I have been lurking on these boards for many years, gleaning a lot of ideas for my family. Now I am hoping to use the collective brain power collected in this fabulous place for a little help.
I have a 10-year-old rising 5th grader who will be home schooled for the first time in the fall. His LA skills are fairly public school average, but he is a willing student. Having never done any of the WWE levels, I was wondering if he could handle WWS. I need something spelled out and easy to implement. I have and am fairly comfortable with teaching CW, but I also own WSS and Sentence Composing. Normally I would enjoy extensively researching all the options myself, but time is not my friend right now. We have had a fairly crazy last year-and-a-half which will continue for at least another year. I really need something simple to implement that he can easily step into, but something that will also give him the foundation he needs. He is my math/science boy, though he enjoys reading. His book choices at this point would be on the Rick Riordan Lightning Thief level, which I think is mostly due to lack of challenge at school the past couple of years.
So, should I start him in Aesop B, or could I try WWS combined with SC? I am trying to keep things simple, but I know we’ll need to do Spelling (either HTTS or AAS), Handwriting (his cursive needs work), and add a literature component (I’m thinking of using some Arrow units and maybe a couple TtC lit guides with a guided reading list on the side.)
Any ideas for effective, efficient, easy-to-implement LA would be welcome. :001_smile:
Thanks!