alisoncooks Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I received my CLE materials (for next year) this week. After flipping through the Reading items ("I Wonder" and LUs 101-105) I've decided that we really don't need them. Plus, I think the dictionary spelling (schwa stuff) is a little confusing and can wait until later... Anyway, does my 1st grader even need a formal reading program? We'll already be doing LTR and the LA, so she'll be getting plenty of phonics, writing practice, grammar....right? Can we simply supplement with reading REAL books and doing our own comprehension/retelling/basic narration & notebooking? Sound like a good idea? Also...does a child using CLE need an additional, formal handwriting program (i.e. Zaner-Bloser workbooks or something?) I think CLE has TONS of writing already...think it's sufficient? THANK YOU so much for all the opinions & feedback you guys so freely give! It really is helpful to us newbie-homeschoolers!!! :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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