We spent a month on Masterbooks' Language Arts (3rd grade level) and only reached Day 10 in the workbook. Also, that was the worst tears/frustration my dyslexic 4th grader has ever had with schoolwork. So, we dropped Masterbooks on Monday and I spent the week coming up with a new plan.
Here's my plan for the school year.
Reading and Spelling
- Barton Reading and Spelling (we're in level 3)
- Lexile level readers from the library
Handwriting
- Handwriting without Tears Cursive
Grammar
- Reading through the Brian Cleary grammar books + some homemade grammar exercises that I'm going to put on the dry erase board once a week (exercises based on the books we read)
- A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink. What is a Noun?
- A Lime, a Mime, a Pool of Slime. More About Nouns.
- To Root, to Toot, to Parachute. What is a Verb?
- Slide and Slurp, Scratch and Burp. More About Verbs.
- I and You and Don't Forget Who. What is a Pronoun?
- Hairy, Scary, Ordinary. What is an Adjective?
- Dearly, Nearly Insincerely. What is an Adverb?
- Lazily, Crazily, Just a Bit Nasally. More About Adverbs.
- But and For, Yet and Nor. What is a Conjunction?
- I'm and Won't, They're and Don't. What is a Contraction?
- Cool, Whoa, Ah and Oh. What is an Interjection?
- Under, Over, By the Clover. What is a Preposition?
- Straight and Curvy, Meek and Nervy. More About Antonyms.
- We're going to watch the grammar songs/videos from Schoolhouse Rock.
- Schoolhouse Rock/Grammar Rock Videos (on Youtube)
- "A Noun is a Person, Place or Thing"
- "Verb, that's what's Happening"
- "Conjunction Junction"
- "Interjections"
- "Unpack Your Adjectives"
- "Lolly, Lolly, Lolly Get Your Adverbs Here"
- "Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla"
- "Busy Prepositions"
- "The Tale of Mr. Morton"
Writing
- Bravewriter (The Writer's Jungle)
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