Mommie_Jen Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 I'm ditching my boxed curriculum plans and working out my own for next year. We will continue ETC and handwriting and will be using CLE math. Would the CLE LA be too much to add in with the ETC and handwriting already, or is it something we need to be doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 If I had it to do over again with my boys at that age, I'd have put FLL on the shelf and broke out a stack of books to read aloud and work on narration skills and called it good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinE Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 DD has a phonics lesson, reads a picture book or reader, and copies a sentence. I give oral grammar lessons based on FLL1 using her copywork. Otherwise, dd narrates in our content subjects; I don't assign anything else. I'm not familiar with CLE LA, but I don't feel the need to add anything more to what she's doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CourtneyBrooke Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 I did no formal curriculum with my K or 1st grade boys. We did lots and lots of reading, out loud and to themselves and me reading to them. They are currently 2-3 grades ahead in English and reading comprehension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Basics- Phonics and Writing- Penmanship/Copywork We did FLL last year but I don't plan to do it again we will wait for more formal grammar. Although it is pretty easy peasy. We used HWoT and WWE for writing and I really like both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 I'm ditching my boxed curriculum plans and working out my own for next year. We will continue ETC and handwriting and will be using CLE math. Would the CLE LA be too much to add in with the ETC and handwriting already, or is it something we need to be doing? When you say CLE's 1st grade LA, are you also talking about their LTR (Learning to Read) program? If so, then I would say you don't need *that* + ETC/handwriting. Totally redundant. And I wonder how much their 1st grade Reading program is needed... For my 1st grader, we are doing phonics (R&S) and reading (lots of readers, Beginning Steps To Reading by Eastern Mennonite Publications). That, plus one handwriting item/copywork each day, is the extent of our LA program this year. Next year we plan to pick up R&S Spelling and possibly English (though I'm thinking this may wait until 3rd). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryAtHope Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 I like to focus on phonics, learning to read, and handwriting first. Then, gradually we add on more as they gain more skills. This, plus quality literature read-alouds. Here's how I plan LA. Have fun! Merry :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 If I had it to do over again with my boys at that age, I'd have put FLL on the shelf and broke out a stack of books to read aloud and work on narration skills and called it good. :iagree: I wish we had done more narration at that age. I also kind of wish we'd done more copywork. It took me a LONG time to get sold on it because it would not have helped me as a child at all. I recently got a chance to look through Bravewriter's The Wand and that would have been perfect for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 My first graders used First Language Lessons, copywork for writing, real books for literature, and Phonics Pathways. I have had the chance to do it again, and I've come right back to that simple list. It's gentle, effective, barely takes any time, and my kids thrived on it. I have two more yet to make it to first grade, and I have every intention of using the same list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondeviolin Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 We have been using AAS, FLL, WWE, and good books. As an added bonus, she asked to do cursive this year, so she does that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NASDAQ Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 My first grader is reading the 1963 Lippincott 2-1 (phonics finishes in '63 1-2), Websters Speller, and some supplementing from McGuffey's first and Open Court 2-1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommie_Jen Posted October 6, 2012 Author Share Posted October 6, 2012 When you say CLE's 1st grade LA, are you also talking about their LTR (Learning to Read) program? If so, then I would say you don't need *that* + ETC/handwriting. Totally redundant. And I wonder how much their 1st grade Reading program is needed... For my 1st grader, we are doing phonics (R&S) and reading (lots of readers, Beginning Steps To Reading by Eastern Mennonite Publications). That, plus one handwriting item/copywork each day, is the extent of our LA program this year. Next year we plan to pick up R&S Spelling and possibly English (though I'm thinking this may wait until 3rd). I'm not looking at their LTR program, but they have another program just called LA. Based on the general opinion here, I'll probably skip it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtoamiracle Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 We are just doing phonics, handwriting a few times a week and reading lots of books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystie Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 I like to focus on phonics, learning to read, and handwriting first. Then, gradually we add on more as they gain more skills. This, plus quality literature read-alouds. Here's how I plan LA. Have fun! Merry :-) :iagree: Phonics and lots of reading aloud (including audio books) is the entirety of LA/grammar for us until they are reading fluently (both of mine were at 6). Then it's still just lots of reading aloud and alone until third grade, when we start doing grammar in the context of Latin and writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 :iagree: I wish we had done more narration at that age. I also kind of wish we'd done more copywork. It took me a LONG time to get sold on it because it would not have helped me as a child at all. I recently got a chance to look through Bravewriter's The Wand and that would have been perfect for us. We've also done a fair amount of narration here with read alouds and such and then formally with WWE. However, we haven't done much copywork as ds just didn't have the handwriting skills. So, we just did what was in WWE1 for 1st. I can see dd1 doing much more copywork as she is much more adept in that area. We've started dictation in more depth this year with WWE2 and our spelling and I'm just absolutely loving it. I'll probably do more with dd1 in that regard for 1st to prepare her. I would have to ditto read-alouds as well, I cannot believe I forgot that. Lots and lots of GOOD books!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sctigermom Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 For my first grader we use fll for grammer,OPGTR for phonics, and I read the classics to them for language arts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1GirlTwinBoys Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 I didn't teach mine grammar in first grade, other than basic punctuation and capitalization rules. We read lot's of good books and did copy work each day. VERY glad we did it this way and I didn't try to put too much on them at such a young age. We waited until 3rd grade for a formal grammar based on lot's of great advice I received on HS boards.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamamindy Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 So nice to hear how others would have done things differently or what they loved. :) I have a first grader, and we use FLL, WWE1, lots of books (she reads & has read to her) and lots of audio. She does narration for the WWE passages, but we're going slowly with narration in other content areas. We use Spelling Workout for Spelling, but mostly because she just likes to "do school" sometimes and it's independent. I'm not sold on it. ;) I'm glad to hear what's worked for others since this is my first and I haven't seen the rewards just yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnMomof7 Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 If you can get them printing (basic letter formation and some short copywork once underway), and reading phonetically - you're doing great for LA in grade 1 :). That's about all we're doing with read alouds and narration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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