PineFarmMom Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 I'm brainstorming more about our grammar choices. Ds is in 3rd grade this year, and we are finishing R&S3 right now. I want to alter things and not have grammar take so long each day OR I want to do it fewer days per week. Would it be doable to move from R&S3 to R&S5? I own it, and what I'd do is pace R&S5 out over two years, doing it about 3 days per week, taking our time, and being thorough. Is there much that we'd miss from R&S4 that would make this a bad idea? We've done R&S4 in the past, but I loaned it out and really don't remember what it involves. Thoughts? When 6th rolled around, we'd go ahead and move into R&S6 or we'd find something else that I found fitting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 I've successfully done R&S grammar only 3 days a week before. It's already a 4 day a week book. We merged the writing lessons into things they were writing about anyway, and when there were easier grammar lessons back-to-back we'd do two of them. It evened out in the end, and made that particular season go smoother. This wouldn't work as well if you're going to expect the DC to work above grade level though. You could just do light grammar for the year with Grammar Land or something else, and start 5 in grade 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmrich Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 I only do three lessons a week from Rod and Staff as it is. We do so much orally, and I allow her to write in the book. Our lessons take 20 minutes together and another 15 on her own. Personally I would not skip level 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaLisa Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 So 2 questions: can you skip Level 4 with R & S grammar and can you shorten the amount of time you spend each day doing it? Skipping: I think there will be gaps if you skip from 3 to 5; Level 5 is actually pretty meaty. If you know are comfortable and can detour, or camp out and fill in the details, then it might work. But going from 3 - 4 - 5 would of course be more seamless. Shortening: Our grammar,even at the highest levels, really only takes about 10ish - 15 minutes a day. There are two reasons for that I think: 1) dc have done grammar each year, so the lessons either review a concept or add on just a bit. There are no huge new concepts that are totally foreign being introduced. Because it's been a drip, drip, drip every school day, they get it, I review it and we move on to exercises. 2) in the same vein, we do nearly all of the grammar lesson orally. Sometimes we read, sometimes I skim and summarize. We go through one or maybe two exercises orally and then I send dc off to complete the worksheet. If there is no coordinating worksheet for that lesson, I usually assign an exercise from the book. HTH, Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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