Let’s look at RTI. This stands for Response to Intervention and I think there are some good take-aways here for your homeschooling summer. The goal of RTI is to prevent academic failure in school and ensure students have the support they need to then enter the world of work/career training/college.
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We’ve noticed an interesting trend happening in the homeschooling community: grandparents are contributing to and occasionally full-time teaching their grandchildren.
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I have often pondered professions that stem from a passion. I was a high school French teacher because I loved France and all things French, and I was intuitively good at it. I worked hard to be even better.
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Standardized test taking is a skill and one worth practicing. During the school year, you can practice this skill by using the tests included with your curriculum. If you only use informal assessments in your home school, your student will not be prepared for the biggies like the ACT or SAT.
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Yes, I was a classroom teacher. No, I never ever used a pre-fab test. Why not? They weren’t good enough. I found they barely scratched the surface of what we were studying, and they never covered the cool stuff we added on the fly!
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