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Day 7: Vocabulary {10 Days of Language Arts}

November 15, 2011 By Jimmie Quick 4 Comments

I hope that the posts in this 10 Days of Language Arts series are nudging you towards investing more time into the foundation of English and are not giving you stress or feelings of inadequacy. Remember that you can’t do everything every day. You may not even touch on all ten aspects in an entire […]

Filed Under: language arts Tagged With: language arts, vocabulary

Ransom Letter Word Studies

February 4, 2011 By Jimmie Quick 9 Comments

No, we’ve not kidnapped any vocabulary words, but Sprite did use the stereotypical style of a ransom note to create some language arts notebooking pages. In our spelling lessons, there were a few words that Sprite kept misspelling over and over. When that happens, I know to stop repeating the same teaching methods and instead choose […]

Filed Under: language arts Tagged With: notebooking, prefixes, roots, spelling, suffixes, vocabulary

Card Display for Vocabulary Review

January 31, 2011 By Jimmie Quick 10 Comments

I am loving thrift stores! In fact, I have to limit my visits because I can’t seem to leave without a cart full of things we “need.” (When the sum of your personal belongings can fit in the back of a pick-up truck, it’s easy to get carried away with, “We don’t have this!” in […]

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Analogies for Vocabulary Development

December 15, 2010 By Jimmie Quick 5 Comments

Analogies are wonderful exercises.  They teach vocabulary logical thinking critical thinking creativity Let me say that in an analogy: analogies : brain :: sit-ups : abs (And from a practical standpoint, analogies are frequently used on standardized tests.) We have finished using Analogy Roundup for vocabulary practice this term. It’s a great workbook that takes […]

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It’s Entropy, Sweetie

March 2, 2010 By Jimmie Quick 6 Comments

Sprite:  [sigh] Mom, why does my room get messy so quickly? Me:         It’s entropy, sweetie. Sprite:   What? Me:         Entropy. [Handing Sprite our new Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia] Look it up. Sprite reads the encyclopedia entry and looks at me with a smile. Me:        So, in your case, what is the system that is moving towards disorder? […]

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