sbgrace Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 I'm switching to CLE. I purchased all the light units for our current level. A little over 1/2 the new teaching lesson material is going to be review for us. What is the best way to move through the material, given some "new" will be review? I'm hoping to complete this level this year so we aren't behind going into 6th grade. One of mine is not capable of doing multiple lessons/a high volume of problems each day. I've looked through most of the units, and I think we'll have some lessons that are new and others that are review in every unit, even LU2. I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaplank Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 My suggestion would be to entirely skip LU 1. You can skip all the quizzes and tests for all the rest of the light units. Every 5th lesson is "just for fun" and could be easily skipped or added to another lesson. However I have been impressed with the "just for fun" lessons because they teach logic skills. You can always pick and choose how many review problems to do per day and you might be able to do 2 lessons in a day. Just start with LU 2 and see how it goes - making adjustments along the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie of KY Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 If you are comfortable skipping lessons you can do that. Otherwise, I'd recommend picking and choosing a couple of review problems (maybe just the hardest ones). If these are done easily, then you probably don't need to do all the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrale Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Skip the first light year of each grade. Do two lessons a day. But only do 1 speed drill.... Or if there are enough facts in the review skip both speed drills in the back of the book. Skip the review questions if you think the child has mastered them. Do a lesson on Saturday and one on Sunday. You could be completing 12 lessons a week that way. Currently we are completing a book in about 2 weeks. We still do everything as the review is nice. But we sometimes skip a speed drill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittleBears Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 We are combining math programs right now so we skip all the test, drills etc. If I know ds knows the stuff I let him do only on or two problems in a section for review. He really does not need to do ten problems of something he already knows. Think beating a dead horse. But I always make sure he is understanding everything. I seems to be working pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritaserum Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 We accelerate by eliminating most of the review (anything that's solidly mastered). We do all the review for lessons 4, 9, and 15 because the quizzes and test are lessons 5, 10, and 16. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stm4him Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 I think there are some pretests where if they pass it they don't end up needing to do the lesson......But I don't actually have it in my hands yet so maybe that is only in the first LU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritaserum Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Only the first LU of each levels has pretests. It's for kids who didn't do the previous level of the program. It fills any holes they might have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy to monkeys Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 I'd say skip the the first LU completely. Skip the quizzes but do the tests. The lessons are very long, but if most of it is a review, your child will probably whip right through and be able to do two lessons in one day. If they are able to do this, crossing out some of the same types of problems is no big deal. We've flip-flopped with many things in our homeschool career. CLE math is the one thing we've stuck with for years. I think you'll love it. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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