dangermom Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 We are currently using R&S 3 for grammar, and have been going through it at half-speed in order to do CW Aesop B on alternate weeks. My 8yo is in 3rd grade now, and we're getting close to the end of the book. She is still having a little bit of difficulty with diagramming and remembering which words are doing which jobs; she does well, just gets a little mixed up sometimes. I figure that time and repetition will take care of that. I would like to go at full speed next year, in 4th grade; we will also be starting Homer. I can't guarantee that we won't go slowly, though. I have heard that R&S 4 is pretty repetitive of 3, and that some people just skip to 5, but I don't really know. So given our situation, is it better to do 4 or 5? I'm leaning towards 4, and making sure that she does a lesson every day. Or we could do 5 and relax about getting the book done in a year; two years would be fine too. On the whole, she's very good at language arts. She writes well, spells with no effort, and enjoys CW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen in NS Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 We are currently using R&S 3 for grammar, and have been going through it at half-speed in order to do CW Aesop B on alternate weeks. My 8yo is in 3rd grade now, and we're getting close to the end of the book. She is still having a little bit of difficulty with diagramming and remembering which words are doing which jobs; she does well, just gets a little mixed up sometimes. I figure that time and repetition will take care of that. I would like to go at full speed next year, in 4th grade; we will also be starting Homer. I can't guarantee that we won't go slowly, though. I have heard that R&S 4 is pretty repetitive of 3, and that some people just skip to 5, but I don't really know. So given our situation, is it better to do 4 or 5? I'm leaning towards 4, and making sure that she does a lesson every day. Or we could do 5 and relax about getting the book done in a year; two years would be fine too. On the whole, she's very good at language arts. She writes well, spells with no effort, and enjoys CW. I would do 4. 5 starts to get more complicated and it might be too much for a 9yo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyco Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I really recommend going with 4, especially if your dc is having any trouble with grammar. I'm using both R&S 5 and 3 this year (the older one did 4 last year), and there's quite a leap between the two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetbaby Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I agree with the others with going ahead with R&S 4. Each year builds upon the next so R&S 4 is like a bridge to R&S 5. I wouldn't skip any levels of Rod and Staff English esp if she has had difficulty with 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted January 16, 2009 Author Share Posted January 16, 2009 Excellent, thank you. That helps me a lot. If 5 is something of a leap then I definitely want to stick with 4. I wasn't sure if 5 would be more review or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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