ACT prep reviews

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Cindy in Indy Cindy, as always, you have great advice. Thank you for replying! I missed seeing you in person this year at training. Jessica and I are always encouraged by you, especially as we have more high schoolers at HLN.

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What have you used and what do you think about what you used to help your child prepare for the ACT specifically? I'm interested in everything from hiring a tutor to buying the ACT Princeton Review book to online programs. I will add that motivation on the part of the student in my situation is lacking....

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Thank you!
Angel

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I'm teaching a class of 4th graders, none of whom know cursive. Which cursive book would you recommend to parents?

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Upon further investigation about these ebooks, they are not audible. They are PDFs. I was hoping they were audible. Sadness.

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I just discovered the ebooks: https://www.memoriapress.com/ebooks/
Famous Men series, Iliad, Aeneid, Books of Middle Ages/Ancient Roman/Ancient Greeks

I'm probably the last to discover them. But posting here just in case someone else needs to know or missed it....

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Thank you, Diana Kennedy!...

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Can anyone recommend an online Pre-Algebra course in the summer? More like a review course before taking Algebra 1. MPOA does not have one listed, so checking here. Thanks!

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Jen, with MPOA I have contacted the instructor ahead of time to alert for any learning differences. So far I have been very pleased with their responses. We discuss any modification or accommodations that might be needed. For Algebra, my daughter takes a class with a physical teacher in a classroom...

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Sarah,
I agree. We have found this to be true, as well. And students in TN can attend a community college for free for 2 years. The problem is, when something is free the quality sometimes suffers. My son did dual enrollment at our local community college and his classes were attended by any...

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Re: Let's help each other out...what are you teaching this year?

I teach Lit 3 (Farmer Boy...) and Latina Christiana. Highlands Latin Nashville

Angel

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Re: What colleges are looking for specifically...

Rhodes College (40-50% acceptance rate)

Here's what they look for in an application straight from the Admissions Office:
1. Transcript: did you take challenging courses? Did you take the most challenging things...

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Re: Plan to put Upper Grade books on Audio?

Love this idea. My brother would love to read. My daughter is delaying US History until I can help her more. Still working on The Story of Christianity.

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Re: Alg 1 and Alg 2 placement for new students

Cindy,
It’s quite possible I misunderstood about using problems from the actual finals. I see your point here about why that’s not such a good idea. Thank you!
Angel

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Cindy in Indy,
You mentioned at the CLSA teacher training that you use certain questions from the Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 finals to see if new students have mastered that material before placing them in the next math class. Would you mind sharing what questions from the algebra one and algebra...