He stopped that behavior pretty quick when it resulted in writing MORE. :D think you hit the nail on the head: it's not the summarizing that needs help, it's the actual writing. he's actually home sick today, and i've read a few chapters of caddie woodlawn and asked him to summarize each chapter in 3 sentences. definitely needed help, but much more complete summary sentences i'm guessing b/c he knew he wouldn't have to write it today. i think we'll park here for a few weeks. thanks for the advice; will definitely be direct if/when needed. thanks again!

Our 9 yo (3rd grade) has done WWE2 and we're in Week 26 of WWE3. Avid reader, oldest, just started after-schooling after 3 y of HSing. Excellent auditory and memory skills, so dictation is not an issue, and in fact has tremendously helped spelling. Resistant to writing, answers all the comprehension questions completely (although going back to re-read passage not uncommon for WWE3), still needs help summarizing, found out very early on that simplistic answers/narrations would make for shorter, easier dictations for writing. we own WWE4, but i've been considering switching programs (Fred Lybrand, CW, IEW, WS???); however, i keep coming back to why, and i feel that the summarizing skills (which is what WWE3 is trying to teach) needs help, and i'm not sure the best way to learn it. we only do WWE3 at home, and that is 2d/wk: one day for D1-2, and second day for D3-4. thoughts? ideas? thought about taking a WWE3 break and having him write a 3-4 sentence summary of each chapter of a book, but i dunno. i'm nervous to fly solo from WWE workbooks.

will do. thanks!

your details and progression are much appreciated!!!

Our 9 yo (3rd grade) has done WWE2 and we're in Week 26 of WWE3. Avid reader, oldest, just started after-schooling after 3 y of HSing. Excellent auditory and memory skills, so dictation is not an issue, and in fact has tremendously helped spelling. Resistant to writing, answers all the comprehension questions completely (although going back to re-read passage not uncommon for WWE3), still needs help summarizing, found out very early on that simplistic answers/narrations would make for shorter, easier dictations for writing. we own WWE4, but i've been considering switching programs (Fred Lybrand, CW, IEW, WS???); however, i keep coming back to why, and i feel that the summarizing skills (which is what WWE3 is trying to teach) needs help, and i'm not sure the best way to learn it. we only do WWE3 at home, and that is 2d/wk: one day for D1-2, and second day for D3-4. thoughts? ideas? thought about taking a WWE3 break and having him write a 3-4 sentence summary of each chapter of a book, but i dunno. i'm nervous to fly solo from WWE workbooks.

In our case, decreasing the size of the line really helped as well as having a nice, sharp pencil that writes smoothly. So far, regular #2 pencil lead seems to be the best, with mechanical pencils (too thin) and cheaper pencil leads not performing as well. We're also very happy with the penmanship paper from Rod & Staff. Three line works well for younger, and just moved into 5-line (after a year of 3-line) to address details of length of "tails," etc.

We do a ton of memorization: Scripture, poetry, speeches, etc. We are also in CC, but only do this casually/ don't review CC at home other than timeline & Scripture passages. Currently, I'm having a hard time rationalizing the memorization of lists. I know some of the arguments are "because they can" or "they're pegs for future use," however, I don't *think* the ancient Greeks/Romans exercised/developed their memory muscles by memorizing lists, but rather epic poems. Has anyone read otherwise? TIA, Jess

Since both of these issues are not clearly defined, I'll keep the "Oxford comma" and princess' form in order to be consistent and avoid confusion. Thanks!

We are working through WWE1 and WWE2, and today i came across two things that didn't seem right. Please clarify: WWE1 W5D4 reading comprehension questions keeps spelling princess's (chair, plate, bed). Shouldn't it be princess'? WWE2 W29D2... is there a comma after "slaves" in the sentence? Every Greek city was composed of a small number of free born citizens, a large number of slaves and a sprinkling of foreigners.

Complete answers, question/answer session are great. It's the reiterating of those 2-3 answers into one cohesive thought that we're having difficulty with... will try the detailed response boscopup has suggested. Thanks!!

These are EXACTLY what I need to try... Thank you!!

We have just completed Week 8 in WWE2... answering listening comp questions, copywork, dictation and even answering the skeleton questions are great- HOWEVER... dc is having MUCH difficulty taking those answers to the skeleton questions and producing a concise summary in 2-3 sentences, which is probably the point of WWE2! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated- thank you!!

:iagree: We do it together as a family (7 and 5yo). Each person has their own copy of the Golden Children's Bible. The questions are answered orally, however, the reviews and tests are done/written only by our oldest. Usually the 5yo reads and answers the easy questions, while the older one fields the harder stuff. One afternoon a week, ~1-1.5 hours (including learning the memorywork).

yes, we also do both copywork and dictation in latin. The dictation, however, is given in English, and dc then writes it in latin (only a sentence at a time right now.)

Getting Started with Latin mixed with I Speak Latin have been working very well with us. No workbooks like other programs, so handwriting is minimized/saved for other subjects, if that is an issue. Lingua Angelica is also highly recommended. We go at our own pace.