Rosy Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Analytical Grammar just came in the mail! Yippee!! We're in the middle of FLL4 right now and I intend to finish it before we start AG. When we do, though, I'm wondering how to schedule it? I would rather have her do some every day than use their plan (11 weeks then review once a fortnight). Would finishing the entire book in a year be too intense for a highly capable 5th grader? If so, could we do half a lesson each day? Also, what have you all done after AG? I know, I know.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spetzi Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 We used it in 4th and 5th grade. He completed 2 seasons in 4th and the last one in 5th. He did one lesson/day which meant one section per week. It all went well. I don't think you would want to do half a lesson in a day. One *might want to take a day to talk about some of the more challenging concepts rather than flying through doing 4 lessons then the "test" then moving on. We did this a couple of times. Other concepts he just completed 3 lessons then tested on. We loved AG! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in CO Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 My son, 6th grade, struggles with writing, not the understanding of the material, and I have let him do half a lesson a day. Right now he is in the review part, and being the end of the year, he is getting burned out. So he choose to do a sentence a day instead of a review a week. It is working for him, so we will continue. I am planning to spread the book over 3 years though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosy Posted May 8, 2011 Author Share Posted May 8, 2011 Thanks for your input! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 (edited) Would finishing the entire book in a year be too intense for a highly capable 5th grader? If so, could we do half a lesson each day? Also, what have you all done after AG? I know, I know.... Just bumping this slightly older post to see whether anyone else has opinions on this scheduling question, for a very capable fifth grader who has had a good deal of grammar already. (If I do buy AG, I think I'd use their reinforcement books in following years.) ETA: this will sound silly, but looking at the schedule choices (1 vs 2 vs 3 yrs), when I think, generally, about doing something in multiple years that I could get done in one year, I feel like a slacker :tongue_smilie: (maybe because I am, generally ;)). Can anyone comment on retention on a 1 yr plan vs 2 yr plan? It sure would be nice to have that extra time in the schedule for other stuff, but it would definitely impact how I set up the schedule for the year for other subjects. Edited June 19, 2011 by wapiti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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