knit247 Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 This rambles a bit - ty for staying with me on this. Also, I did a search and came up with several posts about skipping a level with R&S grammar, but still have a question. DD#1 is newly 11 and in 6th grade. She is a very bright kid, and used to be 2 yrs. "ahead" in every subject. However... I am the type of person who wants every. single. box. checked, and because of that both of my daughters are now "behind". DD#1 just finished R&S 4 yesterday :glare: She is bored beyond belief with most everything we are doing in school, and I am afraid that I have all but killed any love she had for learning. FWIW, the only thing that I haven't regularly taught - science - she excels in and could easily do high school level. If given a choice, she would read about anything science-related all day. I have a friend with a bright son (7th grade) who was very bored with his work. He asked to skip ahead in several subjects (they do not use R&S) and has done very well with it. She has suggested that I skip at least the 5th grade R&S and has really has encouraged me to skip the 6th as well. FWIW, DD#1 and her son think very much alike - both are viual-spatial, science-minded, and dx ADHD-Inattentive. Not sure if that is going to matter or not... But (I am almost done!) I read through my board search that R&S 5 is really not to be missed/skipped. WWYD? Quote
~Anna~ Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 My DD is in 7th, but just came out of public school with little to no grammar experience. I have been considering R&S too, and I also had read and thought I should start with 5. But then I started questioning it, and thinking about bumping up to 6. Reading this post helped me. I don't know about bumping your DD to 7 though, might want to consider 6. Quote
SilverMoon Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 (edited) knit247 said: Edited June 9 by SilverMoon Quote
knit247 Posted October 10, 2012 Author Posted October 10, 2012 TY both for the replies. I know that I should move her to an appropriate grade level. I know that she could do the work. It's just that nagging voice inside that says, "You didn't do 5 - you didn't do 5..." I have to realize (accept?) that I am the one holding my DDs back because of my own hang-ups. So, tomorrow it's on to R&S 6 we go. I feel certain that the world won't end...will it ;) Quote
Clear Creek Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 TY both for the replies. I know that I should move her to an appropriate grade level. I know that she could do the work. It's just that nagging voice inside that says, "You didn't do 5 - you didn't do 5..." I have to realize (accept?) that I am the one holding my DDs back because of my own hang-ups. So, tomorrow it's on to R&S 6 we go. I feel certain that the world won't end...will it ;) This post from a long-time user of all the levels of R&S English might help ease your fears a bit. :001_smile: Quote
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