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  1. I am eager to start the Outlining workbook. It sounds like it really helped! Great idea about reading articles and having her practice outlining - I could use the extra time. Sadly, at the rate I'm moving, my daughter will be in 6th grade before I make a decision. Lol.
  2. We didn't do Practice Island - instead we used the practice material that was included with the Grammar Island Teacher Manual. I think she would've gone nuts if I had her do Practice Island. Hmm...I'll have to take a look at AG again to check out the marking. If it's a lot, I can see that being a problem as well. I think that's what kept me on the fence with MCT grammar - that it required? assumed? little to no hand holding - something that I needed/need. I was going to run through Paragraph Town with her before moving onto Essay Voyage, but now I wonder if I should skip Paragraph Town altogether and do something like TC before moving onto Essay Voyage. Please do keep me posted! Good luck!
  3. I know TC is well regarded on this forum so I'm curious about it as well. I tend to over analyze everything and find myself in a state of analysis paralysis - which seems to be the theme for me this year of homeschooling. Ugh. So...I attempted to watch the sample lesson on IEW's website yesterday, and I don't know if I was just too tired and shouldn't have attempted it, but 2 minutes into it I found myself just not wanting to sit there for 40 mins watching this video. I will make a better attempt tomorrow when I have a bit more steam in me and see if it's something I can commit myself to doing. I don't know if all the videos in that curriculum are that lengthy. On a positive note, if I can't sit through the video, it'll help me eliminate something. Lol!
  4. It's great that your daughter enjoyed MCT so much! I've read great things about the poetry and would definitely like to expose my kids to those books. We did Grammar Island as well just so I could get a sense of the style. My daughter enjoyed it but I felt like I needed something more. I do have to remind myself that Island is suppose to be a gentle introduction. In retrospect, had you not done TC, do you think just doing Paragraph Town would've been enough? Or did it need a little something else? Since Caesar's II is part of this year's curriculum, it would probably make sense to do the whole package as that's how MCT meant for them to be used. I read somewhere (can't remember where) that it's a bit of jump between Level 2 and 3 so that's why I've been hesitant to do 3 in its entirety (vs. just Caesar's). Rod and Staff?! You will be the go to woman for all things Grammar! 🙂 So along the lines of FOMO....I was also looking into Analytical Grammar and Easy Grammar. Sigh....analysis paralysis. 😕
  5. Would you recommend starting with IEW instead of TC? I was on their website the other day and also dread having to watch the videos. I guess I'm trying to balance between super intensive hands on programs vs. totally hands off. I don't mind prepping and teaching but it does get exhausting with my 5th grader and my 2nd grader who are learning completely different things. Most days I feel like I'm just surviving and we are only in October. 😕 Fix-it sounds like a winner. I will definitely order that one. Thank you for that suggestion! Thank you again for your help!
  6. That makes sense - about not wanting to overload her with writing. I had been on the fence with the MCT curriculum due to mixed reviews. Her class did Caesar's English I last year, so it was my intention to continue her with Caesar's II this year, but wasn't sure about the other parts of the curriculum vs. using other programs out there. There seems to be so many well regarded ones that it's tempting to look into all of them but I would go broke! I guess it's FOMO? Thank you again!
  7. Sorry for the repost! I'm still learning how to use this. I am so old school and admittedly do not post on sites/forums. Please forgive the mistakes! D - Thank you SO much for your response! This is very helpful. My dd also needs to shore up her foundation skills and I definitely need to understand how to teach writing. I hadn’t heard of the Outlining workbook but it’s definitely something she could benefit from. It’s now in the shopping cart. 😊 With MTC - are you using the entire curriculum? Or just the grammar book? Thank you again!! --- Adding a little more to the original response. Sorry!! Curious to know if you looked into using IEW since you are using Fix-it? How/why did you land on using TC and Killgallon (vs any other contenders)? They both sound great - just wondering if there was anything in particular about these two that pushed them higher on the list than some of the other programs.
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  9. Thank you SO much for your response! This is very helpful. My dd also needs to shore up her foundation skills and I definitely need to understand how to teach writing. I hadn’t heard of the Outlining workbook but it’s definitely something she could benefit from. It’s now in the shopping cart. 😊 With MTC - are you using the entire curriculum? Or just the grammar book? Thank you again!!
  10. Hi! I came across your post and felt like I was looking in a mirror. First year homeschooling and with a 5th grader who loves to write but could use help in all the ways you mentioned in your post. The thread had a lot of wonderful suggestions. For this first year homeschooler, I am overwhelmed with all that's out there. I just want to be able to provide my kids with a solid education so they do not fall behind when they return to ps next year. Would you mind sharing where you landed? And advice/insights you have would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
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