Guest slayergrl99 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 My son ''should'' be starting 1st grade next year. We've been homeschooling loosely with Montessori materials (I am a trained 3 to 6 teacher), and I am having a hard time figuring out where he fits in, maths and reading wise to choose curriculum for 1st grade.Does anyone know of a site where I can get a good idea of where he should start? I was thinking of using Singapore with him for Maths. He's doing basic addition and subtraction with confidence and has started doing some basic multiplication. He's got his father's brains for math and can do calculations in his head. Reading wise, he's mastered basic phonics and is moving into long vowels, blends, phonemes, etc. We've been using workpages from www.galacticphonics.com to give him a challenge. Can anyone give me an idea of where I should start with him? I am in Europe and have a hard time getting English resources here, so anything I can know ahead of time will be useful. Thanks, in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Most math curricula have placement tests available, you could start there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Here are placement tests for Singapore: http://www.singaporemath.com/Placement_Test_s/86.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I don't know what you have available for reading instruction, but one option could be Progressive Phonics. It is free online, you could look at it to figure out where to start (sounds like he'd start with their intermediate level). Once he gets through with PP, you would continue on with easy reader type books. Otherwise, many reading programs also have placement tests or will help with placement if you email them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Phonics Resources: www.starfall.com I See Sam Jolly Phonics/Jolly Grammar Galore Park {not phonics but has resources for later on} Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I wonder if maybe it would make sense for you to just continue on with Montessori, since it seems to be going well? Pick up the Keys to the Universe albums and just keep going? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justasque Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 You really have to evaluate every program/text/etc. separately. Grade levels are a very rough way to organize lessons. Children in a particular grade vary widely. Where a particular program starts, and how fast it moves, varies widely even for programs labeled with the same grade level. I found it helped to get a sense of the general progression of learning (scope and sequence), figure out where my child fell on each skill, and choose texts that were a good fit for moving forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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