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The silent e in horse uses "no job e" or "odd job e" rule in SWR or Phonics Road. It looks like it falls under #4 in AAS. Basically the e is there To avoid possible confusion with the word being a plural. Same with house and mouse, etc.
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I have been reading online - and AAR has a posting about the 'e' and all of its jobs. It even mentions words like 'horse' but in ALL their sample level 2 lessons it does not mention why.... blah!! It even has a chart for explaining all 7 jobs for 'e' - which one does 'horse' go under?!!
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I used the Letters and Sounds K workbook, basic phonics flashcards, the readers, and Handbook for Reading with Phonics Pathways for my dd who is now in 6th grade. It was a perfect combination. I did three different sessions each day. You could even get by with the Letters and Sounds 1 workbook if student is catching on to phonics nicely. It moves a little faster than the K workbook and goes through all the phonics sound combinations.
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We are also planning on doing Henle in CC Challenge A, and we are going to use Visual Latin this year. The reason is that the creator of Visual Latin, Dwane Thomas, set up a schedule that matches Henle lessons with VL lessons. Therefore, when we do Henle, we will already own VL and have familiarity with it. He also teaches Henle because of many requests he has gotten from CC Challenge moms (dwanethomas.com).
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We did just this. We are about 25 lessons into R&S 6. At first, I felt like they weren't covering enough. It seems so "simple." Multiplication, division, word problems, Roman numerals, etc..... with cle, it was more broad. But wow! This is deeply solidifying math for her. Her attitude has changed even in a couple of months. She feels confident. She gets it. It's helping so much. But......I think following the teaching manual is the key, at least for us. It has great review! Great tips. Great drills. And it holds your hand as a teacher completely. I really wish I had started at the beginning with R&S for this child. We also are using 3 and 1 for my other daughters.
I couldn't be more pleased. I believe this math will greatly prepare her for prealgebra and algebra because as Cheryl Lowe (memoria press/highlands Latin school) says - it's giving her the ability to do this reflexively - automatically. So when things get hard later on, she is very solid on basic arithmetic. It's also showing me some math tricks I had no idea about! My husband and I have been laughing at how much easier things would have been for us if we had known some of these "shortcuts." So the grown ups are getting better at math too! :)
I'm so glad to hear this! We also made the switch from CLE 5 to R&S 6. We are only a couple lessons in. My dd told me it's too easy, that she did these types of problems in 3rd grade. I reminded her that it's set up differently than CLE and she will only focus on one thing at a time. I'm really hoping it will deeply solidify math for her, as well. She understood and knew how to do the math in CLE, but she consistently got many problems wrong in assignments and tests. I'm talking 10-15 daily. I think, for her, the spiral approach threw too many different concepts at her each day to the point of overload. She was getting so discouraged at the amount of problems she was missing, I'm hoping her love of math will return with R&S.
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Visual Latin could be an option. I am using it for my 6th grader before she goes into CC Challenge A. They even have a free downloadable file that lines it up with Henle. So it can be used again in Challenge A
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Abeka's Phonics nor readers have any rampant US Patriotism. It is very systematic and It really doesn't take that long to teach either. CCC is a good choice, too.
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The way they teach phonics is very similar to Abeka's phonics. The phonics cards teach some doctrine and scripture. An example is for "A" The little verse to memorize is, "To remain in Adam all will die, but in Christ eternal life is nigh." Then on the back there is a little story. As levels progress, it adds in spelling. I like the way they do syllabication. It's very thorough and complete.
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Abeka Academy, but I'm pretty sure you have to buy the entire language arts.
Headsprout is an online phonics program
Reading Eggs
Reading Horizons is another one
Funnix is inexpensive
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Abeka has a cursive writing workbook for 4 year olds. It's very colorful. http://www.christianbook.com/writing-with-phonics-k4-cursive/pd/238576?event=ESRCG
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Abeka cursive is very beautiful.
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What is ALL?
paradox5 answered. ALL = Advanced Language Lessons
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The grammar dilemma would be solved if SWB would just hurry up and publish ALL! ;)
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R&S was a chore around here although we were doing most of it orally. Abeka is received much better by my 5th grader. What I have come to realize with her, is that she loves workbooks and doesn't learn as well orally. The fact that she doesn't have to write down all the sentences helps, too. She is actually learning how to be a better editor with Abeka, as well. Overall, she is finally retaining grammar, and is happy in the process. I give three cheers for Abeka!
