Name: Thrive! NCHE Homeschool Conference
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December 21, 2011 at 12:24 pm
simple home
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There are so many great books on SCM to choose from. BUT, I need a list divided into Readers (ones they read alone), and another for strictly Read Alouds. I would like to have this list for each of my children, according to their age. Does anyone have something similar to this and like to share?
December 21, 2011 at 2:40 pm
Tia
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I did this for my kids this year, although not all of them were CM titles. I used Sonlight’s booklists, All Through The Ages by Christine Miller, and countless websites. You can also use the Lexile website. How old are your kids?
December 21, 2011 at 3:01 pm
Tristan
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Are you talking about the history selections? If so then here is how I do it:
Family books and all grade 1-3 books are to be read aloud *unless you have a very strong reader in 3rd, then they could read on their own*. Grade 4 and up read all their books on their own except listening to family read alouds. *Again, if you have a 4th grader who is not a strong reader, go ahead and read to them! I’ve learned comprehension can be years ahead of reading ability.
December 21, 2011 at 3:21 pm
Tia
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Thanks Tristan! I always wondered how it was broken down on this site. That makes sense, in light of Sonya’s book I’m reading (The Language Arts Handbook…highly recommend btw!) 🙂
December 21, 2011 at 3:22 pm
Tia
Participant
p.s. I meant not all of them were “SCM titles” on my first post…oops!
December 21, 2011 at 4:38 pm
Monica
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I do the same as Tristan. Younger level books are read-alouds, approx. grades 4 and up they read independently (unless it is a difficult book or the child needs some additional one-on-one time). I usually don’t decide until I actually see the book and determine whether my 10YO can read and comprehend it on his own.
December 21, 2011 at 5:41 pm
Tristan
Participant
For other books I really just go by child. My oldest is 10 and has been reading chapter books since she was 6 or 7. She can polish off a 300 page book in less than a week with good comprehension. My next oldest is a boy who just turned 7 recently and he has yet to make the leap to independent reading. He is making progress, but he’s just not there yet. It’s one of the blessings of homeschooling – we can follow their gifts and abilities instead of forcing them into a one-size-fits-all timeline. The next two below him are a 6yo girl who is right where he is on reading ability and a just turned 4 yo boy who is reading level 1 readers on his own (mainly short vowel words). Everyone is different!
December 21, 2011 at 7:17 pm
simple home
Member
Thanks ladies. My two reading kids are 12 and 8, and then I am considering a list for my youngers as well.
Basically I know a lot of good resources for books out there, but I would like to have a checklist of the year’s picks (history as well as others) that I can quickly refer to for each child. I get flustered going from one resource to another and instead I need a solid list for each age. Then I can keep these lists as the little kids approach the same levels, which would save me time and effort on remembering what I used before.
Not sure if I’m making sense, sorry!
December 21, 2011 at 8:01 pm
simple home
Member
Just found this…
http://www.classical-homeschooling.org/celoop/1000-primary.html
This is sort of what I’m talking about, except I wish some of the literature could be categorized by history time period.