Lang Arts curriculum for very advanced 2nd grader

[74Heaven]

HI, I'd like some suggestions for 2nd grade/3rd grade Lang Arts Curric.

 

I want something grab-and-go, *very* easy-to-use Lang Arts for my 2nd grade (lastborn, been reading for 3yrs). I am using A Beka gr 2 but it is 80%+ phonics and he doesn't need the phonics at all. What he does need is reinforcement and instruction in general language arts mechanics and parts of speech, writing, etc. I am considering just getting the 3rd gr. A Beka which I know is firm, traditional language arts. I am also buying Shurley Eng for 2nd or 3rd grade.

 

In the past, we have used A Beka for Lang Arts 1st-3rd; then switched to Shurley in 4th-6th Lev 4,6,7), then a year of Rod & Staff gr. 7 partnered with IEW for 8-9th grade. We do Latin as well, so their grammar skills are pretty strong by the time this sequence is completed.

 

Reading and WWE I have covered. Mostly real books and oral narrations.

 

I am just wondering what else is out there that I should consider for this last son. Also, price is important. Cheap is better :).

 

Lisaj

[unity]

I know you say you've used this at a higher grade, but why not use level 3 for your son? It's cheap, grab-and-go, and seems to be more or less what you're looking for.

[walkermamaof4]

My ds7 is doing MCT Grammar Island w/ his older sibs and loving it. It is written for gifted students supposedly, but only my ds would qualify and all are gleaning so much. We do most sentences on a white board and make a game of it. The books have fun stories to teach the points and we all love it.

[Aurelia]

Perhaps Primary Language Lessons? It's all in one book, covers 2nd and 3rd grade and is comparatively inexpensive.

[AKMsMom]

I agree with Rod and Staff.

[Guest Dulcimeramy]

Another vote for Rod and Staff! My very advanced first grader also does copywork, dictation, and narration.

[blessedmom3]

I also have a very advanced 2nd grader, reading since he was 3 .He loves books , writing and has a very extensive language for his age.

 

I am trying to decide between R&S and BJU. BJU seems very well done but more teacher intensive. I really like the writing instruction , introduction to poetry , literary terms (like simile , onomatopoeia , etc ) . R&S seems very basic . I have it but did not use it yet.

 

I am also :bigear:

[ElizabethB]

We are loving MCT, but it is on the more expensive side.

[the4Rs]

I use Language Smarts from The Critical Thinking Company. Very open and go workbook style. So far we like it. It is $33.

 

http://www.criticalthinking.com/searchBykeyword.do?catalog=p&searchKey=Language+smarts

[74Heaven]

Would the 3rd grade book be too advanced? I know the older grades of R&S are a bit advanced.

 

ALso considering the Primary Language Lessons but I don't know anything about that! I'll go look it up. For some reason, I am thinking it is a Peace Hill Press publication?

 

Not considering MCT or Critical Thinking mostly because of the cost. Thanks tho - if this were a challenging subject for this son, I'd open my wallet a little more :).

 

Thanks again. My main critique of R&S is that it isn't consumable. I love consumable at the is age. Just so much easier to have it all bound together in my busy, 1000s-of-pieces-of-paper household :).

 

Lisaj

[Aurelia]

 

ALso considering the Primary Language Lessons but I don't know anything about that! I'll go look it up. For some reason, I am thinking it is a Peace Hill Press publication?

j

 

Actually, that's First Language Lessons, which is grammar only. There are several different Primary Language Lessons books, the most popular is by Emma Serl.

[nansk]

ALso considering the Primary Language Lessons .... My main critique of R&S is that it isn't consumable. I love consumable at the is age. Just so much easier to have it all bound together in my busy, 1000s-of-pieces-of-paper household :).

 

PLL is available in workbook format here.

[nansk]

HI, I'd like some suggestions for 2nd grade/3rd grade Lang Arts Curric.

 

I am just wondering what else is out there that I should consider for this last son. Also, price is important. Cheap is better :).

 

Since you already have Shurley and WWE for grammar and narration, if you do want to add something, you could check out some of the vintage Lang Lessons books. I would suggest Sheldon's PLL or books by William Swinton, Mary Frances Hyde or William Swinton.

HTH

[74Heaven]

Since you already have Shurley and WWE for grammar and narration, if you do want to add something, you could check out some of the vintage Lang Lessons books. I would suggest Sheldon's PLL or books by William Swinton, Mary Frances Hyde or William Swinton.

HTH

 

But thanks for the suggestions - these sound pretty neat!

lisaj, who meant to post that I was considering buying Shurley 2 or 3