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Bible Reading Plan: How to Keep Bible Reading Meaningful

Bible opened to Deuteronomy chapter 6

Do you want to read your Bible and finish feeling all warm and fuzzy inside? Do you want to to be challenged in your Chrisitianity? Do you want to be encouraged? Honestly all these things can happen with a Bible reading plan!

“For the Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12 Continue reading “Bible Reading Plan: How to Keep Bible Reading Meaningful”

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Homeschool Grading: Don’t spend too much time grading your kids’ papers!

Homeschool grading helps you get your time back!
Homeschool grading should not take all evening. Don’t spend too much time grading your kids papers!
Honestly, I can hardly believe I’m writing this but it is true. If you are trying to get your 6th grader to write a perfect essay and so you correct every.single.thing. that you can find, re-write all the sentences, and re-arrange the content YOU ARE DOING TOO MUCH.
 
The curriculum we use (BJU Press Homeschool) comes with rubriks* to help us grade each writing assignment. There are points for content (Did the students get the point across in the essay? Did the ideas have logical progression?) and points for technical skills (Capitalization and punctuation, etc.) Those 2 scores are combined and a grade is assigned. This way both the student and the teacher know what is expected!
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