Narrations — how many?

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  • hsmom22
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    I was just wondering how many total narrations (oral and written) I should require per day.  My son is 11.5. I’ve seen the recommendation of one written per week, two written per week, etc., so I just don’t know.  He can easily do one written narration per day.  I’m sure everyone’s mileage will vary, but, on average, how many?  He reads quickly–too quickly, IMO–so I’ve been trying to hold him to no more than two chapters a day from each book; one chapter has been ideal.  Therefore, because of his speed, he has many books going.  Okay, so after his reading time is done (about 45 minutes), should I just go through the readings one by one and ask him to choose one to write down and then have him orally narrate all the others?  Also, is the narration time considered part of the reading time?  If so, I’d feel a lot better about cutting it short for the narration process.  Should I stop his reading at 30 minutes and then commence with the narration time, or should I stop his reading time with, say, two books and then commence with the narration time?  What would you do? 

    Thanks!

    Michelle

    momto2blessings
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    This past year I wrote on my 12yo’s (6th gr.) schedule to do one written narration per day. I specified which subject…either lit., history, or Bible.  She reads her Bible/Devotion daily, one or two ch. of lit. daily, and one or two ch. of a history reader 4x per week.  It’s probably 20-30 min. ea. per history and lit. reading. 

    However, even though I had her doing one written narration per day I do wonder if I should have done less.  Her narrarations weren’t that long….I honestly don’t have a good guage of how long they should be. But we’re also using a CM friendly writing program, so I didn’t worry about the lenth of narrations too much.  HTH some:)  Gina

    DawnD
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    I had my child of that age do one written narration per day as well.  I selected the subject too.  Then I had them read from several different books and stop at the end of each chapter and narrate to me.  To make it easier on me, they had to come and find me where ever I was and sometimes follow me around (doing laundry and such).  With 3 kids, this was a LOT Of narrations to listen to, but it assured me that they were reading carefully.

    hsmom22
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    Thanks so much! I feel much better about implementing narration on a more consistent basis now.  So, it would be safe to assume that anything that gets read during the “school” day should get narrated then, excluding independent reading, of course.  Thanks again!

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