File Folder Games and Links
Free Printables - some FFG's included
Yahoo FFG Group
Phonics FFGs
6 File Folder Games
Enchanted Learning FFGs
Game Boards and Ideas
Sunday, September 4, 2005
Saturday, September 3, 2005
Preschool/Kindergarten Links
Each of these sites have lots of links.
HomeschoolFunZone Links
Homeschool Links
Lots of Themed Links
Lots More Themed Links
Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes crafts/activities
ChildCareLand lots of printouts
Misc. Activities
Early Childhood website - Winter Activities for toddlers/preschoolers.
HomeschoolFunZone Links
Homeschool Links
Lots of Themed Links
Lots More Themed Links
Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes crafts/activities
ChildCareLand lots of printouts
Misc. Activities
Early Childhood website - Winter Activities for toddlers/preschoolers.
Dolch Word List - Preschool
Practice with Abstract Sight Words
Dolch Sight Word Pre-primer Resources
Friday, September 2, 2005
Thursday, September 1, 2005
some finished file folder games
Someone told me a better, quieter way to do FFG's than velcro. Glue thin washers underneath each piece, and then on the top piece, glue a piece of magnet. These are the coolest things!!!
Why We Homeschool
I have contemplated making a list of reasons why I will never put my kids in public school, but have never done so. I have finally had it, and am going to start keeping a list of reasons. Every time I hear of an incident in a public school, I'm going to add it to my list of reasons.
The first reason is a school about 20 minutes away from me. In the 4th grade, the teacher hands out a piece of paper to the kids and tells them to answer the questions. The questions ask things such as 'how much tv time do you have at home', 'how much time do you spend on the computer' 'what does your mother cook with - oil, lard, butter', etc....... Then, they proceed to line the students up and weigh them, in front of their peers. The weighing is done at every grade level - I don't know about the worksheet; I know that is at least done in the 4th grade classes. The reason for all of this? Obesity in children. Um, ok. Since when is it the school's responsibility to make sure kids aren't getting fat? I thought they were supposed to educate the kids. Not line them up and give these kids more ammunition to bully each other for how fat some of them may be. Before the schools start butting in where they have no business being, how about they work on their own lunch menus first? How about serving the kids a healthy lunch? Oh, and you want to hear the height of irony with this particular school? The P.E. teacher weighs over 400 lbs, and they had to build him a special bench in the gym. But yet they feel free to invade the privacy of all of these families, demanding to know how they live their lives.
My brother-in-law is a senior in high school. He just started school, and his first assignment for his Global Studies class is to draw a world map and label it with lots of well-known landmarks - like Nile River, Himalayas, label the continents and oceans, etc. You would think this would be a relatively easy task for 11th and 12th graders. You would hope it would be, at least. But, alas, no, it isn't. The world map was up on an overhead, and it started with Europe on the left side, and stretched all the way over to North America on the right side. The kids were supposed to go up to the front and label things. B/c the map was 'switched' (not having the US on the left side where some flat maps typically start), these kids couldn't figure out which was Africa and which was South America. They couldn't figure out where the Pacific or Atlantic oceans were. Someone thought Asia was only India, Korea and Japan.........need I go on? In a few short years, these kids will be businessmen, teachers, and engineers. Scary thought, huh?
My dh's coworker has a son who is now in kindergarten. Requirements for kindergarten acceptance nowadays? Be able to write your name in both capital and lowercase letters, count to 10 (that one is reasonable), and know all the phonetic sounds of the alphabet. Knowing all the phonetic sounds before entering kindergarten??????????? That used to be the whole POINT of kindergarten!!!!!!!! Not to mention that for boys, especially, they are not developmentally ready to be able to write their name at 5 years old. What a way to frustrate them and make them hate school, right off the bat. You know, I could kind of understand this reasoning, if our schools had a rigorous curriculum. But it doesn't! There is no reason to be pushing these kids this hard, this early. Somehow I doubt knowing all your phonetic sounds before kindergarten is not going to insure that you know basic world geography at age 18.
Another reason that I'm glad I'm homeschooling is that I really won't have to worry about gross things such as lice, impetigo, or ringworm.
Public schools only allow kids to check out books that are on their reading level. And until you are formally assessed to see what your reading level is, you are only allowed to check out books at your grade level. So if you are in 2nd grade, even if you read at a 5th grade level, until they assess that, you will only be allowed to check out books at a 2nd grade level. They say that they don't want kids picking out books that are too hard for them. Whatever happened to challenging kids? When you challenge what you read, and read words that you don't know, you get better. Why be satisfied with what you can just do? And what determines what book is at what grade level? minimum standards is what. It is just unbelievable to me that schools will not allow kids to read anything except what is the minimum standard. How very educating.
