ApronMama Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 I'm considering using this resource, since we have enjoyed other products from Classical Academic Press. If you used the OT books, how did you schedule it? Do you do a chapter a day? It seems like the memory work would need to spaced out farther? From the Teacher's Edition samples posted, I didn't see suggestions for how to teach the curriculum, just extra notes on the students pages. Any experience with the OT curriculum that might shed some light on the NT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sncstraub Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 We used OT:1 last year for 2nd grade. Since there are 32 chapters and 36 weeks in our school year, we did a chapter each week and had some time to do Christmas-y things during the holidays instead. The way I scheduled it was like this: Monday - introduce and practice the memory verse as well as going over the other info on the Memory Page Tuesday - read the story pages aloud (I also looked at the Victor Journey Through the Bible for any other pertinent info on each story) Wednesday - 1st worksheet Thursday - 2nd worksheet Friday - chapter quiz Last year we weren't diligent about memorizing the verses, but this year we will practice the verse throughout the week to memorize it. I also try to read/highlight the teacher's notes ahead of time so that I can point out anything especially important as we read/discuss the story. Hope that is helpful to you! Christy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monalisa Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 We used OT:1 last year for 2nd grade. Since there are 32 chapters and 36 weeks in our school year, we did a chapter each week and had some time to do Christmas-y things during the holidays instead. The way I scheduled it was like this: Monday - introduce and practice the memory verse as well as going over the other info on the Memory Page Tuesday - read the story pages aloud (I also looked at the Victor Journey Through the Bible for any other pertinent info on each story) Wednesday - 1st worksheet Thursday - 2nd worksheet Friday - chapter quiz Last year we weren't diligent about memorizing the verses, but this year we will practice the verse throughout the week to memorize it. I also try to read/highlight the teacher's notes ahead of time so that I can point out anything especially important as we read/discuss the story. Hope that is helpful to you! Christy I used it last year w/ a 2nd grader too. This is almost exactly what we did, but I usually did the story and some or all all of the bible passage over the first 2 days. The worksheets were a bit much for my pencil phobic dd, so I did most of the writing. Soemwhere on the CAP website I found a printout of a suggestion of how to schedule (which is about the same as Christy described above). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApronMama Posted August 9, 2011 Author Share Posted August 9, 2011 Thanks so much! Very helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sncstraub Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 I wanted to come back and mention that OT:2 which we started this week is laid out a little differently than OT:1 was last year. The chapter quizzes are in the back of the book rather than with each chapter. I was kind of freaking out this morning when I couldn't find them. :glare: But they are there - you just have to look for them. And as monalisa said, I did some of the writing for my 2nd grade ds last year, too. Sometimes he wrote; sometimes I did. Apparently, it will go the same way this year if this morning's page was anything to go by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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