Edit your thread title to NM and most will just pass it by.

She liked your post and still didn't claim the booyah. Rebel.

Edpo: My long-range plan/thought has been to do R&S 8 for 7th grade and then R&S 9/10 for 8th. After, we would start highschool with BB Earth and progress from there. But it looks like R&S 8 covers a condensed version of the same stuff as Atomic and Earth and R&S 9/10 covers chemistry and physics? Would we just be repeating the same stuff?🤷🙃

No, sorry. Oldest originally picked Atomic Age for this year (7th) which would've meant Earth next year in 8th. Atomic Age has 12 weeks of human tissue, bones, skeletal system, nervous system, respiratory system, digestive system, ect. Oldest couldn't backpedal fast enough once he sat down and actually read the TOC. We already covered most of that stuff this past school year and he's in no hurry to study it again.

How'd you guess?! He changed his mind today when he actually read the TOC and saw 12+ weeks will be spent in anatomy.

I'm stressing science curriculum for the upcoming year. This is the first time I've ever waited so long to order. If I order the science Oldest picked (I let him choose between 3 I am ok with), then that will mean earth science in 8th, but I wasn't planning for that until 9th because high school credit. Guess I need to research how that works here. Ugh, if only planning for 7th didn't include mapping out all of highschool, it would be so much easier! 🤣

Hi Junie! I wondered who was here with me.

Happy nirthday! It's not tomorrow for 10 more minutes, so I made it just in time!

I can't wait to look. This sounds like a tool that would've been very helpful for my oldest when he was younger. He could read at a much higher level than his age/maturity could handle and as often as I tried to screen for content ahead of time, this kid could really fly through the books! I had a serious oops moment with 2 particular books (a series) that were not properly described and nothing in the reviews indicated certain content that was quite shocking and I did exactly this: I posted pictures of the exact pages/content in an Amazon review so parents looking could make an informed decision.

7 hours?! Where is everyone?

We are in the middle of this with 12 yr old DS. DH recently had DS counting money and seriously looked at me like I must've dropped the ball educationally because DS couldn't count money! I was absolutely horrified. I promise I've been teaching and the test scores prove he's learning, but man oh man, I sure do question myself and the curriculum we are using at times like this.

We will most likely follow the same ole thing: R&S Bible 7, reading 7, English 7, spelling 7, math 7 R&S Science 8 Notgrass Uncle Sam and You with the literature books because this child loves to read Not sure about art/music Sports change with the seasons

We just finished grade 6. Guess I need to go dig out grade 7 and look at it.

Heads up: Make sure to have a protractor for grade 6. It is needed for the second to last chapter and test.

As you can tell, I almost posted about Notgrass, but changed my mind because I'm not sure if OP is looking for secular or Christian perspective in a history curriculum and that really makes a difference.

Is that your 2¢ or your 20¢ ? 🤣

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We read the Sir Cumference books and played board games and card games as add-ons alongside our R&S.

Does he have those facts memorized or can he just calculate them in his head quickly? The rest really depends on how well he knows the other concepts taught such as money, time, roman numerals, ect. Also, his stamina in written output should be a consideration because a lot of third grade is spent developing this across all subjects. If you go to milestones website, you can print out the R&S math placement test for free. With my oldest, we typically accelerate and combine lessons when he is displaying full understanding, and then we slow down and sometimes take two days on a single lesson when things are harder to grasp. This is what we do no matter the grade level in both R&S math and english and it has served us well.

I got the newsletter in the mail and then looked up milestones to find a sample and of course milestones doesn't have it listed yet. According to the newsletter, you can purchase it now (during the spring sale) but it won't ship until later this summer.

I have not used Saxon (mastery seems to work better for us), but I have looked at it many times over the years. From what I remember, I don't think going from R&S grade 3 to Saxon 5/4 will be a very smooth transition just based on the scope and sequence, but there are placement tests to find out for sure. Saxon (as well as CLE and many other math programs) introduces students to some very basic early geometry and algebra concepts that R&S doesn't introduce until higher grades. R&S focuses on arithmetic backwards and forwards so that when students are introduced to geometry and algebra concepts later on, they can move through it at a quicker pace with better understanding. It's two different timelines. Saxon 5/4 will assume certain topics have been introduced even though R&S hasn't gotten there yet.

I still have the previous edition that I used with my oldest, but will be purchasing the newer edition for my youngers. The previous edition is good, but do not skip the supplemental workbook as that is where money, time, and other concepts beyond basic math facts and word problems are covered. The newer edition has combined the concepts into one reusable textbook. R&S found that the leap from the previous edition third grade to the current fourth grade text was a struggle for many students. R&S revised third grade and are also working to revise fourth grade to help students make the transition smoother.

@Green Bean R&S has Math 3 revised! Woot! Oldest hated that extra workbook and now it's all combined in the same textbook! Oldest saw the sample and said, "This one is way better than the one I had!"

Yep, this is why we switched to mastery with regular review, after 3 years of frustration and tears and trying to make it work.