The day was bright and sunny. I thought a quick meeting with Anita and Tara would fit in well at the end of the MOPS picnic....and then I'd take the kids to the Base Beach at Lake Ogawara for a swim. They rushed through school, packed the park bag, and Arielle and Nolan even decided to join us. Our spirits were high!
Tara arrived and we set about mapping out our needs for our new Children's Ministry Coordinator. We got a lot done...but alas, it began to sprinkle. Not much....but heavier and heavier...then THUNDER and lightening. Even *I* had to admit it wouldn't be the best idea to go swimming. I love swimming in the ocean during a storm. We are going to MISS not being able to swim in our ocean this year.
A trip to the library for some rainy day movies provided a bit of consolation.
I have no clue what that photo has to do with anything - except I found it when googling for a pizza photo....can you IMAGINE? What is that? I think I need to try to make one....without the bacon, of course....
With the exception of Tuesday, I've kept to my 1 - 2 hour a day on local PWOC boundary...and I'm getting lots done everywhere...at home AND with local PWOC. Restructuring has been a grand experiment.
Choosing Joy!
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~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...
3 comments:
I'm really glad to hear that I See Sam is working for you. We love those books too. :)
It's great to catch up with you again.
Lisa - do you use this alone or with something else? I'm relying on the fact that they'll get all they need as we work through the series...but in the back of my mind wondering if I should pull out "Teach Your Child" to go along with it. I have them doing Explode the Code for a bit of table work and review. What do you think?
Truthfully, I use it differently with each child.lol
How fast are they reading through the books? Do they review the previous books or are they in it just to get ahead? Are they having trouble sounding out the words in each book?
Two of my kids just needed these books. For one thing, it is a spiral review method. They are going to see the same words for at least 4-5 books and only receive 2 or so new words every two books so, if they are working through these books, reading them at least two times each, you should be able to catch any words or phonics rules they are having trouble with. Then you can pull out the ETC books for those areas.
I have one child who was only in it to get to the next book. This one came to a point that he/she wasn't ready for the next book. For this one, I had to suppliment with other books and I also used a workbook on the rules that this one needed review in.
So I'd say if they are reading each book and eager for the next, they will be just fine. :)
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