Quiver0f10 Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 I have seen a few post over the last few days about the amount of problems/pages with CLE. I am planning on using this with my 1st grader this year. Do any of you who feel there are too many pages/probems trim the lessons but skipping some things? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandamom Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 I think you can skip some things but I would be very careful about it since it is a spiral program and you don't want to leave out too much of the review. I'm using the 3rd and 4th levels for math and don't think it is overwhelming for them. My girls have learned a lot with the program and I highly recommend it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3byzaz Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 I have been using the 300 and 400 levels for my middle son. He is pokey and easily overwhelmed...it has not been an issue after the first week. I just broke it down. I started 100 with my youngest at the end of his school year for Kinder in the spring. He did great - it is not a lot. It is spread out over pages but I think that is just so they have room to write and work the problems. I have noticed this in all grades and subjects. We didn't take more than 10-20 min for the 100 lessons. No problem at all. HTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 First grade CLE math doesn't have too much. I think it starts to be longer in 3rd and 4th grade. My older son does his CLE math in chunks and it works fine for us. He has learned so much with CLE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom0012 Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 We started CLE's 2nd grade math last week and it really hasn't been too much at all. Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyGrace Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 I've done 1-3 with dd who is a math hater and she doesn't complain- a few grumbles but not much. It is not all drill-ish like Saxon can be with pages of drill problems-there's lots of white space and easy stuff (like measurement) mixed in. They don't give you pages and pages of boring problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted August 2, 2009 Author Share Posted August 2, 2009 Thank you all. Sounds like it wont be overwhelming after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyR Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 The first grade isn't to much. I think its reasonable. And if it should be too much then maybe assign a page or maybe at least 10 problems. Just work your way up each day with a little bit more. It gets to be a bit much when it hits 4th but I broke it down for my oldest (who is 11 by the way) at first it was one page, then two pages. By the end of the year she was able to tackle on the work but she still had days where she wanted to do one or two pages and that was fine. In the end her math scores were very impressive. She had definitely improved with her math and this was coming from a child that just doesn't test well at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skaterbabs Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Dot goes through a lesson (100 level) in about 20 minutes. Today she was struggling, but didn't want to put it away, so I made her do the entire lesson. Usually we skip the extra addition & subtraction drill, but today it was like all of her math facts just vanished leaving behind a yawning chasm of nothing. :p It still took only about 25-30 minutes, but again, today was a rough day. On a normal day we do two-to-three lessons, spend about ten or fifteen minutes per lesson, skipping the flashcards, timed drills, and extra addition & subtraction problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeAndTheBoys Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 We are in 300 and have done CLE with the older all the way through. It isn't long at all when we do it this way-- He has an "assignment sheet" that he works on while I'm working with the 2nd son--he does Spelling, Handwriting, Pathway Readers, and the "We REmember" review part of his math lesson. (Note--in the Lightunit, the "new material" is first, and the "We Remember" second for each lesson, so we are essentially "doing it out of order" but it is NOT a problem.) He usually does his assignment sheet for about 30 minutes, in whatever order he wants, then takes a break. The math part takes him 20 minutes or less. We get back together and do the new math part, and flashcards and speed drill (10 minutes or so) and writing, English, some reading, etc. I asked him the other day, when I read the other posts concerned about the length, if he though CLE math takes a long time--and he said NO. I can only say it's probably because we split it up this way; I didn't really do it on purpose. I was just separating out independent work so I'd have time to work with my younger son. Betsy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lahmeh Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 I have 2 dc doing 1st and 2nd grade Math, LA and reading. My 7 yo dd will sit and do 2 or 3 math lessons in one sitting without complaining (and she does not like "school"). My 6 yo ds is never overwhelmed doing 1 lesson in math and 1 in reading in one sitting before taking a break. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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