Can I switch from CLE to Rod and Staff?

[Mom28kds]

My ds has done CLE 100 and 200 LA and I'm considering switching to R & S next year fir 3rd grade because I don't want to use the writing or spelling with CLE. How would the transition be? They say its not good to curriculum hop. But I know R&S is highly recommended on here.

[Blossom'sGirl]

I think it would be fine. None of my guys did R &S in 2nd grade (they did FLL). They all started in 3rd grade. I have also learned not to be alarmed when they have a hard time with a concept in third because the english repeats and builds on the concepts each year. I was banging my head with my one guy in third and now he is sitting here doing his 4th grade work with no problems.

 

I will say that I don't make them do all the written exercises. We do most orally and only the written if it seems beneficial like diagramming or adding plurals and possessives where the spelling is important. I do have them do all the worksheets.

[boscopup]

Absolutely. It's fine to curriculum hop in grammar, IMO. All elementary programs repeat everything year to year. Just jump in at grade level, and you're good to go!

 

We did one chapter of R&S 2, one chapter of R&S 3, all of FLL1, half of FLL2, half of FLL3, level 1 of KISS, and then skipped some redundant lessons in R&S 4 and now are going straight through from there. I do have my son do the written exercises now (about half of them), because he needs the practice writing. I usually only have him do 2 or 3 diagrams, and I pick ones that are different (like one will have a predicate noun, another will have a direct object). I often let him do the diagramming on the white board. He has fun with that. :)

[Ellie]

They say its not good to curriculum hop.

 

If you used something different every.single.year, that would be curriculum hopping. Deciding to use a different method/publisher after two years of using the same one...isn't. ;-)

[MamaHappy]

I agree.... to go from CLE LA 2 to R&S English 3 would be *totally* fine. In fact, a 3rd grader could start R&S English 3 with no prior grammar at all. :)