INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Rinse the fruit under cool, running water, scrubbing it gently with your fingers to remove any visible dirt or debris. Pat the fruit dry with a clean paper towel when finished. For small vine fruits, like berries or grapes, you could place the fruit in a colander and rinse it that way. Most tree and bush fruits need to be cut into slices roughly 1⁄8 to 1⁄4 inch (0.3 to 0.6 cm) thin, but many small vine fruits (berries and grapes) can be left whole.  Grapes or berries with inner seeds might need be sliced in halves and de-seeded.  You should also trim away any stems or leaves at this time. The fruit slices should be in an even, single layer and should not touch each other.  If using a dehydrator, place the fruit on a dehydrator tray instead of using a parchment-lined cooking sheet. If rack drying outdoors, place the fruit on your drying rack instead of using a cooking sheet.

SUMMARY: Wash the fruit. Cut larger fruit into into very thin slices. Lay fruit on a parchment covered cooking sheet.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: The vertex is the point where the two line segments or rays of the angle meet. If you are looking at an angle in a math book or worksheet, this point is likely already labeled. If you are drawing your own angle, you can label this point using any letter. For example, you might have an angle with a vertex at point C. Usually these points are plotted near the end of the line or ray. Again, these will likely be labeled for you, but if you are creating the angle, you can label them however you like. For example, on the top ray of the angle, you might have point A. On the bottom ray of the angle, you might have point B. This is simply a small representation of an angle (∠{\displaystyle \angle }). Using this symbol will help differentiate an angle from a triangle the angle might be a part of. The convention is that the vertex point is the middle letter in the angle label. So, if you are reading the name of an angle, you generally read it from the point on the top ray, to the vertex, to the point on the bottom ray.  For example, an angle with a vertex C, and a point A on the top ray, and the point B on the bottom ray, would be labeled ∠ACB{\displaystyle \angle ACB}.
Summary: Identify the vertex of the angle. Identify one point on each line segment or ray. Draw the angle symbol. Label the angle using the vertex and the two points.

Ground beetles are a natural predator of slugs. You can purchase ground beetle larvae from a gardening store and distribute them through your garden in early spring. The larvae will feed, enter their pupae, and emerge as adult beetles in the summer..  Alternatively, you can encourage wild beetles to stay near your plants by providing dry refuges under stones, grass, or straw. This allows the beetles to hide from predators, making your garden an attractive home. Luckily, ground beetles can live almost everywhere that slugs can also live. The biggest natural predators for slugs are birds; ducks, chickens, robins, jays, and other common species all enjoy a slug meal. If you’re not too squeamish, you can pick out slugs and toss them to the wild birds in the morning; they will become conditioned to look for slugs in your area over time, and you won’t have to ‘feed’ them for long. You can also let your chickens or ducks, if you have domesticated ones, eat the slugs from your garden on a daily basis.  Keep a close eye on your chickens, as they may eat plants as well. Encourage birds to nest in your garden by providing hedges or dense shrubbery, bird feeders, and a bird bath. Toads love slugs, and will eat them and other pests from your plants if you give them a home in your garden. If you’re trying to attract wild toads, turn a pot or other container upside down against a rock to create a dark hiding place for the toads. Otherwise, you can look into purchasing wild toads to live in your garden and eat the slugs on a daily basis for you. You can also look into adding a small decorative pond for the toads and frogs to reside in. Do not keep fish in the pond, as these may eat the tadpoles. Nematodes are microscopic parasitic worms that live in soil. You can purchase nematode species specifically for killing slugs at your local gardening store. This can be extremely effective, but this is a double-edged sword. Once all the slugs are killed, their predators (and the nematodes) will leave the area or die out. If you do not reapply the nematodes every few weeks, a massive wave of slugs may invade and take over due to the lack of threats. The nematodes should come with directions. Typically, they are spread over the soil, then watered in.
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One-sentence summary -- Introduce ground beetles. Use birds to your advantage. Bring in some toads. Commit to nematodes if necessary.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: It is important to make sure that you child’s school routine will mesh well with your family’s normal daily routine. Before you set up a daily school routine for your child, think about what your normal daily routine already looks like.  Examine your normal daily routine to figure out how much time you have available to homeschool your children. Then, work within this amount of time. For example, if you find that you have four hours of time free each day, then this is the amount of time that you will have to homeschool your children. It is also a good idea to maintain your regular daily tasks in your schedule to help structure your days, such as getting dressed in the morning, running errands on a specific day, or preparing meals at a certain time. Setting a time boundary is important when you are homeschooling because this will help to prevent you from working too long or starting too late. Try to set a daily start time and identify the days of the week that will be “school” days.  For example, you might decide to start school at 9am every day and end school at 3pm every day. Make sure that you make your kids aware of these start and end times, such as by posting them somewhere visible. It can be hard for kids to focus on one task for too long, so you might want to schedule tasks in 15 minute blocks. If your child ends up needing less time to complete a task, then that is fine. Just try to avoid scheduling tasks that might take more than 15 minutes to complete.  For example, you might schedule a short reading or a worksheet for one 15 minute block. However, scheduling an entire book chapter, or a packet of worksheets would be too much for 15 minutes. Including meal and break times on the schedule is also important to maintain structure in your child’s environment. Make sure that you include snack times, meal times, and other important breaks on the schedule. For example, you might schedule in a snack from 10 to 10:15am and then schedule lunch for 12:30 to 1:30pm. To ensure that your kids can always find out what tasks they should be working on at a given time, post the schedule somewhere that is easy for them to access, such as on the kitchen table or on the refrigerator. You might even want to take a few minutes each day to review the schedule with your kids and make sure that they know what tasks they will be working on and when they will be working on those tasks.

SUMMARY:
Keep your family’s regular routine in mind. Determine when school will begin and end. Schedule tasks in 15 minute blocks. Include meal and break times on the schedule. Put the schedule somewhere visible.