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Becky Thompson
email: becky.thompson@prepclasses.org/ /
Becky and her husband Frank Thompson have been married since 1987 and have homeschooled their four children in the Cypress/Tomball area since 2001. They have three daughters who are now graduated from college and a teenage son still at home. The Thompsons attend The Brook Church in Tomball.
/ /Becky’s teaching career began in Katy ISD where she taught 6th grade Language Arts and Math. From public school, she moved into the private sector and operated her own tutoring and enrichment service Academics in Action. In 1988, Becky helped her husband open Thompson Tumblers, a mobile gymnastics company in the Katy/Cy-Fair area, and they started their family in 1989. She, with some hesitation, began homeschooling in 2001 and has loved every minute of the experience. Now, for over 30 years, Becky has managed their home and school and helped Frank with his various business ventures. Through it all, teaching and discipling their four children has been the couple’s greatest passion. Along their homeschooling way, Becky has thoroughly enjoyed numerous teaching roles in her church and several homeschool circles. Her favorite subjects are Bible, American Government, writing and literature.
Teacher's Classes
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Supply fee includes classroom supplies plus a teacher-created text for spelling, grammar and usage and reading comprehension.
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/ Drop Fee: For students who drop the course after September 30, there will a drop fee of two months' tuition.
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/ Class Description: This class will provide weekly instruction
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/and parent/child accountability in the subject areas of reading, writing,
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/grammar and usage, spelling, and penmanship. To fulfill the reading component,
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/students will read poetry, short stories, and chapter books of various genres,
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/all with an emphasis on reading for comprehension and enjoyment. For writing, the teacher will use the
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/Institute for Excellence in Writing’s (IEW) All Things Fun and Fascinating,
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/where humorous characters and fascinating creatures will help young students
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/enjoy learning to write with structure and style. Students will practice
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/expanding sentences weekly and will write well-structured short paragraphs by
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/year end. For grammar and usage and also
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/for spelling, students will use teacher-prepared materials specially designed
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/to complement the IEW lessons. Grammar
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/will be light but thorough, covering punctuation, capitalization, proper word
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/usage, the eight parts of speech and basic sentence structure. Spelling will include a weekly list of
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/pattern words and the spelling rules followed. Throughout the week, students will complete a variety of exercises
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/covering dictionary and syllabication skills, spelling patterns,
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/homophone/analogy skills, and creative sentence-writing. Final tests will be on Fridays. Cursive writing will be taught in class and practiced with parent
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/oversight throughout the week. Students will write entirely in cursive by
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/January. Neatness and organization are
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/required. Students who already write in cursive will review with new learners,
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/and the teacher will modify accordingly.
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/ Parent/Student Expectations: Parents
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/should expect the following at home:
b. Parent / /oversight/instruction: At home, the / /parent is still the teacher. While no advance preparation is required, parents / /will provide some amount of personal one-on-one instruction each day followed / /by intermittent oversight –especially at / /the beginning of the year and depending on your student’s current / /"stick-to-itiveness.”
/ /c. Grading: Parents will proof and help their student / /correct all work the same day completed.
/ /d. Parent Orientation: A required parent orientation will be / /scheduled prior to the first class
/ /e. Time Required: Students will need to spend a total of
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/approximately one to two hours per day on their assignments depending on their
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/maturity, attention span and writing dexterity. Parents should break this time up into natural segments as they see fit.
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/ Texts:
- All / /Things Fun and Fascinating Student Book by Institute for Excellence in Writing (Teacher e-book is / /complimentary with web purchase), $29. https://iew.com/shop/products/all-things-fun-fascinating
/ /- Cursive / /Knowledge by Institute for Excellence in / /Writing, $19. https://iew.com/shop/products/cursive-knowledge-student-book
/ /- 2 Abeka readers, titles to be / /determined
/ /Chapter Books:
/ /- Louis Braille, The Boy Who Invented Books for the Blind, by Margaret Davidson / /Scholastic Paperbacks 1991 edition
/ /- Toliver's Secret, by Esther Wood Brady, 1993 Yearling edition
/ /- Dolphin Adventure, by Wayne Grover
/ /- Sarah, Plain and Tall, by Patricia MacLachlan, 1987 Harper Trophy edition
/ /- A Mouse Called Wolf, by Dick King-Smith, 1999 Yearling edition
/ /- Treasure of Pelican Cove, by Milly Howard
/ /- A Penny's Worth of Character by Jesse Stuart
/ /- One Small Square: Backyard, by Donald M. Silver
/ /- Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat
/ /- The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill
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