Prose Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 (edited) I was planning to do spelling workout WWE 2 A Reason for Handwriting T FLL 1 And what if I had ETC 3(or 4) just for extra work/ weekly change ups. Is this too much? Drop ETC? Or drop WWE 2? Edited August 17, 2011 by Prose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Did you already do WWE1? Did you finish OPGTR? If you've finished phonics, then no need to do ETC. WWE is worth doing, though I have a hard time picturing a child in ETC3 doing WWE2 dictations. So one of those placements sounds off to me. ETC3 deals with all 1-syllable words. WWE2's very first dictation sentence has words like "flattery", "guard", "enemy". Yes, you can help with spelling, but I think being able to read them is important. So if the child isn't reading beyond ETC3, I'd hold off on WWE2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prose Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 We are done with OPGTR and WWE 1. Explode the code was just a supplement fun material, that's just review and easy. Sometimes seemed to take the edge off the day if thrown in. After looking at them, I know she could skip 3 altogether, and just go to 4 of even 5. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Skip ETC. What you have is fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SorrelZG Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I wasn't going to add input since I'm only teaching this level this year myself but personally I wouldn't add ETC either but that's because I'm going for shorter desk time and my child would prefer to get up and do something active or be read to or draw if there is an edge needing to be taken off but I know some children would love the extra seat work even if (especially if?) it is easy or redundant (my daughter is like this) - they're just so different and only you know yours. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 We are done with OPGTR and WWE 1. Explode the code was just a supplement fun material, that's just review and easy. Sometimes seemed to take the edge off the day if thrown in. After looking at them, I know she could skip 3 altogether, and just go to 4 of even 5. Any suggestions? Ok, good. :) I'd probably drop ETC, though my son gets bored doing something that's too easy (this wasn't such a problem in K, but he started getting bored in first grade with easy stuff). Dropping ETC = more time to play, even if it's only a few minutes. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 If you feel like she needs review, then ETC 4 is the book with the tough concepts - open and closed syllables and the like. But if you think she doesn't need it, then why bother? That's a good chunk of work you've laid out there for most first graders already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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