2_girls_mommy Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Ok, I admit, today is the first I have really begun researching for 5th grade in depth. I have had history figured out for a long time. I know that we will move up in R&S for spelling, math, English. I know that we will just move forward in Latin. I have had these vague questions (science, logic, art, and music appreciation..) in the back of my head, but thought it would be as easy as opening up WTM and picking the first rec and ordering it. Not so. Most of the suggestions are pretty vague. I don't know, but grammar stage seemed easier to me. Maybe that is just because I have been doing it for 4 yrs now. Anyway, you will be seeing me post frequently. Don't say I didn't warn you. But the question at hand... have you done a mordern language in addition to moving forward with latin starting in 5th grade? I admit I did not realize this was in the schedule for 5th grade. I want to keep it simple for her and me. I will go with Spanish. But what do you/have you used to stay on the WTM languages schedule? At this point I am wanting to do schedule 1 or 2: both languages at once. I think I will stick to latin at full force, each year, completing one text a year. I would be willing to slow the Spanish down to doing one year course over 2 years. But I have no idea what is available or good or what wil work best alongside another language. thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 Bump... I know someone is teaching Spanish. What are you guys using?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in the UP of MI Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 No advice really. I haven't found anything that I like for teaching Spanish for the middle school years. I just wanted to let you know that I'm teaching my kids both Latin and Spanish and plan to continue through high school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankcassiesmom Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 My oldest is in sixth grade now. What I am doing is pushing forward with Latin (First and Second Form Latin) and being strong on that in middle school as they cement grammar and vocabulary. My two middle schoolers dabble in Spanish with Rosetta Stone to get a feel for it and then they will do a full four years of Spanish in high school. Their Latin will aid in their learning Spanish. Honestly I can't handle two languages in middle school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 Rosetta Stone is the one I know of that is good. But honestly I don't want to shell out that kind of $ for middle school, maybe high school. I am ok with Spanish. I am not fluent, but can read and pronounce. It will come back to me. So I am ok with 2 languages as long as it is Spanish. How slow we go will depend on if mine gets frustrated. I am starting to get a little disappointed as I read through older Spanish threads. There doesn't seem to be anything that stands out as a great middle to high school program like Memoria Press is for Latin So besides RS what else is out there? I just found GSWS from another thread. The price is right. There isn't much for instruction, but I think I could formulate some short daily lessons with it. So that is a possibility. I would really like to see it in person first to see how the grammar is taught. I can't get a great feel from the few lessons online. Anybody else have some suggestions?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankcassiesmom Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 To be honest I was given the Rosetta Stone. I might be doing no Spanish if I hadn't been lol. But it is working quite well as an easy introduction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 we are using Spanish for Children. I really like it, and think you could slow it down pretty easily. I am not teaching Latin though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 Ok, I am liking Spanish for Children better than GSWS so far. I like the worksheets and such and the explanations and honestly even the font is better for my child. I am off to search for threads about it and listen to the MP3s for it. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 There's also a series by McGraw Hill called Practice Makes Perfect. I haven't actually seen it myself, but I've heard good things about it. One recommended sequence is: 1. Spanish Verb Tenses, parts 1 and 2 2. Spanish Pronouns and Prepositions 3. Spanish Verb Tenses, part 3 4. Complete Spanish Grammar Alongside: Spanish Vocabulary and Spanish Verb Drills. I also liked the look of Spanish for Children, although I didn't go with it only because we're in the UK so I found a European Spanish course (Colloquial Spanish, published by Routledge). HTH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jengjohnson Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I'm using GSWS for a 4th and 6th grader this year. We're going to use SfC next year. We all the like the simplicity of it this year, it allows us to do quite a bit of conversational stuff on the side. I took Spanish in college so it comes back pretty easily. Dh is fluent and also gives us ideas of what to learn outside of the curriculum, though he has no desire to teach it himself. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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