Thank you, thank you...I really appreciate the input from everyone. I was warned not to make to many decisions or buy to much my first year homeschooling and I'm so glad I listened. Everyone has such wonderful ideas for me to write down and organize.
Part of my initial problem was that when all the testing was done the results given to me compared my daughter to expectations for grades a year and two ahead of her age, where she was placed for school. Now I can understand how she tests against someone her own age. Thanks Dottie! Yes, it was a very big relief, instead of a grade or two behind, she's "normal" when it comes to writing.
The hard part for me with writing is that I'm like Grinity's son. If I'm writing a report I read the information I'm going to use, put it around in my brain, and write it-end draft. I may go back and check spelling and flow since I just write, but for the most part what I write is a finished product. It's always been that way. Frustrating as it was for my teachers and parents you couldn't change it. I wrote the outline after the paper was done.
I found a writers notebook at the Lakeshore learning online store that I ordered, real inexpensive that goes through the process of writing with a section for each point in the process. It allows you to brainstorm, then fill in a draft, etc. right in the notebook. I also like the idea of picking a topic and having her write for a given time.
I looked through a teachers guide for the Voyagers in English and that may help a lot. It divides the writing process into days with a specific goal for the day, covering different types of writting. I feel a little better now! You guys are great!
Last edited by melmichigan; 01/02/09 03:26 PM.
