amyc78 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I think we are going to do AAR-1 for kindergarten. We just finished the pre-reading level and she liked it so why rock the boat? :) My question is, where is AAR weak and how would you supplement? Or where should I be prepared to supplement if necessary? I just hear a lot that no single reading curriculum is perfect so I want to be aware of any gaps. TIA! Ps- we have done a little of easy peasy and BOB books, she is reading CVC words but sight words seem to be harder for her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staysea Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 We are half way through AAR2 right now. We don't really do sight words. AAR does teach a few sight words, but not many. I just teach my dd how to sound out words phonetically, and then tell her that its a tricky word, and we pronounce it weird. She seems to learn to automatically pronounce it the right way after a little practice with it. I don't like the idea of her learning that it is ok to just memorize words. The only thing I am supplementing with is actual books. Right now, dd is reading Frog and Toad books. With AAR 1, I would probably do some Dr. Suess. My only complaint with AAR, is that it is very slow on teaching phonics concepts. I'm actually about to skip about half the remaining lessons of AAR2. For instance, it teaches the silent E, and then blends with the silent E, and plurals with the silent E. DD just does not need to go over all of that, so we will probably be in AAR3 by the end of summer, and that gets expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meghann Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 We are on AAR 2, and I honestly don't think it needs supplemented. It does a great job covering everything, and introducing it in a way that would benefit a child, no matter how they learn. The only thing you would want is additional readers, for additional practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meg429 Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 We're now doing AAR with DD and Pre-level with DS. I don't think any supplementation is needed. I have tried to incorporate BOB books and things in the past, but always went back to just AAR - it is enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addiebelle Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 We are doing AAR 1 for K now too. I do think that AAR is complete and does not need supplementation. However, my DD5 likes to read from other readers too, so we incorporate Bob Books and other easy readers for extra practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3curlytops Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 We just started AAR, but it seems pretty complete. I think I'm going to do a few pintrest activities for sight words, just for fun. I've got the first set of BOB readers, a set of Abeka readers, and some other random first readers to try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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