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JUMP IN! One wbk per family?
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Hi Everyone:
I have purchased JUMP IN! for the fall and I was wondering if any of you have used one for the family, rather than buying one per kid? I have multiple children I plan on using this for. It’s too bad it doesn’t come with PDF pages to print just the wbk pages that need to br written on. Seems like a waste to buy one for each child……but might be difficult to share a book if doing 2 kids at a time? Thoughts?Also, I bought it for 7th grader and was hoping to do it with the 5th grader too. Do you think it is age appropriate for an avg. student? Not sure what to expect. Looks a bit more than I was expecting, from samples and such.
Thanks everyone!
I bought Jump In for next year too. I have two using it and bought each a workbook to honor copyright and make it easier for my boys. They were surprised and honored that they get to write in a book:)
My 7th grader will use this, but for my 5th grader I am assigning a weekly writing assignment that I will come up with. Some are from “Biblical Home Education” by, Ruth Beechick. I am trying to wait until junior high for formal composition.
Yes, I think you should buy two. You only need one teacher book but 2 workbooks. You ought not to copy them, for copyright law, and it would be so much easier to just have the book for each child to write in. However, I would prefer to wait until later, myself, than 5th grade unless you have a very gifted 5th grader who is a whiz at doing written narrations already.
Alright, yes, that makes sense. Two workbooks, got it!
It is middle school aged…….I would LOVE to teach something to 2 children! If I have a 5th and a 7th (both average students), would you think it would work to do it the following year, when they are 8th and 6th? I guess the two yar gap is a big enough gap to do twice, sigh! 🙂
And how long do you forecast it to complete? Is it one year (which for me means two years)! LOL
I taught it to a class with 5th-8th graders. The 5th graders did ok, but I wouldn’t do it in 5th personally. We only worked on one section during one term. I wouldn’t try to do it all in one year. Pick and choose.
OH goodness, I have a 5th and a 7th grader and I was planning on using this with BOTH of them…..and now I am second guessing the 5th grader bc Christie’s recommendation above. BUT, I would LOVE to be able to help 2 kids at once with something! 🙂
Anyone have sucess using it with the younger end? I know it depends on the child…..
Christie, if you are still out there (and i hope you are), what do you mean by pick and choose? Do we not progress front to back…..? It’s not set up for one year completion?
In 5th, I just continue written narrations. I like Jump In for 7th-8th or maybe even 9th. I did have 3 5th graders do it, one excelled bc he is a gifted writer, the others struggled more. We began with Opinion followed by Persuasion. According to author, after that you can choose order. We only used 4 months last year, but I think I would always recommend 2 years.
I think a younger child would take even longer, and I think it could possibly discourage a younger child who wasn’t yet proficient at simple written narrations, and also a younger child is just going to learn it less well, at a lower level–meaning they wouldn’t get quite so much from it.
As for teaching something to two at once—in this case, I’m not sure it’d be that useful. This isn’t even a “teach” kind of course–it’s written to the child. I just advise and assess the written work. It wouldn’t save you that much time. If you aren’t doing history or science together, I’d start combining there instead of here. My two oldest were two years apart, and it just wouldn’t have worked to do this both at the same time unless I thought they were on a similar skill level (they surely weren’t!) Writing is actually one of those things that seems to really benefit from “the jump”–the little brain-readiness leap that seems to hit at about 12, if my 3 are any indication. Things, like writing, some more abstract math, spending longer times on lessons, the ability to direct themselves more–that might have freaked them out or just not made any sense to them, suddenly seem possible. I think Jump In more effective if you “catch that wave” with them, IMO.
Oh, and I’ve never had one comleted in one year. I don’t know what you mean by “set up”–the author seems to hope you will use it for longer. We are homeschoolers, so I never have really worried about the “one book one year” thing. We finish things when we finish them. I’d not want to rush–some of the writing assignments can take several days. You could try to cram this in faster, but you’ll get a less satisfying product. The point of the book is to be a less intimidating, more relaxing introduction to essays. It seemed to contradict the aim to have me always pushing for faster, faster.
“those things that seems to really benefit from “the jump”–the little brain-readiness leap that seems to hit at about 12, if my 3 are any indication. Things, like writing, some more abstract math, spending longer times on lessons, the ability to direct themselves more–that might have freaked them out or just not made any sense to them, suddenly seem possible.” – Bookworm
Bookworm, thank you so much for this. I love how you describe this “brain-readiness leap”. At around AGE 12.
I will be posting this on my wall!
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