keglinja Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 I am looking into the possibility of starting CLE LA for my 3rd grader next year to cover grammar and spelling. She has not done any grammar yet. My son started R&S in 3rd grade and does well with it - not sure the format of it is a great fit for my dd, though. I use CLE math and love it, but not sure about the LA Also, I remember the spelling was way too easy for my son when I looked at it a few years ago, but my daughter is not an advanced speller - probably on grade level. How do you like the spelling component? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aconnolley Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXMary2 Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I love it because it is thorough, methodical and does review. I like that spelling is included and I don't need to have a separate program to cover it. I also like that it is affordable and the TE's don't cost an arm and a leg.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mommyfaithe Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I LOVE CLE LA!!! Love, Love, love because it is gentle, yet thorough, methodical and ALL IN ONE BOOK!!!! With all my kids keeping track of one book for spelling, one for penmanship, one for Grammar...It drove me crazy! That was something like 15 workbooks just for English, then we have writing too.... I do like the spelling. There is not so much review that I want to run screaming from the room, but there is enough that my children consistently do well on the tests and retain what they learn. Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hebrews3:13 Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I do like it. Cost and effectiveness are excellent. One issue for us was ALL the writing so early on. My son did not have the strength for a long time and it was very tough for him. We improvised by doing some orally and with him pointing when he could. There is TONS of review. Some days my son would say "They are asking me this again?". Seemed like overkill on some things like sentence, phrase, question and identifying which is which. I did finally move to marking out some of the review that was over the top on every other lesson to give him a break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3byzaz Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I love it for all the reasons Faithe said. I like that it is solid, yet gentle. There is a lot of review, but not a lot of the same question in that section. I like that they get it and I can rest knowing that even if they don't totally understand it today, it will come up again and then he will. I LOVE that it is all in one book. I went totally nuts with different ones for each subject. I like the spelling for my older two - oldest is an extremely good, natural speller. Middle one not as good, but it has worked well for him. Youngest not a natural speller, so we are doing AAS which I love. But, I still have him do the CLE Spelling. I felt like the 2nd grade spelling got really tough all of the suddent. He has done fine with it, but when he writes a sentence, his spelling is not so good. Just love CLE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom28kds Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 About how many spelling words per lesson? I too was wondering if the spelling was enough or should we supplement with another spelling program? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Level 100 has 5 words per week Level 200 starts with 10 and builds to 15 Dd in level 700 has 25. All the words are phonics or rule based...dd's words are theme based. Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon in TN Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 We've used it two years now and will next year, too. DD loves it. It's a very independent program - in fact, I don't even plan on using the TM next year for the 400 level. I just ordered the workbooks and the answer key. As everyone else has said, it's thorough, constantly reviews previous topics, and includes everything for LA. The only thing we do different is we're not focusing on the writing projects (there are a few book reports scheduled in the 300 level that we skipped over) and I imagine we'll skip the writing in the 400 level since we're looking at a separate writing program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 It gets done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.m Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I love CLE!!! My kids love it too. The best part is that we can get through it! It's open and go. And I can participate or ask them to do it independently if I need to work with a sibling. But we are having issues with spelling. It isn't the program's fault. My DS just needs some more work on phonics and a lot of review. He does really well on the tests after the week of working with the words but he doesn't always seem to retain. I'm going to continue to use it next year but change up how we approach the spelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keglinja Posted April 11, 2011 Author Share Posted April 11, 2011 Thank you all for the feedback - it sounds like it may be a great fit for my dd! Much more so than I think R&S (though I love R&S!) would be for her, at least for 3rd grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankcassiesmom Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I'm the same. I LOVE R&S and my oldest does great with it. But it's not a great fit for my DD. So she uses CLE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agst1967 Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Can someone elaborate on the difference between R&S and CLE LA? Thanks! Alicia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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