Mom2OandE Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 We have been using Kiss Grammar. DD seems to be struggling with it saying she doesn't understand the sentences she's being given. She was ps the past 4 years and while we were avid readers she didn't hear too many classics. Now that we are homeschooling we are tackling quite a few and I can tell her understanding is improving. In the meantime though I find myself printing off worksheets from the K12 site. It doesn't say though what grade that is geared towards. Not sure if I should keep using the K12 site and a Kiss page here and there or if I should try something else. Any 4th grade grammar recommendations? Something written in more plain language. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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monalisa Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 I don't know anything about KISS but see it talked about a lot here. One you could look at is First Language Lessons (which you could start at FLL4, but that is where it ends so you would have to choose something else next year; if she hasn't had much grammar you could use FLL3 and then 4). Rod & Staff is a strong grammar (includes diagramming) that a lot of people here use (and popular after going through FLL. I own the fourth grade R&S English, and it is pretty gentle but it is a bit schoolish (either they have to do a lot of writing, or you do a lot of it orally). It also includes writing, but we have used something else for writing (IEW). Other popular ones you could look at would be Growing with Grammar, Shurley, Michael Clay Thompson (MCT). I haven't used or owned any of those so I can't give any input on them. Not as popular on this forum, but popular in homeschooling circles in general is Easy Grammar. Maybe those will give you some ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnMomof7 Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 KISS makes my brain want to explode. Honestly - I can't figure it out to teach it! :O We just started doing CLE LA and you can pretty much jump in at grade level if you're interested in trying it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1GirlTwinBoys Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 My DD in 4th and twin boys in 3rd are all using Easy Grammar 3. We REALLY like it and they actually have fun doing the lessons. It teaches prepositions first and how to mark out prepositional phrases since the subject and verb won't be there. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 I loved how easy Rod and Staff was to teach. We did much of it orally for practice, then dd did at least two or three of the assignments. She wasn't big on it, tho, but she did learn quite a bit. You might look at the scope and sequence and see if maybe Grade 3 is a better fit. It's religious, too, if that makes any difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 (edited) . Edited June 2 by SilverMoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2OandE Posted November 2, 2012 Author Share Posted November 2, 2012 Thanks ladies. I'm going to look at all of those and make some sort of a decision on how to approach it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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