Thanks so much for the input. I think i will stick with SWR as the rest of our language is covered in Paths of Exploration. (It has spelling too but is not enough for where my dd is at.)

Very good point. Thank you.

If I am well-versed in teaching Spell to Write and Read and love the concepts but just don't like the monotony that seems to develop quite quickly, am I going to be any happier with The Phonics Road? I do like that TPR has the grammar and composition intertwined in the lessons whereas some of that you have to add in yourself with SWR. PS. I have seen the Logic of English but it is way below where my dd is at.

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You are welcome. If a student had had pre-algebra interspersed through their early years then Module A may be enough pre-algebra. But for my girls it was best to spend a year doing the pre-algebra groundwork.

No problem after completing a pre-algebra course. I can't remember what all is in Module A but dd#2 had no trouble jumping in at Module B. You can see what the different modules teach here.

I like to do a full-year pre-algebra program and then start with VideoText Module B. But it would really depend on how much pre-algebra exposure your student has had through the elementary years.

Fortunately not. We have a dd17 and dd16 and we really enjoy them.

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This is what I look for only after I have taught them the phonogram. This is the method I use to originally teach a phonogram which as worked well for us. (Mainly learned from Spell to Write and Read.) Phonogram Introduction T: Says phonogram (Hear) S: Repeats (Say) T: Shows phonogram card & Says sounds (See/Hear) S: Repeats phonogram (Say) REMOVE VISUAL PHONOGRAM S: Writes phonograms while saying sounds (Do/Say) S: Reads phonogram (See)

Learning the phonograms is the first step in the foundation we use in teaching read at our house. This is a two-pronged focus. First, the student learns the sounds and needs to be able to repeat all the sounds for the phonogram when shown the card (reading the phonogram). Secondly, the student needs to be able to write the phonogram when given the sounds orally (spelling the phonogram). Many times the student can read the phonogram quite a while before being able to spell the phonogram. The next step (many times worked on concurrently with step one) is that the student learns to break a word into sounds (all oral). Once the student can read and spell the first 26 phonograms, we move to breaking a word apart orally, assigning a phonogram to each sound, and writing the word. Rules are taught as we come across words that require their use.

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