diaperjoys Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 My K'er is using ETC book 1. Eventually I want him to join his brother in CLE LA. But I'm not sure how far I should have him go before making the switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 It's just phonics. There is no grammar or usage in it. The last two books have some reading comprehension. Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulubelle Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 I've been under the impression that it is pretty comprehensive. It seems to have a good mix of reading comprehension, spelling, writing and sentence structure though out the series. We do the wholes and the halves and are just finishing up #3. Some books have more sentence structure than others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 My K'er is using ETC book 1. Eventually I want him to join his brother in CLE LA. But I'm not sure how far I should have him go before making the switch. And that's why I don't like using the term "language arts." No one knows what it really means.:glare: Phonics is a subset of "language arts." So are grammar, spelling/vocabulary, reading/literature (which is not the same as teaching a child to read), composition, and even penmanship. I think you should have your little one go as far as he can in ETC. I believe it's better phonics instruction than CLE. When he's 6, have him take CLE's placement test and go from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 My K'er is using ETC book 1. Eventually I want him to join his brother in CLE LA. But I'm not sure how far I should have him go before making the switch. ETC is phonics/spelling. You will still want to do literature of some sort with it (reading aloud to him,) but I don't start grammar that young, so it is pretty much all you need for "language arts" at that age. If you want to add some reading comprehension, you can do the Beyond the Code books (do the corresponding book when you have finished the ETC level.) Like Ellie, I say go as far as you can in ETC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nono Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 ETC is phonics/spelling. So far, it is only acting as spelling in our house! :confused: My daughter can not read, can not sound out words, but can spell any 3 letter word you say out loud. It's like her brain's a one way street for now. Eventually, it'll all click in and she'll be a two way street, I hope. (We're in the middle of Book 2 electronic version). We are switching to paper for Book 3, as she can write well now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristenS Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 The teacher's guide (which we usually don't use) has things like reading fluency in it, so if you're only using the workbooks, it may be worth checking out the TG. Also there's a Beyond the Code series for reading comprehension (no TG, alas), which we find fits well after ETC 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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