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From the Teacher’s Desk-Lose vs. Loose
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Welcome to this edition of From the Teacher’s Desk! Words are wonderful tools, but sometimes we use those tools incorrectly. For the next several weeks, I will be covering some of the most common misused words in the English language. My hope is that we can teach our students the correct way to use them and empower them. Today we are going to discuss the differences between the words Lose and Loose. Many people use these interchangeably and that is just wrong! These words mean two entirely different things. Hopefully I can help you straighten out your students today. Below you will find the nitty gritty of the Lose vs. Loose debate:
Lose vs. Loose
lose – To be deprived of or cease to have; to cause someone to fail to gain or retain something.
Incorrect: Loose weight in 5 weeks or loose your chance to go to the beach!
Correct: Lose weight in 5 weeks or lose your chance to go to the beach!
loose – Not firmly or tightly fixed in place; to release or set free.
Incorrect: The dog’s collar was lose, so Bob tightened it before the dog got lose.
Correct: The dog’s collar was loose, so Bob tightened it before the dog got loose.
Are these words that have been used incorrectly in your homeschool? What are some others you are hoping I will cover? Leave me a comment and let me know what words are driving you batty! Be sure to visit me next week for another set of commonly misused words.
a homeschooling carnival – April 11, 2012
Posted by: | CommentsWelcome to the April 11, 2012 edition of a homeschooling carnival.
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Maureen Denard presents 10 Reasons Parents Get Calls from School posted at Find A Nanny, saying, “There a lots of possible reasons for a phone call from your child’s school; some good, others not so much. You may have heard them all by now, but it’s always a bit unnerving just the same.”
home education
Liz E presents Insourcing: Teaching Your Strong Areas Yourself posted at Homeschooling in Buffalo, saying, “Insourcing the normally outsourced phys ed.”
Liz E presents Our Homeschool Day 3/19/2012 posted at How Do I Home School, saying, “One of our great days!”
Drew Cassels presents Money Can Be Fun: Games that Teach about Money posted at Credit Cards Canada, saying, “Teaching your children about money can be a tricky proposition. After all, the concepts are often abstract, and can sometimes be boring. In order to help your children understand money, it can help to make it fun. One way to do that is to play games based on money with them.”
James Arney presents 10 Incredibly Successful Business Leaders Who Were Home Schooled posted at Top Colleges Online, saying, “This article highlights ten pillars of business and industry who were home schooled and, in my opinion, clearly benefited from not receiving traditional schooling.”
That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of a homeschooling carnival using our carnival submission form. The next edition of a homeschooling carnival will be available on April 25, 2012.
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a homeschooling carnival – March 28, 2012
Posted by: | CommentsWelcome to the March 28, 2012 edition of a homeschooling carnival.
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Abby Nelson presents 10 Ways to Tell Your Child is a Poor Loser posted at Nanny Classifieds, saying, “Part of growing up is learning how to deal with adversity. It happens and, like it or not, we can’t always give out trophies to each of life’s participants.”
Becca Glouzstein presents Spring Cleaning – Living With Ease posted at Inspiration for Mothers . Com, saying, “Setting up good habits this spring so that you achieve all you intend to this coming year.”
Paul Taylor presents 10 Ways Music Could Help Any Child posted at Babysitting Jobs, saying, “In the 1950′s, research on the Mozart Effect became popular. The theory postulated that listening to the compositions of Mozart improved children’s intellectual performance and IQ.”
home education
Liz E presents Homeschooling for Different Learning Styles posted at Homeschooling in Buffalo.
Liz E presents Our Homeschool Day 3/13/2012 posted at How Do I Home School.
Jonny presents Smart Blog: How to Cope with Exam Stress posted at Smart blog.
Courtney Sperlazza presents Preschool Homeschooling Books List | Well Wise Happy posted at Well Wise Happy, saying, “Preschool-level homeschool books I’m using for my 3-year-old”
Katie Hellerman presents Physical Education and Its Importance for Your Children posted at physicaleducationdegree.org.
technology & higher learning
Madely Zoe presents Top 15 Most Successful Book to Movie Adaptations posted at Film Production Schools.
Gloria Nilson presents Beyond Teaching: 10 Exciting Career Paths With an English Degree posted at mastersinenglish.org.
Aliciaa Arnold presents 10 Lesser-Known Fields in Social Science posted at Social Science Degree.
Madely Zoe presents Online College Rankings: Which Should You Trust? posted at top5onlinecolleges.org, saying, “Additionally, the ability to earn an online degree offers students the option of earning a degree from a school far from home. But, how do you know which online schools are the best?”
That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of a homeschooling carnival using our carnival submission form. The next edition of a homeschooling carnival will be available on April 11, 2012.
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