-08-21T11:36:15.149-04:002010-08-21T11:36:15.149-04:00YES! Happy Anniversary! Sorry, I did laugh @ the chicken egg thing :) Only b/c I&#39;m so smart and I have chickens. (Laughing @ myself here, believe me)Jamerrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07723022672794331073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016790922270318352.post-75424010408140280562010-08-21T07:25:13.164-04:002010-08-21T07:25:13.164-04:00Happy Anniversary!!!<br /><br />I&#39;m sorry to hear about your missing nucleus. We had some missing ducks this week. Must be something in the air. LOLGiggly Girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286011831882699289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016790922270318352.post-72582540803867697172010-08-20T23:54:36.297-04:002010-08-20T23:54:36.297-04:00Happy Anniversary!! And LOL on the egg...Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02959806709973196975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016790922270318352.post-63384600495465047812010-08-20T23:39:28.112-04:002010-08-20T23:39:28.112-04:00HAppy Anniversary. Hope you have a great week-end!joellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18116901746965807942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016790922270318352.post-47673479433428595652010-08-20T21:38:24.415-04:002010-08-20T21:38:24.415-04:00Happy Anniversary!<br />You know you&#39;re a homeschooler when your son eats the nucleus for your science project. :-)Leah Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812333478201076333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016790922270318352.post-78294111246798078942010-08-20T16:49:23.934-04:002010-08-20T16:49:23.934-04:00Happy Anniversary! <br />We just finished our first week &amp; it went splendidly! What an incredible way to start the year :D<br /><br />We, too, are using REAL Sceince Odyssey LIFE this year. I&#39;m totally loving it so far! I was getting all giddy just now realizing that we would be going through the year together, but...I&#39;m throwing a kink in things and covering the animal kingdom in the fall and then human body &amp; plants in the spring. I&#39;ll try to blog about our science journey so you can see what we&#39;ve been doing to :)Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795691201157024006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016790922270318352.post-57100254327260176122010-08-20T16:24:36.040-04:002010-08-20T16:24:36.040-04:00Happy Anniversary! Even though I KNOW the egg thing, I always seem to forget and think of the yolk as the chick part. Maybe because it&#39;s yellow? Ew.<br /><br />And I vote for &quot;Brian&#39;s and My&quot;. :)Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03716308225177195585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016790922270318352.post-45364201756684604452010-08-20T15:51:05.881-04:002010-08-20T15:51:05.881-04:00Happy Anniversary! have a great time before all the other back to school activities hit. Boy that was us this week!Hodgepodgemomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18365766887179806646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016790922270318352.post-57254413210742089352010-08-20T15:43:31.732-04:002010-08-20T15:43:31.732-04:00Just like Andrew Pudewa models in his sessions, it is perfectly fine to write together and make a group paragraph. My very visual learners needed to do the whole thing on the whiteboard at first, with everyone contributing. I would do this for the first few weeks and then see how they do on their own. Modeling is always good. <br /><br />I would always say &quot;our anniversary&quot;. ;)<br /><br />Happy Anniversary!Barb-Harmony Art Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02565810011908156870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016790922270318352.post-27810012296728347582010-08-20T14:48:15.784-04:002010-08-20T14:48:15.784-04:00Have a happy anniversary celebration!!See Jamie bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18212749055211487304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016790922270318352.post-29690724228589961072010-08-20T12:47:46.726-04:002010-08-20T12:47:46.726-04:00@ Loving -- That makes sense. It definitely sounds better than the way I wrote it.<br /><br />@ Tristan -- We do all brainstorm the KWO part together, but I&#39;m thinking of letting Josh and Megan do the sentence writing part together, too. Neither of them are writing well enough to do that part independently without asking me to spell every other word.<br /><br />I think they just need to build their confidence a bit right now. I think they&#39;re <i>capable</i> of doing that part on their own, they just need to have the confidence to put what&#39;s in their minds down on paper.Kris @ WUHS and Eclipsedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948350029651674295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016790922270318352.post-44863222454034868742010-08-20T12:47:33.110-04:002010-08-20T12:47:33.110-04:00Hi, Kris! Happy anniversary! And I agree with Loving Our Homeschool&#39;s point about the grammar question. (Your explication was good, too, in your comment.)