R&S Grammar users: are worksheets helpful?

[lovetobehome]

I am just wondering how those of you who use R&S Grammar feel about the worksheets. Is it easier to have them? I have always had my kids copy from the book onto notebook paper. Would you recommend them? THANKS!

[ckmommyof3]

The worksheets are for additional practice. They are different from the student work in the book, but cover the same concept the child worked on that day. Not every lesson has a worksheet that goes along with it.

I have found them to be very helpful :001_smile: You can view samples here: http://www.rodandstaffbooks.com/list/Rod_and_Staff_Curriculum/

[Chris in VA]

We use them from time to time.

Have you considered doing some of the work in the book orally? It makes it go a lot faster, and you can still assign some of it to be written out.

[StephanieZ]

Honestly, I really like them. It is nice to have some exercises that don't require the "busy" work of copying stuff. We do them all.

[razorbackmama]

We use them as reinforcement for the topics my kids are shaky on. One child in particular does more than others.;)

[blessed2fosteradopt]

We use all the worksheets as we do the rest of the program orally. I find that they are very useful.

[LizzyBee]

We use all the worksheets as we do the rest of the program orally. I find that they are very useful.

 

This is what we did when we were using R&S.

[Mommy7]

We do everything orally also, except the diagramming exercises. We do all the worksheets. I have found them to be very helpful for extra practice. :001_smile:

[abbeyej]

Since we do most of the written work from the text book, I've not found the worksheets to be helpful. I suppose if I had a child who needed even *more* review? But the textbook already has so much work, if one chooses to use it as written.

[Tree House Academy]

We use R&S differently depending on our mood that day. LOL Some days, I have him do the worksheet and we go over the written practice orally. Other days, I may have him do the written practice AND the worksheet. Sometimes we go over all of it orally and he doesn't write anything. It just depends on how well he "gets" the concept and if he needs more practice or not.

[Daisy]

We use them as a treat. Whenever a lesson has a worksheet we skip the written portion in the English textbook.

[Colleen in NS]

No worksheets here. I go through the lessons and most of the related exercises orally (skipping class practice that gets repeated in written practice) with my kids, except for diagraming. I just make sure they understand what they are doing in the lesson. Also, things like punctuation and spelling and capitalization (I don't know if these are on the worksheets or not) are practiced on paper during narrations/dictations/outlining here. Also, grammar concept mistakes in writing get worked out together with me, with the acquired knowledge from R&S. I see no need here for worksheets.

Edited December 14, 2009 by Colleen in NS

[sbaloue]

Since we do most of the lessons orally, I use all the worksheets. They provide an easy way to do written practice.

[Quad Shot Academy]

We do most of the book orally. I use the worksheets as review and test prep. After we finish a unit, I give most of the worksheets in a pack and have them work on them for a 1/2 hour a day, until they are done, usually 1-3 days. Then the next day they take the test.

[amyco]

We use them--kind of like Rebecca, it depends on my mood/amound of time that day. :) My ds prefers them to the written book work, so they do end up being like a treat for him. Occasionally I will use them to reinforce a concept. I also have it in the back of my head to use them for review over the summer, but that never happens! That's not a bad thing, though. Summer is so fleeting.

[MomsintheGarden]

We use them as a treat. Whenever a lesson has a worksheet we skip the written portion in the English textbook.

This is what we do, too.

 

GardenMom

[lovetobehome]

Thanks, everyone! I think my kids would like them...we don't have any worksheets for other subjects, this might be a nice 'treat'. I'll get them!

[Quiver0f10]

I use them as pop quizzes and for extra work on topics they are struggling with.

[Sandy in Indy]

I should have bought the worksheets....sometimes we need the extra practice.

 

We do a lot of it orally or **gasp** write in the book. (We do all the math in the book!) It's just too much writing for the earlier years...at least for my youngest.