My dd is going into 2nd grade. Last year we completed AAR 2. Over the summer we have just been doing a lot of reading. She can read 3rd grade level books, though she lacks interest in reading chapter books that are a full page of words. I think they seem overwhelming to her. My question is, will AAR 3 be necessary/beneficial? We are also doing AAS. We are kind of behind in spelling and have only completed the first level, though I think she would have easily been able to do level 2 last yr - I just didn't get it done. She seems to be able to come up with most words while reading, through context, even if she doesn't know the "rules" for the word. I learned to read through a very similar phonics and rules based program, but don't remember all the rules...I just read. So, part of me wants to get the program, just so I can explain how to decode words we haven't covered yet. Will we eventually cover everything if we continue with AAS? AAR is just really pricey if we will be learning the same phonics rules through spelling. Any advice or experience?