Third grade supplement for writing?

[lindsey]

We have been using WWE2 because it is our first year HSing and my 8yo (third grade) had never done dictation. We like it fine--we do two days a week, two activities a day. We're done in 10 minutes.

 

This feels like very little. What do you add in for your third grader, if anything? My son is a fairly capable writer (was writing way more in PS, which I know is not necessarily the level we need to aim for/may not have been entirely age-appropriate...but it honestly feels like we are doing too little right now) and a very strong reader. One or two other days I have him write a letter or a short story (a few sentences, nothing major), but I am not super creative or prepared with my ideas and prompts and he is kinda lazy with his efforts, so it's a bad combination. ;)

 

He doesn't complain about writing (print or cursive), just can't think of what to say. Was hoping for a program to supplement for that sort of thing. :)

 

Thanks all!!

[lindsey]

Can't edit--maybe we should move up to WWE3 now that he's had a couple months' practice with dictation? I forgot that was an option.

[KathyBC]

You could add in written narrations for your other subjects, like history or science?

[kiwik]

Can't edit--maybe we should move up to WWE3 now that he's had a couple months' practice with dictation? I forgot that was an option.

Try the end of year assessment for level 2. Or just skip a bit.

[purduemeche]

We used to do IEW but had to drop it as we added for kids to our homeschool.

 

We are now using Writing and Rhetoric from CAP - not perfect by any means, but it has promise and certainly isn't as complicated as IEW.

 

 

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[lindsey]

We used to do IEW but had to drop it as we added for kids to our homeschool.

 

We are now using Writing and Rhetoric from CAP - not perfect by any means, but it has promise and certainly isn't as complicated as IEW.

 

 

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I was looking at this--is the CD necessary? 

[lindsey]

You could add in written narrations for your other subjects, like history or science?

 

I do want to try that, but we've sort of had the same issue...he doesn't know what to say and ends up almost plagiarizing, lol. 

[Tiramisu]

Just Write. Book 1 might be easy. Book 2? Check Amazon Marketplace for a good deal. Chritianbook sells them, too, and has samples in their website.