The first reason is a school about 20 minutes away from me. In the 4th grade, the teacher hands out a piece of paper to the kids and tells them to answer the questions. The questions ask things such as 'how much tv time do you have at home', 'how much time do you spend on the computer' 'what does your mother cook with - oil, lard, butter', etc....... Then, they proceed to line the students up and weigh them, in front of their peers. The weighing is done at every grade level - I don't know about the worksheet; I know that is at least done in the 4th grade classes. The reason for all of this? Obesity in children. Um, ok. Since when is it the school's responsibility to make sure kids aren't getting fat? I thought they were supposed to educate the kids. Not line them up and give these kids more ammunition to bully each other for how fat some of them may be. Before the schools start butting in where they have no business being, how about they work on their own lunch menus first? How about serving the kids a healthy lunch? Oh, and you want to hear the height of irony with this particular school? The P.E. teacher weighs over 400 lbs, and they had to build him a special bench in the gym. But yet they feel free to invade the privacy of all of these families, demanding to know how they live their lives.
My brother-in-law is a senior in high school. He just started school, and his first assignment for his Global Studies class is to draw a world map and label it with lots of well-known landmarks - like Nile River, Himalayas, label the continents and oceans, etc. You would think this would be a relatively easy task for 11th and 12th graders. You would hope it would be, at least. But, alas, no, it isn't. The world map was up on an overhead, and it started with Europe on the left side, and stretched all the way over to North America on the right side. The kids were supposed to go up to the front and label things. B/c the map was 'switched' (not having the US on the left side where some flat maps typically start), these kids couldn't figure out which was Africa and which was South America. They couldn't figure out where the Pacific or Atlantic oceans were. Someone thought Asia was only India, Korea and Japan.........need I go on? In a few short years, these kids will be businessmen, teachers, and engineers. Scary thought, huh?
My dh's coworker has a son who is now in kindergarten. Requirements for kindergarten acceptance nowadays? Be able to write your name in both capital and lowercase letters, count to 10 (that one is reasonable), and know all the phonetic sounds of the alphabet. Knowing all the phonetic sounds before entering kindergarten??????????? That used to be the whole POINT of kindergarten!!!!!!!! Not to mention that for boys, especially, they are not developmentally ready to be able to write their name at 5 years old. What a way to frustrate them and make them hate school, right off the bat. You know, I could kind of understand this reasoning, if our schools had a rigorous curriculum. But it doesn't! There is no reason to be pushing these kids this hard, this early. Somehow I doubt knowing all your phonetic sounds before kindergarten is not going to insure that you know basic world geography at age 18.
Another reason that I'm glad I'm homeschooling is that I really won't have to worry about gross things such as lice, impetigo, or ringworm.
Public schools only allow kids to check out books that are on their reading level. And until you are formally assessed to see what your reading level is, you are only allowed to check out books at your grade level. So if you are in 2nd grade, even if you read at a 5th grade level, until they assess that, you will only be allowed to check out books at a 2nd grade level. They say that they don't want kids picking out books that are too hard for them. Whatever happened to challenging kids? When you challenge what you read, and read words that you don't know, you get better. Why be satisfied with what you can just do? And what determines what book is at what grade level? minimum standards is what. It is just unbelievable to me that schools will not allow kids to read anything except what is the minimum standard. How very educating.
1895 8th grade exam
This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 from Salina, KS. USA.
It was taken from the original document on file at the Smoky Valley
Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, KS and reprinted by the
Salina Journal.
8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, KS - 1895
Grammar (Time, one hour)
1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters.
2. Name the Parts of Speech and define those that have no modifications.
3. Define Verse, Stanza and Paragraph.
4. What are the Principal Parts of a verb? Give Principal Parts of do, lie, lay and run.
5. Define Case, Illustrate each Case.
6. What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of Punctuation.
7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.
Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours)
1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50 cts. per bu., deducting 1050 lbs. for tare?
4. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary
levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104
for incidentals?
5. Find cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20 per m?
8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per are, the distance around which is 640 rods?
10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.
U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)
1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided.
2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus.
3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
4. Show the territorial growth of the United States.
5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas.
6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of theRebellion.
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe?
8. Name events connected with the following dates:
1607
1620
1800
1849
1865
Orthography (Time, one hour)
1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication?
2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
3. What are the following, and give examples of each: Trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals?
4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u'.
5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e'. Name two exceptions under each rule.
6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: Bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono,super.
8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name
the sign that indicates the sound: Card, ball, mercy, sir, odd,cell,
rise, blood, fare, last.
9. Use the following correctly in sentences, Cite, site, sight, fane,fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced andindicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.
Geography (Time, one hour)
1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas?
3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is theocean?
4. Describe the mountains of North America.
5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver,
Manitoba,Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fermandez, Aspinwall and
Orinoco.
6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.
7. Name all the republics of Europe and give capital of each.
8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.
10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give inclination of the earth.
Gives a whole new meaning to 'he only had an 8th grade education'.
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