serendipitous journey Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 I'm not sure whether or not to buy WWE4 for A's fourth grade, and would love some advice on how to decide about this. I do own WWS1, both teacher and student guides. This year A's Language Arts skills is turning out to be a combination of alternating WWE3 & the writing projects for Classical Writing Aesop for writing, and combination of FLL3/MCT Grammar Island for grammar. It isn't overkill because we school year-round and use the programs judiciously, but I may not be able to continue this combination into 4th grade. I see payoffs for the WWE work and don't want to drop it in 4th grade but am concerned that WWE4 would be an onerous waste of time (folks seem to think the dictation length is really a lot to handle) if the child is able to summarize nicely -- he is a fairly good summarizer at the moment, and we're working at this so I expect he'll be just fine at WWE-style summarizing before 4th grade starts. If I want us to keep in touch with the SWBauer method of writing, would I be better off using WWE4 next year or starting WWS and using it at a gentle pace, probably half-pace? ideas on how you would decide? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 My 8 yo is doing WWE4 along with creative writing because I didn't feel he would be ready for WWS. Granted he's in 3rd technically. He does not find it difficult, if that helps. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsH Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I started dd in WWS halfway through fifth. She does half pace and it takes a lot out of her. I'm not familiar with all the WWE stuff, but wonder if it would make sense for you to pool narration and dictation from your content areas for fourth, then start WWS the year after? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serendipitous journey Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 I started dd in WWS halfway through fifth. She does half pace and it takes a lot out of her. I'm not familiar with all the WWE stuff, but wonder if it would make sense for you to pool narration and dictation from your content areas for fourth, then start WWS the year after? This might be the best solution! I'm glad to know about your experience with your fifth grader ... My 8 yo is doing WWE4 along with creative writing because I didn't feel he would be ready for WWS. Granted he's in 3rd technically. He does not find it difficult, if that helps. :) What are your plans for him in 4th, do you think? (and may I ask if you are using a particular program for creative writing?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 For next year, we plan to finish up WWE4 and use some creative writing resources like Don't Forget to Write. I will also have him write numerous history and book reports for science--he doesn't really know how to do this so I will likely pull out this book (which I own but haven't cracked open....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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