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The Byrd's Nest
Feb. 8, 2008
Making plans and making orders: confessions of a curriculum junkie
The past few weeks have spend evaluating various curricula to use next year. I love this process but it is so difficult to decide. There is so much out there! I need to have at least five more kids so I could use all the different curriculum options that I find interesting. I'll be and sure and tell my husband!
Right now I'm concentrating on choices for my 8 year old who will be in 3rd grade next year. I've decided on McGruffy Language Arts 3. I previously used Growing With Grammar when my other daughter was in 3rd and loved it. Originally, I just assumed I'd use this again. It is a wonderful curriculum for grammar and I have no complaints about it. However, McGruffy LA has all the components of 3rd grade language arts contained into one program. McGruffy contains phonics, reading, spelling, grammar, and handwriting. There are also creative writing assignments. I'm planning on using IEW for writing so these assignments will just be extra fun for us. My language arts choices have previously been piecemeal ( one thing for grammar, another for spelling, etcc.) so it will be a nice change to have all of language arts connected into one program. I'll still use GWG 5 for my other daughter.
In addition to McGruffy, my daughter will be reading several novels. I'm looking into using Teaching the Classics or Reading Strands to guide me in using the Socratic method in our discussions of literature.
My girls did Winter Promise American Story 1 last year so we will continue with American Story 2 next year.
For math, I am divided between Singapore, Teaching Textbooks, or Horizons. I'm currently clueless about science.
My kindergartner will continue with TATRAS and Explode the Code, Handwriting without Tears, and MUS ( I love Math U See for provided a solid foundation in conceptual understanding). I want to add some other fun things but I havent' even begun looking for her yet.
For my daughter who will be in 5th grade, the only firm decisions are Winter Promise AS2, Growing With Grammar, IEW, and Mosdos Lit. I'll turn the focus on her curricula after I finish with her sister.
Isn't this fun? I love choosing and box day feels like a holiday.
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