RainbowSprinkles Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 What books have you used to get copywork from? I'm having a hard time pulling it together. Also, how long should copywork be in 4th/5th grade if I also want to use the passages for dictation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomatHWTK Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I like Happy Scribe's materials, but I had a reluctant writers so we keep it short and sweet. History Scribe would have more lengthy passages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainbowSprinkles Posted March 2, 2012 Author Share Posted March 2, 2012 I like Happy Scribe's materials, but I had a reluctant writers so we keep it short and sweet. History Scribe would have more lengthy passages. I've never heard of those. Thanks, I'll look into it. Anyone taking their copywork from living books? Which ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandylubug Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I've never heard of those. Thanks, I'll look into it. Anyone taking their copywork from living books? Which ones? Most of the time our copy work is a sentence about what we just read that I have picked out on my own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinE Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Most of the time our copy work is a sentence about what we just read that I have picked out on my own. This. I have a note for each child what the focus is for copywork that week: dialogue, parts of speech, punctuation, etc. and look for sentences as we're working through school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 My second grader's copywork is from whatever book he is reading at the time that has good language in it. Right now, it is The Call of the Wild. Before that, it was The Little Prince, and Baree before that. I don't remember what we used before that. I assign his reading for the day and mark a paragraph or two of that for copywork. When he read The Mostly True Story of Homer P. Figg (or something like that--I always get this title wrong), I did not assign copywork from the book because the main character's grammar was so awful. He read Little Prince along with Homer just for copywork. My son likes copywork. I have no idea why, but I am guessing it is because he likes the books themselves. Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in SW WA Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Dd7 copied pages and pages of Hugo yesterday. Lovely book! Great copy work source. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2squared Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I use the passages from Kate Van Wagenen's day-by-day dictation (free on google books) for copywork and dictation. My 2nd grader is in the 2nd year, and my 4th grader is in the 4th year. :D I tried finding passages from various places, but to be honest, I need a more efficient system or it doesn't get done. I like the sentence choices in day-by-day dictation, and I like that it is orderly, selected, and grade leveled. The sentences may not be the strongest ever written, but they are quality and much better than my kids write. The books have about 130 selections for each level. I don't have to think about copywork or dictation anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaOz Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Anyone taking their copywork from living books? Which ones? I like taking it from the books they are reading - it makes more sense to them that way and they have already connected with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PentecostalMom Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I like taking it from the books they are reading - it makes more sense to them that way and they have already connected with it. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpskowski Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I have my son pick a copy work card from an envelop with "strange facts" that I got somewhere on http://www.currclick.com. He loves selecting a card and reading the fact out loud. Then we research it on google. Later, when daddy gets home he tells him all about it. They are almost gone. So, I'm listening in to see what others are doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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