<br /><br />Also, I love what you&#39;re doing in science!Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01387574019004641299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016790922270318352.post-49859187487737298362010-08-20T12:38:16.186-04:002010-08-20T12:38:16.186-04:00We&#39;ve using IEW. Yes, let them talk it out and brainstorm together for the Key Word Outline. They will still end up with different paragraphs when they write from their key word outlines as everyone says things just a bit differently. I&#39;m only using this with my 9yo (oldest) so I&#39;m her brainstorming/talking partner. She does much better when she&#39;s got someone to bounce words back and forth with.Tristanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14483248387092516827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016790922270318352.post-44823958321490407852010-08-20T12:05:45.430-04:002010-08-20T12:05:45.430-04:00Would it be &quot;Brian&#39;s and my anniversary&quot; because that way you&#39;re keeping with the rule to put the other person&#39;s name first? (as in &quot;Brian and I went to the store.&quot;)<br /><br />I just say &quot;Our anniversary&quot; because I know that is right! LOLLoving Our Homeschoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12572034157505181207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016790922270318352.post-76392420853999226172010-08-20T10:10:41.051-04:002010-08-20T10:10:41.051-04:00I really like the idea of writing your paragraph as a group project. They get the energy of each other and then you get to model what is expected of them. I taught IEW and am doing it again this year (starting today!) and that is how we do the first few weeks. You could even practice a few kwo before you move on to the writing of the paragraph (not sure how old your children are...this would be better for youngers). <br /><br />I also did this at home with my two 7th graders last year. For some reason it was sooooo much more difficult with them than with my co-op class. But my son, who is NOT a natural writer, did so much better with this program than my daughter who writes all the time. She had a very hard time working within the boundaries (which...actually describes her whole personality..but that is something else all together. sigh)<br /><br />Leslie in txwayside wandererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216448707277968516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016790922270318352.post-64484477249945217872010-08-20T09:55:41.431-04:002010-08-20T09:55:41.431-04:00Your science program looks very good!Phyllishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217282962233011656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016790922270318352.post-64354267450269174192010-08-20T09:53:29.440-04:002010-08-20T09:53:29.440-04:00@ Amy -- I stared to say &quot;Mine and Brian&#39;s.&quot; That&#39;s how I would normally say it in conversation. However, I usually tell my kids, when trying to decide between I and me, take away the other person. <br /><br />For example: Brian and I played ball or Brian and me played ball. <br /><br />I would be correct because you would say, &quot;I play ball,&quot; not &quot;Me play ball.&quot;<br /><br />That&#39;s when I started wondering if &quot;My and Brian&#39;s&quot; might be correct, even though it sounds wrong, because I would say, &quot;My anniversary,&quot; not &quot;Mine anniversary.&quot;<br /><br />I&#39;m not arguing with you or saying that you&#39;re wrong, just explaining my thought process because neither one of them sound right. I&#39;d love to find a definite answer because I wonder about it at least one a year...you know, on my -- mine -- our anniversary. ;-)Kris @ WUHS and Eclipsedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948350029651674295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016790922270318352.post-6693967978546364382010-08-20T09:17:40.576-04:002010-08-20T09:17:40.576-04:00Where is she taking Spanish? Are there spaces still available? I need details. ;)Can you send them to me?Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699156032374925329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016790922270318352.post-68350355115468173482010-08-20T08:50:25.832-04:002010-08-20T08:50:25.832-04:00Sounds like you all had a great week! <br /><br />I *think* the proper way to write your sentence in question is &quot;Mine and Brian&#39;s.&quot; This makes it make more sense since you&#39;re using two possessives. However, someone with more grammas prowess than I possess might chime in and correct me! :-)Amy @ Hope Is the Wordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07949836482747469686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016790922270318352.post-34405230603143237072010-08-20T08:06:39.957-04:002010-08-20T08:06:39.957-04:00Happy Anniversary!aslansavzhttp://aslansavz.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com