YaelAldrich Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 My oldest son is finishing up Saxon (Hake) Grammar 5 this year and he's gotten very good at grammar because of it. The next child in line is going into 3rd grade this coming year and his grasp of grammar is lacking (lazy about capitalization, punctuation, just now learning about nouns, verbs, etc) since I have tried several curricula that don't either click with him or me (FLL, Shurley, various workbooks). He is smart but needs repetition for certain things. I think he really needs the tight spiral of Saxon. Am I nuts to try doing level five slowly? I don't think I could have him do all the problems in each exercise which sort of defeats the purpose of the tight spiral. Maybe I should continue lightly learning grammar with him and when he is older give it a whirl? Advance thanks for any sage advice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Could you take it half pace? You don't have to finish it in a year. That way, you could still do all the problems, but you'd be splitting the lessons up so he's doing less in one sitting. I haven't used Hake myself though. I'm sure my rising 3rd grader could do it, but he doesn't struggle with grammar at all. We're using KISS Grammar, and that has made it really stick for him. He can't just follow the pattern. He actually has to learn what the part of speech is and how to find it. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa B Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 I have heard that Hake Grammar 4 will be available for fall. I'm not sure about 5 but I would think Hake 4 would be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YaelAldrich Posted June 4, 2012 Author Share Posted June 4, 2012 Could you take it half pace? You don't have to finish it in a year. That way, you could still do all the problems, but you'd be splitting the lessons up so he's doing less in one sitting. I haven't used Hake myself though. I'm sure my rising 3rd grader could do it, but he doesn't struggle with grammar at all. We're using KISS Grammar, and that has made it really stick for him. He can't just follow the pattern. He actually has to learn what the part of speech is and how to find it. ;) I assumed I would have to go half pace, but do you think it messes up the tight spiral? I tried KISS with my oldest and dropped it because I got confused (his terminology is not what I'm used to and I felt it was very difficult). Maybe I will look at KISS again, but this kid is easily broken when things are too hard at first. I will start to do more research soon so I can make a decision... Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinRTX Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 I know nothing about Saxon Grammar, but I did do Saxon Math 2 with my kindergartener because it is what I had and I did not want to buy anything new. (She was definitely my last). We just did it over two years. She is now going into 7th grade and it did not seem to hurt her. I think the spiral will be fine. I did do the remaining years of Saxon math at a normal pace. HTH, Linda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 I assumed I would have to go half pace, but do you think it messes up the tight spiral? I tried KISS with my oldest and dropped it because I got confused (his terminology is not what I'm used to and I felt it was very difficult). Maybe I will look at KISS again, but this kid is easily broken when things are too hard at first. I will start to do more research soon so I can make a decision... Sounds like KISS wouldn't be a good option then. Maybe that Hake 4 will be released in time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloggermom Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Wow, Hake Grammar 4 would be GREAT! Have you considered Killgallon? Elementary: Sentence Composing for Elementary School: A Worktext to Build Better Sentences and Story Grammar for Elementary School: A Sentence-Composing Approach: A Student Worktext Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YaelAldrich Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 Wow, Hake Grammar 4 would be GREAT! Have you considered Killgallon?Elementary: Sentence Composing for Elementary School: A Worktext to Build Better Sentences and Story Grammar for Elementary School: A Sentence-Composing Approach: A Student Worktext Please tell me more about this program. I just looked over the samples on amazon and I didn't see any grammar. It looks like a nifty writing program (if I weren't already using IEW) though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YaelAldrich Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 Maybe that Hake 4 will be released in time? I just received an email from Mary Hake saying that the text is at the printer and to contact her again in about a month to receive an update. Yeah!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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