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Post by **Angie** on Oct 6, 2015 17:22:03 GMT
Well, until it's time for math homework.
Ds went back to public school after four years of homeschooling. After the initial shock and disappointment, I've found other things to fill my time.
Ds is out of school today at a leadership workshop, so any missed work would be given to him tomorrow (Wednesday) to bring back on Thursday. Unfortunately, he doesn't get home until 7:30pm on Wednesdays, which means he would have today's missed work along with Wednesday's homework. Probably four hours of work plus supper means he wouldn't get to bed until midnight and have to be up at 6am.
Yeah.....that would not be good, for him or his teachers, on Thursday.
So, with his teachers' (well, Language Arts, Math , and World Geography) agreement, I'm printing out the classwork that they are doing today (the kids do it as homework if they don't finish it in class) - they even sent me their notes. 
It all looks so fun.  They are the same topics that I had already started researching/reviewing/planning to teach this year, so I have to remember to just let him read the notes, not "teach" it.
The World Geography assignment is about the 8 features of civilization, ds has to list five items in our town that match each feature. At home, we'd take a day or two and explore the town to find the items. Since it's due the next day, ds has to just use his memory. I miss the "doing" instead of just reading. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2015 17:40:35 GMT
Why not take some courses for you if you miss studying? There's plenty on line if you can't get to 'real' school.
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Post by Peamac on Oct 6, 2015 17:41:33 GMT
I can relate- when both DDs went away to college, I really missed the homeschooling too. I still come across things that I think, "if I could go back in time and teach this...." Ah well, I'll likely have grandchildren in the next few years, so I can start in on them! And DD#2 teaches preschool, so when I see things she may be able to use in her classroom, I pin them for her.
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Post by tincin on Oct 6, 2015 17:49:25 GMT
Well, until it's time for math homework.
Ds went back to public school after four years of homeschooling. After the initial shock and disappointment, I've found other things to fill my time.
Ds is out of school today at a leadership workshop, so any missed work would be given to him tomorrow (Wednesday) to bring back on Thursday. Unfortunately, he doesn't get home until 7:30pm on Wednesdays, which means he would have today's missed work along with Wednesday's homework. Probably four hours of work plus supper means he wouldn't get to bed until midnight and have to be up at 6am.
Yeah.....that would not be good, for him or his teachers, on Thursday.
So, with his teachers' (well, Language Arts, Math , and World Geography) agreement, I'm printing out the classwork that they are doing today (the kids do it as homework if they don't finish it in class) - they even sent me their notes.
It all looks so fun. They are the same topics that I had already started researching/reviewing/planning to teach this year, so I have to remember to just let him read the notes, not "teach" it.
The World Geography assignment is about the 8 features of civilization, ds has to list five items in our town that match each feature. At home, we'd take a day or two and explore the town to find the items. Since it's due the next day, ds has to just use his memory. I miss the "doing" instead of just reading. Not sure how old your son is but typically teachers don't require missed work to be submitted the day of the student's return to school. In our school you have the numbers of days you missed to make up the work you missed. If you are off for two days, you have to have missed work in to the teacher on the third day back. The first day the make up work is given and then two days to do it for the two days that were missed. Perhaps it's time to let your DS handle his own assignments. |
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Post by krazykatlady on Oct 6, 2015 18:01:17 GMT
Well, until it's time for math homework.
Ds went back to public school after four years of homeschooling. After the initial shock and disappointment, I've found other things to fill my time.
Ds is out of school today at a leadership workshop, so any missed work would be given to him tomorrow (Wednesday) to bring back on Thursday. Unfortunately, he doesn't get home until 7:30pm on Wednesdays, which means he would have today's missed work along with Wednesday's homework. Probably four hours of work plus supper means he wouldn't get to bed until midnight and have to be up at 6am.
Yeah.....that would not be good, for him or his teachers, on Thursday.
So, with his teachers' (well, Language Arts, Math , and World Geography) agreement, I'm printing out the classwork that they are doing today (the kids do it as homework if they don't finish it in class) - they even sent me their notes.
It all looks so fun. They are the same topics that I had already started researching/reviewing/planning to teach this year, so I have to remember to just let him read the notes, not "teach" it.
