tdbates78 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Hi everyone! So we are in lesson 4 of of Book 4 of ETC. We completed Book 3 recently, so I am fairly familiar with how it works. I am in the midst of lesson planning for the next few weeks, and I've noticed that some of the lessons, starting with lesson 6, seem to be a little more advanced than I was expecting. Not trying to underestimate my girls, but I am a bit concerned so I am allotting extra time for these lessons. We just learned syllables, and they do get it (and like doing them!) but the open and closed syllables seem a little confusing. TBH I don't even remember learning open and closed syllables :) I recall reading somewhere that some homeschoolers flip flop books 4 and 5, doing 5 first, because they claim 4 is more difficult. Does anyone here do that? I'm wondering if it's true. I do already have book 5 (my girls really like ETC so thus far we've been going through it pretty quickly, doing a lesson a day or over 2 days) so I could switch over 5. But if the lessons build on themselves I don't want to cause confusion. Guess I'm just looking for advice for those who've used ETC. Thanks! Tracy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysticmomma Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 1-3, 5, 6, 4 is the commonly recommended order and what we did. Worked great. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 We skipped 4 completely. My boys read fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdbates78 Posted February 18, 2017 Author Share Posted February 18, 2017 Great. Thank you so much for the information. I will go ahead and put 4 away and start on 5 and go from there. I'm glad I asked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 4 was useful for ds... but I did wish I'd done 5 and maybe 6 first. Definitely put it away for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdrinca Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 We did them in order, and refer frequently to open and closed syllables when addressing spelling questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Part of the reason that I skipped 4 was that open and closed definitions vary between the UK and the US. I had intended to go back to 4 later, when I had had the time to mark up the copies, but I never needed to. For example, Ze-bra vs. Zeb-ra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 We did them in order, and refer frequently to open and closed syllables when addressing spelling questions. That's why I say it was useful. But at the point at which we got to it, ds wasn't really cognitively ready for the concepts yet. And book 5 hardly uses them at all and focuses on other new patterns. That's why it seems really off to me. I do think other things teach the open vs. closed concepts much better - other ds had to do AAS, for example and it's covered much more clearly in there, IMHO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbatoo Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 I never knew there was an alternative way. We just did then in otder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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