Ahh, okay. That makes total sense. It’s so helpful to hear from someone very familiar with CLE! Thank you! I’m not a super fan of math tests anyway since I can tell what level of mastery we’re at from our daily work. Testing mastery again seems redundant. Thank you for the detailed recommendations.

Hmm, great input! I read another thread about CLE Math where mom dropped booklets 1 and 10 because they were review. Also, we already did fractions in another program. So, since we do math year round, maybe we could do books 2-9 of CLE 6, skipping a large portion of the fractions sections, and THEN do the more challenging Chalkdust once the mechanics are thoroughly drilled down. I’m not sure if that’s wise or redundant. In any case, he certainly needs to get more consistent and quicker at mechanics.

Is this kind of worksheet generator that you’re thinking of? https://www.handwritingpractice.net/worksheets/cursive/create.php?afterprint=true&tab=one&FontType=Cursive&LetterStyle=Dots&WorksheetStyle=Different&LetterSize=2&PaperLayout=Landscape&PaperSize=US&TextColor=%23000000&LineColor=%2300ccff&ArrowColor=%23ff0066&Title=&Sentence=&Paragraph=Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz&Row_0=Letter&Row_1=Letter&Row_2=Letter&Row_3=Letter&Row_4=Norow&TextColor=%23000000&LineColor=%2300ccff&ArrowColor=%23ff0066&Title=&Sentence=&Paragraph=Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz&FontType=Cursive You can pick arrows or dots, print or cursive.

My brain is going to explode! Struggling to decide between Christian Light Education (CLE 6) and Chalkdust Basic College Math for 6th grade. CLE looks so solid and thorough. It really drills down skills. I’ve used Chalkdust with two other siblings and I loved it because it asks the student to apply math concepts to different practical situations. For a child who is interested in math and may use math in a future profession, would it be more important to get super solid in math functions (CLE) in 6th grade, or be challenged to apply math to different real world situations (Chalkdust) and trust that the mechanical skills will grow sufficiently along the way? I’m leaning toward CLE to solidify skills before doing Chalkdust Prealgebra, but at the same time I’m concerned about CLE’s lack of dimension. Thoughts?