The World Geography assignment is about the 8 features of civilization, ds has to list five items in our town that match each feature. At home, we'd take a day or two and explore the town to find the items. Since it's due the next day, ds has to just use his memory. I miss the "doing" instead of just reading. Not sure how old your son is but typically teachers don't require missed work to be submitted the day of the student's return to school. In our school you have the numbers of days you missed to make up the work you missed. If you are off for two days, you have to have missed work in to the teacher on the third day back. The first day the make up work is given and then two days to do it for the two days that were missed. Perhaps it's time to let your DS handle his own assignments. Oh good grief. Is it really necessary to hand slap OP? |
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Post by **Angie** on Oct 6, 2015 18:16:34 GMT
Why not take some courses for you if you miss studying? There's plenty on line if you can't get to 'real' school. Oh, I don't miss the studying. I miss the taking what he is studying in a book and making it hands-on. |
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Post by **Angie** on Oct 6, 2015 18:21:00 GMT
Not sure how old your son is but typically teachers don't require missed work to be submitted the day of the student's return to school. In our school you have the numbers of days you missed to make up the work you missed. If you are off for two days, you have to have missed work in to the teacher on the third day back. The first day the make up work is given and then two days to do it for the two days that were missed. Perhaps it's time to let your DS handle his own assignments. Oh good grief. Is it really necessary to hand slap OP? Nah, it's good. I'll comment when I get back from picking ds up from his workshop. |
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Post by **Angie** on Oct 6, 2015 20:26:49 GMT
Well, until it's time for math homework.
Ds went back to public school after four years of homeschooling. After the initial shock and disappointment, I've found other things to fill my time.
Ds is out of school today at a leadership workshop, so any missed work would be given to him tomorrow (Wednesday) to bring back on Thursday. Unfortunately, he doesn't get home until 7:30pm on Wednesdays, which means he would have today's missed work along with Wednesday's homework. Probably four hours of work plus supper means he wouldn't get to bed until midnight and have to be up at 6am.
Yeah.....that would not be good, for him or his teachers, on Thursday.
So, with his teachers' (well, Language Arts, Math , and World Geography) agreement, I'm printing out the classwork that they are doing today (the kids do it as homework if they don't finish it in class) - they even sent me their notes.
It all looks so fun. They are the same topics that I had already started researching/reviewing/planning to teach this year, so I have to remember to just let him read the notes, not "teach" it.
The World Geography assignment is about the 8 features of civilization, ds has to list five items in our town that match each feature. At home, we'd take a day or two and explore the town to find the items. Since it's due the next day, ds has to just use his memory. I miss the "doing" instead of just reading. Not sure how old your son is but typically teachers don't require missed work to be submitted the day of the student's return to school. In our school you have the numbers of days you missed to make up the work you missed. If you are off for two days, you have to have missed work in to the teacher on the third day back. The first day the make up work is given and then two days to do it for the two days that were missed. Perhaps it's time to let your DS handle his own assignments. Alrighty....Ds doesn't "have to" submit the work tomorrow morning when he gets back to school. He would normally receive it tomorrow and have to turn it in on Thursday for full credit (class rule for two of the three). That wouldn't be a problem any other day of the week. HOWEVER, ds is in various activities from 2:30 (end of school) until 7:30ish tomorrow evening. He will get home around 7:30 and do his homework while eating supper. He typically spends 1.5 to 2 hours on homework each night, combining that with his makeup work, means he would be up at least 1.5 hours past his bedtime. (Meaning he would be going from 6am until about midnight). Thursday mornings are usually a repeat of the terrible twos because he's still worn out from the day before. Adding missed sleep to that would be a miserable experience for him AND his teachers. The third class builds on the work from the day before, and it is up to the teacher whether or not he provides assistance with the previous day's work (per the student handbook). I actually don't remember what the class rule is about missed days. This class is pre-algebra and spending a 90 minute class trying to figure out what everyone learned the day before AND keeping up with the new material would be difficult for ds. All of ds' teachers put their daily notes and homework assignments online. Typically, it is to be used for replacing an assignment that doesn't make it home. Ds originally asked one teacher if he could use the online source and he thought it was a great idea. I did ask the other two because ds had already gotten out of school. Other than the two emails and printing out the information, I have not been involved. I do let him handle his own assignments. Now, getting back to me (I'm teasing!)....... I had an interesting talk with a homeschooling friend this afternoon. She's interested in having me put together an activity-based program on our state history. Essentially, it will be 32 weeks of hands-on activities involving mostly field trips but also games/food/crafts. I'm all excited. |
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They are the same topics that I had already started researching/reviewing/planning to teach this year, so I have to remember to just let him read the notes, not "teach" it. 
