Heidi Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 It says on the syllabus that level 2 takes 1- 1 1/2 hours a day, Levels 3 & 4: at least 1 1/2 hours. This is with the reading/composition sections. If you do all the sections in a level, does it take you that long? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnandtinagilbert Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Today's lessons for PR3 took 15 min. for spelling (a list of 21 words) and about 5 min. of teaching time in grammar. We had to review the part of speech introduced yesterday and give them directions to create their own sentences using the possessive pronouns. They took about 15 minutes working independently. PR4 took about 20 min. of time to listen to her read aloud and complete the literature and grammar components for the day. Grammar was intro. part of speech (Indirect Objects); dictate sentences; mark sentences. The literature was reviewing story events via dictation and sentence marking. After our 20 min. together, DD spent another 10 min. or less. There are surely longer days, where there is a lot of dictation or sentence remodeling, but overall, it rarely takes 30min. for spelling or grammar. My blog does have a Day in the Life post with actual times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 Thanks Tina! It's pretty quick in level 1 right now as well. I was reading the other day how some people found it to be taking too long in the other levels; especially when you have 3+ children who are working at differnent levels at the same time, it gets to be too much. That concerns me because in a few years I WILL have 3 children in PR at the same time. Just thinking things through. I'm glad it does not take long for you. That is comforting. Anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnandtinagilbert Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Thanks Tina! It's pretty quick in level 1 right now as well. I was reading the other day how some people found it to be taking too long in the other levels; especially when you have 3+ children who are working at differnent levels at the same time, it gets to be too much. That concerns me because in a few years I WILL have 3 children in PR at the same time. Just thinking things through. I'm glad it does not take long for you. That is comforting. Anyone else? This is week 2 of our new year. We're doing great in the middle and elem. school. I am averaging 8:30-2:30 for a complete day of grammar and middle school teaching (PR1 & 3 & 4). We do a full schedule. All that to say, I work hard, but not to exasperation. It just so happened that I was finished with all my PR kids by 11:30 2x this week (finished teaching, but did need to confirm finished work)! One of those practice, review, continue an assignment days that required little teaching. That was pretty cool! Rare, but so nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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