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I am thinking of using Abeka language next year for my 5th grader, if ALL is not out yet. I wouldn't personally use it year after year, but I think it is good language program.
I emailed them the other day, and they said they don't have a publication date yet. :thumbdown:
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Susan Wise Bauer wrote a series of articles on writing a research paper. Here is the first of four. www.welltrainedmind.com/writing-the-research-paper-part-i-preparation. I don't know when she wrote them or if she still recommends it, but she said Abeka was the best, thorough grammar program on the market. However, she did say to use a different compostion program. Her recommendation was to use it from Language A (4th) every year, all the way through 12th. She gave a wonderful explanation why.
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I'm using it with my 5th grader this year. It's very thorough and open and go for us. I'm planning on using it again next year. I don't think Abeka assumes knowledge of previous years like CLE does. So I think it would be okay to jump in at the 7th grade level. Besides, that's the first of the Grammar and Composition books which go through 10th before using the Grammar handbook in 11th and 12th.
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Challenge A is definitely not supplemental. It is a full curriculum. If your oldest doesn't know countries and capitals very well, those would be a good thing to go over, because they will be memorizing and mapping the entire world. they read the books at a pretty swift pace, so it might be a good idea to have her read some of the required literature over the summer. She should know how to write solid, well thought paragraphs. You may want to familiarize yourself with Lost Tools of Writing. That's all I can think of off hand.
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CLE hands down. We are in our third year with CLE and they both have a really good understanding of math.
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We are using and enjoying Classical Composition Fable/Narrative and Geography 1. This is the first year my dd has retained Geography and the review of United States that comes with it has been perfect for reinforcement
. We have done Classical Conversations Foundations in the past with little to no retention.
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I had a six year-old in the same boat. We used Preparing, and she listened in on all the readings including poetry. My dc love, love, love Grandpa's Box, btw. I did math (Right Start) and language arts (The Phonics Road to Reading and Spelling) separately. When my dd had independent science and history in Preparing, my 6 year old would do her own independent readings out of Abeka's 1st and 2nd grade history and science books. I had her narrate and do her own notebook pages once a week. She is now in Preparing on her own and loves it.
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The HOD emerging readers set sounds perfect after LOE Foundations D. If you can find either the Beyond or Bigger guide used for a good price, you will have comprehension questions to go along with them.
Each book gets increasingly more difficult until the end. It starts with a choice of two beginning reader Bibles, Owl at Home, Frog and Toad, Wagon Wheels, etc......the last book of the set is The Courage of Sarah Noble.
Memoria Press First Grade, Storytime Treasures and More Storytime Treasures looks good, too.
I would go ahead and use LOE Essentials along with whatever reading you choose since you already know the system.
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You could have dc continue working on the skills they learned in CTC within MFW ECC. They should still be sufficiently prepared for HOD RTR. Of course, I haven't tried this, but I'm in the same boat you are, except that we are taking a year between Preparing and CTC for maturity. I just plan on honing the skills she learned in Preparing.
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Of the three choices, I would choose Phonics Pathways. But I am using The Phonics Road with excellent results. I love that it is an all in one and I don't have to worry about piecing together my language arts. All About Reading and Logic of English Foundations look appealing also. My dd was a little ahead of their production schedules, though.
Questions for users of CLE Science
in K-8 Curriculum Board
Posted · Edited by momofabcd
The 5th grade science has 5 light units and a textbook. So yes you need both. You would definitely not have to have them go through previous levels. The textbook is easy to read. Your 4th grader would have no problem understanding it. I also don't think the light units would be too challenging for a 4th grader. So you can easily put both in the 5th grade science. Also, it's a good overview of all science topics following the 6 days of creation. A lesson in the light unit, I'm taking lesson 8 from lightunit 502, consists of Chapter reading (Chapt 15). T/F questions, complete the sentences, looking back (review previous lessons) complete the sentences (review of previous lessons) then an activity. This lesson is to label the parts of a flower. Some lessons include new vocabulary. I'm pretty sure you can see samples of all 5th grade material on the wbsite