Bang!Zoom! Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Language arts: spelling grammar reading writing Are others bulking these, one after the other, or spacing the teachings throughout a schedule? Any particular order seem best? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staceyobu Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 We do CLE, which contains grammar and spelling, in the morning and WWE in the afternoon. We do a bit of reading in the morning and a bit in the afternoon. CLE and WWE both contain writing and are both a little more "seatwork-ish" so I try to break them up a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 We don't have a set schedule where we do certain things at certain times anyway, but we treat them as basically separate things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted August 14, 2011 Author Share Posted August 14, 2011 Thanks, I'm experimenting with stamina this week, one schedule will be assigned, strict, disciplined without choice or order. Version 2 is choice in any order. I was wondering if the strict menu needed a "bulk" area for topics one after the other as best practice. We'll see how this goes. I'll probably end up using both methods. One for crabby days, and one for sunshine delightful child days..lol :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samiam Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 I consider those each their own subject. I never say "Language Arts" to my children, we just call it Spelling, Reading, etc. I do break them up in the workboxes, but each is it's own curriculum anyway, nothing is a curriculum that covers it all. So one workbox is Reading, another Spelling, another Handwriting, etc. The workboxes are arranged in a way to try to balance out one child needing my help while the other child does something a bit more independent. So at no point is the fact that they are all "Language Arts" come into the schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 My son picked his schedule this year. He starts with spelling and grammar, then math, then writing, history, science, and electives. Reading is done on his own time since he loves to read, though I do give him one book each week that he wouldn't have picked on his own (last week was "Dear Mr. Henshaw" and this week is "Mr. Popper's Penguins," for example). I don't consider them all one subject, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Those are the first four things that we do every day and I just call the whole subject "reading" for DD7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 (edited) Separate and together :) I'll explain. We do separate Reading, Spelling, Grammar, and Writing. However, we also do spelling and vocabulary through copywork, narration, and dictation. Edited August 15, 2011 by sagira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeekingHim77 Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 I've always tried to break my kids school up by going back and forth between writing intensive subjects and reading intensive subjects so I just work things in throughout the day that accomplish that goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purduemeche Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 We always separate that work, and it usually depends on how independent the work is. Example: handwriting and spelling don't require supervision, so those are kept "in reserve" for when mom and dad are busy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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