sewpeaceful Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 My 8yo dd is struggling with truly grasping diagramming and parts of speech - nothing complicated: simple subjects and predicates, noun, verb, and being introduced to direct objects. If the sentence is 3 or 4 words, she has no trouble. If the sentence is longer, she gets lost. We are using R&S grammar, 3rd grade, a solid but gentle program. We have done the review worksheets. Still very shakey on the topic. Now we have a vocabulary assignment that wants her to decide if the word is a noun, verb or adjective and because she is struggling in grammar, I am stumped. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in MI Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 I've found the R&S grade levels to be advanced. I wouldn't worry about it too much at this age yet. Yes, it seems gentle, but these are such abstract concepts, sometimes it just takes time. Only one of my children has worked at grade level in this program. My current 9th grader is finishing up 6 and knows more about grammar than I ever learned! My 4th grader is finishing up grade 2 and easily grasping it. We'll move on to 3 in a couple weeks. We tried it in 3rd and he just wasn't getting it, so we put it off. ETA: AFter trying my current 4th grader in R&S3 in third grade, I went back to FLL - memorizing the definitions, pronouns, etc. Pure memory work. Then, we gradually started trying to apply it. R&S2 was right up his alley at that point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 If she is struggling to identify the parts of speech I'd probably set aside R&S for a while and do Mad Libs and/or The child's own English Book or Grammar-land. Both of the books are free at Google books. If she is struggling with the diagramming only, then I'd probably just keep going as R&S gives plenty of review of those skills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 WWE & Mad Libs. Or just Mad Libs. Seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewpeaceful Posted September 22, 2010 Author Share Posted September 22, 2010 WWE & Mad Libs. Or just Mad Libs. Seriously. Okay, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the MadLibs idea! How much fun is that! And now that I think about it, it wasn't until Mad Libs that *I* started to understand the parts of speech. Hmmm... Great idea! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0mmaBuck Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Another vote for Mad Libs here! Might I also suggest School House Rocks, Grammar Rocks. Even my 4 yo knows that "Mr. Morton is the subject, and what the predicate says he does!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 I agree with everyone else. Check out FLL, Grammar Rocks and Mad Libs. I didn't like R&S at all, just for the record. For diagramming sentences? This book is simple and effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gratia271 Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 For diagramming sentences? This book is simple and effective. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewpeaceful Posted September 22, 2010 Author Share Posted September 22, 2010 I forgot about Grammar Rocks. Time to pull that out - plum forgot I had it after the move. Thank you so much guys! I knew you would come through! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
min Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Daisy, how do you download books from those links? Sorry, I must be technologically challenged today, but I can't work it out! :( Min Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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