Sara R Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 My kids don't get enough grammar in school. I've tried using Rod and Staff and FLL, but they are meant for a full intensive year, and I need something more condensed. I'd like for them to learn how to diagram. I can help them, but with three kids to help, it tends to get done better if the curriculum is mostly self-teaching. Any ideas? My kids are 7th (struggles terribly with spelling; learning Latin at school and doing extremely well with it!), 5th (spelling bee champ! and generally bright--will start Latin at school next year), and 2nd (grade level). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritaserum Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Growing with Grammar might fit the bill. It teaches diagramming. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dani3boys Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Analytical grammar might work. It is meant to be used for ten weeks of the school year and then the rest of the year is review. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Calvert School's 5th grade grammar program is available separately (unlike many of their programs), provides a good basic grammar foundation, and is largely self-teaching and even self-correcting much of the time. There are ... 60ish? lessons, so it's certainly possible to fit it in in a shorter period of time. It doesn't cover diagramming, unfortunately. Definitely useable across several grade levels. Probably appropriate for the two older children. You might look at their 4th grade program for the 2nd grader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satori Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I only used the first two years of Growing With Grammar, but that's what came to my mind as a nice after-schooling program. It's independent and doesn't take too long. It also teaches diagramming starting in grade 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 CLE? Leave out the penmanship and spelling if you want. It's written to the child, reviews often and does diagramming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Jo Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 KISS Grammar could be done faster, but doesn't do traditional diagramming. It does have a goal to be able to tell the purpose of every word in a sentence. It could be done very independently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara R Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share Posted February 8, 2011 Thanks! This will help us a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarrieF Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Growing with Grammar might fit the bill. It teaches diagramming. :) :iagree: Could easily be used to supplement and is quite thorough in its approach. Also, starting in 3rd or 4th grade (sorry, I can't remember which) there is a student manual for the student to read the lesson and then do practice pages in the student workbook. Sounds like it would be a good fit from what you described! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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