vaquitita Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 I'm feeling the urge to throw everything out the window and buy climbing to good English workbooks for next year. Ask me how well that went last year! Though to be fair I had my fourth grader do the second grade book simply because I had it. Lol. Not my wisest decision. I'm a relaxed, CM girl at heart, but when I read the planning threads i feel like a failure. :) is this enough for 5th grade? My son is 10, will turn 11 in the fall, and is pencil phobic. He hasn't done any formal grammar or writing so far. Reading Lessons Through Literature finish level 3, then do 4. (Spelling) English Lessons Through Literature 3. Grammar, writing, literature, copy work, dictation, poetry. Daily oral narration and weekly written narration of SOTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 I remember your threads from last year! YES! yesyesyes rttl and eltl with some assorted narrations from content is enough..... ....DO THAT! and quit looking at planning threads! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 And, to add...the key to moving your son into writing is to pick the thing and keep doing it. Writing stamina is built one letter at a time imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaquitita Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 (edited) I remember your threads from last year! YES! yesyesyes rttl and eltl with some assorted narrations from content is enough..... ....DO THAT! and quit looking at planning threads! OKBud is right, consistency matters. Honestly. if a child reads, is read to, narrates, does dictation, (throw in some grammar if that floats your boat!) and you do all this daily, or as close to as possible, everything ( with an otherwise neurotypical child) will be fine. Don't read planning threads. Or, if you want to plan, start a CM-style planning thread. Thank you. I think I just needed to hear this. Lol. Both RLTL and ELTL went very well for us for the past 4-5 months. Time to just stick with it. Now I need to some how to stop thinking about this and just enjoy summer! :) Edited to add: RLTL and ELTL went very well for us for the past 4-5 months.Sadly, I think that is the longest we've ever done anything consistently and still liked it. Lol. All this time I stressed endlessly over math, and my real trouble was LA. :) Edited June 17, 2016 by vaquitita 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Looks good to me! Go read my plans in the planning threads for grades 2, 4, and 7. Mine are so simple compared to some, but we're getting a lot out of them each day. My oldest is doing ELTL two levels back, and that's working for him. My 4th grader is doing level 3, and he is having to work at the writing, but it's good for him. ELTL has been a wonderful thing for my homeschool. We came from CLE LA, which starting to have to drag my middle son through each day. He still complains about the copywork in ELTL, but once that's done, he doesn't really have anything else to complain about. :lol: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Also, ELTL has sparked a Doctor Dolittle obsession in my 4th grader. If you need the other books, Voyages is easy to find, but some of the others found on Gutenberg Canada in HTML format. I just tossed it into Calibre and converted to a Kindle book. My son was thrilled! Not sure why they're so hard to find in the US. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaquitita Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 Looks good to me! Go read my plans in the planning threads for grades 2, 4, and 7. Mine are so simple compared to some, but we're getting a lot out of them each day. My oldest is doing ELTL two levels back, and that's working for him. My 4th grader is doing level 3, and he is having to work at the writing, but it's good for him. : Glad to hear I'm not the only one using it two levels back. Lol. The earlier levels I would be willing to use one level back, but when I look at the later levels I want to use it two levels back. Mostly because of the grammar, I want to save intense grammar for middle school. I'm not sure what I'll end up doing with my younger two boys. Just start them in it two years behind (I could time it to be the start of cursive, then shorter copy work would be a plus), or start it a year behind and only do it twice a week, or just do something else for a year at some point... Ok, I need to stop trying to plan the rest of our school years! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiramisu Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 I do with the number designations could be taken off ELTL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susie in MS Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Glad to hear I'm not the only one using it two levels back. Lol. The earlier levels I would be willing to use one level back, but when I look at the later levels I want to use it two levels back. Mostly because of the grammar, I want to save intense grammar for middle school. I'm not sure what I'll end up doing with my younger two boys. Just start them in it two years behind (I could time it to be the start of cursive, then shorter copy work would be a plus), or start it a year behind and only do it twice a week, or just do something else for a year at some point... Ok, I need to stop trying to plan the rest of our school years! Lol No, you are not the only one. I started my dd in Level 4 when she was in 5th and she will continue it in the 6th. I find not only the grammar, but the amount of writing to be a challenge. However, I really do like where it is all going. I'm just slowing it down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 (edited) My 8th grader used Level 5, and I didn't feel it was inappropriate for her...I think levels 4 and 5 are fine for a few grades behind! Somewhere I saw Kathy Jo's recommendation that Level 5 be completed before high school. I feel like my oldest ones have a wonderful understanding of grammar, and this was the only formal grammar we'd done. I think your plan sounds great! Edited June 18, 2016 by Holly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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