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by Julie in MN » Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:58 am
As I recall the Greek words started with Biblos (book) because it relates to "Bible." Then it just started at the beginning of EFRU Greek words & went in order, with a few words pulled out of order when they related to lessons (sauros for dinosaur words, as I recall?).
So that to me would mean that you could just start right in on the week you're at & any words that directly relate to your current lessons will match up correctly.
As for the words you missed, the actual author of EFRU as I recall has sort-of put them in an order to maximize word-building. For instance, starting with photos & graph so you can make "photograph." (But the connection that made "phonograph" meant nothing to my kids!) It's kind of fun for kids to see them match up at least a few times, so that would be the only reason I'd go back & squeeze in those first words -- to make it more interesting in building words. You could do that as you saw an opportunity. Make a little list on a sticky-note of the missed words & cover them as you saw a connection.
I also would look at whether your girls mind writing 2 cards in a week. My son greatly dislikes writing, and I only have him write the word, its definition, and the vocabulary words that come from it (then I write in the definitions of those); and he types his sentences at the keyboard. I was glad to wait until 5th to have him write 2 cards a week in RTR.
One more thought -- you drop the dictionary day in RTR, so make sure you make full use of that in CTG.
Julie
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