Bluezoo5 Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Currently dd6 and ds5 are on track to complete PP by the end of this school year. Prior to that, we also used 100EZ, and we decided to go through PP for reinforcement and also to fill in gaps. We also have Reading Pathways, but haven't cracked it yet. So I was wondering where most people go from here. Do you continue some form of phonics instruction with another program, or just practice becoming more fluent with readers, or what? When we first started PP, we also tried the first ETC book, and I thought that would serve as our phonics reinforcement for the next few years. Unfortunately, the kids weren't crazy about it (lots of whining about the pages that require writing). I may try dragging it back out again and see if their reaction is better now that we have a few months of school under our belts, but if not, we are going to give up on ETC. So for those who have been here, where did you go next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happycc Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 AAS? AAS can be used as a phonic program (it really helps cement it) and does a good job with giving some writing and not too much of it. I have been having my daughter 7yrs use Phonics Pathways and AAS simultaneously. She was about to start the silent e section in Phonics pathways when we began with AAS Level one. I would be interested to hear what others suggest. I am assuming that if your child finishes Phonics Pathways they wouldn't need phonics anymore. I think that was in TWTM. I could be wrong though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serendipitous journey Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 (edited) I'd add Reading Pathways, which should be fun. Are they reading fluently? -- or will they be? in which case you could let them at it. We -- who are not through Pathways quite yet -- have used as readers some Free and Treadwell Readers (which go through from Primer through Third Reader) and are currently using Eggleston's Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans as our reader. Some like McGuffey's ... and generally, I like the older books for rich language, nice sentence structure, and high interest level. editing to second the All About Spelling as a terrific phonics review. Edited November 13, 2011 by serendipitous journey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 We went to Spelling and simply reading. My ds went through the HOD Emergent readers and a bunch of other step into reading type books after he finished. He did Reading Pathways at the same time as PP. If you haven't done that yet you could do it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 DD the Younger went to Soaring with Spelling and reading aloud 1/2 hour a day. Prior to finishing PP she did no formal spelling, instead I had her do copywork based on sentences from PP (she's about 2/3 the way through these sentences). I'll have her finish two or three levels of SWS and then move her to Sequential Spelling, which I think will be an excellent fit. I'd rather not spend more time or money on spelling than is absolutely necessary and will go with short-and-sweet if we can get away with it. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 I'd say let them read. :-) You'll probably want to work on spelling and penmanship and writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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