Lightning Lit 7 Question

[Cynful]

I'm planning on doing LL7 with my son next year and I'm wondering if I could have my ds do this also? She'd be in 5th next year and is an advanced reader.

 

Thanks,

[chai]

We used it in an earlier grade. Have you looked at the book list? If your dd can read the books, she can do the other parts of the program as well.

[Cynful]

Thanks, that's what I was hoping to hear. She can do the reading but I was more worried about how the work would be. She may listen in on me reading to my son (he has dyslexia but I don't want to keep him too far behind).

[Cinder]

Ds1 did LL7 in 6th gr. The schedule is broken down into weekly assignments and is pretty light. Ex: a book will be read over a couple of weeks then another week is given to complete assignments. There are several worksheets (some are optional/extra work--we didn't do those) and then a writing assignment. IIRC the schedule is a few weeks short of the traditional 36-week school year so you have some flexibility there.

 

 

Cinder

[swimmermom3]

Cynthia, we used LL 7 & 8 last year for my then 5th grader (the one you have talked to) and my then 8th grader. We did some of the assignments together like poetry units and The Christmas Carol and then I picked units that lined up with the individual child's SL Core or interests. The 5th grader had very little difficulty with it. The only gray area was that sometimes he was a little too literal for the assignment. My oldest son and I were in tears from laughing when Swimmer Dude was reading the Edward Lear poem about "...going to sea in a sieve." He looked up with a rather startled expression on his face and said, "They're all gonna die!" But then, most swimmers I know for some weird reason do seem to worry about drowning.:D