rebereid Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 I am definitely going to do WWE1 for my ds's 1st grade year. I will probably add in LoE Essentials (we're working through LoE Foundations right now) for additional spelling/phonics review. He's reading fluently. I posted the other week asking if you all thought grammar was necessary in first grade...and now I am definitely thinking it is. So my next question is how much grammar is there in LoE Essentials? We will probably take 2 weeks per lesson so it may last us a long time. Would I need something else for Language Arts grammar and vocabulary? I feel silly asking if it's necessary one week and asking if it's ENOUGH the next week..... Maybe that's a clue that this will be the right amount? I'd appreciate feedback for those who've used Essentials, especially from those who used it at a slow pace for younger kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clemota Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 :lurk5: I'm in the same situation with my K-er. Eager to hear what others have to say... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmamaz Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 we're on lesson 3, maybe? (idk, we keep having health crises lol) They introduced nouns one week and verbs the next, and you had to mark the words on the spelling list as verbs or nouns, and create phrases combining adjectives and nouns from the list. he's in 4th, its all easy review for him, but LA is his nightmare subject, so he's actually comfortable with that. Writing plurals for some reason caused a lay-on-the-chair-and-whine fit . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2pandc Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 The grammar in Logic of English is very rich and thorough. I used it at an accelerated pace with my third grader at about a lesson every day or two. By the end, I dropped some of the grammar, because it was over his (and somewhat my) head. I am also doing it at a 1 lesson per week pace with my 1st grader. We are on lesson 23 and she is doing amazingly well with all of it. To note, we never used foundations, we began with Essentials before Foundations was released. Her reading ability has increased dramatically, and she has kept up with the grammar suprisingly well thus far. She can pick out subject nouns, adjectives, transitive verbs, direct objects, indirect objects, and articles so far. I'm very lenient in my expectations for the grammar section, but she has surprised me how well she understands it after the repetition that is present in the book. I do feel that once we get to a certain point, I may drop the grammar all together because what first grader needs to know suboordinating conjuctions? But for right now, as long as she gets it, I do it. I would take at his pace and let that be your guide. If he doesn't get the past the direct object/indirect object parts, just keep having him underline them as nouns, verbs, adjectives. There is plenty of time to identify the "jobs" in the later years. (ETA: Sometimes I do some of the exercises verbally because it can be a lot of writing, although it may not be over 2 weeks. Some of the dictation and composition I just have her do a couple instead of the 5-10 it has space for.) I love Logic of English! As far as vocabulary, it does do some work with developing vocab through prefix and suffixes, but I think more vocab comes from just reading good books at this age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebereid Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share Posted February 24, 2013 The grammar in Logic of English is very rich and thorough. I used it at an accelerated pace with my third grader at about a lesson every day or two. By the end, I dropped some of the grammar, because it was over his (and somewhat my) head. I am also doing it at a 1 lesson per week pace with my 1st grader. We are on lesson 23 and she is doing amazingly well with all of it. To note, we never used foundations, we began with Essentials before Foundations was released. Her reading ability has increased dramatically, and she has kept up with the grammar suprisingly well thus far. She can pick out subject nouns, adjectives, transitive verbs, direct objects, indirect objects, and articles so far. I'm very lenient in my expectations for the grammar section, but she has surprised me how well she understands it after the repetition that is present in the book. I do feel that once we get to a certain point, I may drop the grammar all together because what first grader needs to know suboordinating conjuctions? But for right now, as long as she gets it, I do it. I would take at his pace and let that be your guide. If he doesn't get the past the direct object/indirect object parts, just keep having him underline them as nouns, verbs, adjectives. There is plenty of time to identify the "jobs" in the later years. (ETA: Sometimes I do some of the exercises verbally because it can be a lot of writing, although it may not be over 2 weeks. Some of the dictation and composition I just have her do a couple instead of the 5-10 it has space for.) I love Logic of English! As far as vocabulary, it does do some work with developing vocab through prefix and suffixes, but I think more vocab comes from just reading good books at this age. I am so excited to hear this.I think I know what I'm doing next year!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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