Sonlight Readers?

[Ohmomjacquie]

Hi everyone! Looking for reading for 4th grade next year. Don't want a "reader" but like real books which is why I was looking at SL. We tried just doing our own thing this year but I don't stay on track with just my own thing. SO I need something planned for me. I was looking at sonight's reading and like the looks of it. I did look at the IG samples and it has everything in it like spelling and such which we use our own. Would it be good to get the IG even if we're just using it for the reading aspect?

 

Any other programs I should look into that may work for us?

 

oh yeah and I had my dd take the reading assessment on the SL page. the 3rd grade she got all but 1 and missed I think 4 on the 4th grade. We wouldn't be starting til june so i figure by then she'll be fine with the fourth grade stuff.TIA for any help!

[Momof2littles]

You can buy just the reader schedule on the SL site. It's like $5 or something super cheap. Search for 4th grade reader schedule.

[3peasinapod]

The reader schedules are available for purcahse separately for K, 1, 2, 3, and 4/5. It is just the readers scheduled out with comprehension questions. The reader schedule for Core D and up readers are in the expensive Core IGs.

 

It sounds like your DD would do well with the 4/5 readers based on the test you took. Several books you may know of representative to 4/5 readers are Ralph S. Mouse, Misty of Chincoteague, and Henry and Ribsy. SL schedules harder/more challenging books with a tad bit easier to keep the child's confidence higher and to give them a break.

 

The 3 readers are chapter books more like The Magic Treehouse. Short chapters with larger text and more white space than 4/5.