New Language Arts recomendations & EFTTC 2

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  • March 11, 2014 at 9:11 pm
    eawerner
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    I will admit I haven’t looked at the curriculum guide in a while – I printed the old one out a couple years ago and have Planning Your CM Education so I didn’t need to reference it much.  I went looking at spelling/dictation today and happened to notice that EFTTC 1&2 are no longer on the guide at all.  Do some of the SCM resources for Language Arts cover that material, or does the SCM team no longer feel those are a good idea for that age, or ???

    I’m curious because we finished EFTTC 1 this year (Second Grade).  I was planning on doing 2 next year for Third Grade, but even among those who do a gentle grammar intro it doesn’t seem common to go through the second book so I was waffling on the idea now. 

    I did like portions of the first book.  Going over addressing an envelope, learning how many days are in each month via poetry, using correct punctuation at the end of a sentence, using the poems for part of our copywork this year, – all great things that dd enjoyed.  Any composition that was not narration was a bit difficult though.  It was such a small amount that it wasn’t a big deal, but I’m wondering if that increses much in the second book.

    March 11, 2014 at 10:34 pm
    Sonya Shafer
    Moderator

    While I like portions of EFTTC, I also find a lot of unnecessary repetition of other subjects that we’re already doing, like poetry and narration and picture study and such. Feel free to use it as desired; it’s still a great resource.

    March 12, 2014 at 8:30 pm
    eawerner
    Participant

    Thank you, Sonya.  We also do those subjects separately so it’s doubling up for us as well.  I guess I struggle with using only part of a resource sometimes, even when I don’t like the whole resource.  It’s silly and I should just get over it!

    The grammar/language parts though, addresses, punctuation, ect., do you feel those are covered well enough through regular copywork? And by covered, does that mean the student will pick it up naturally, or the parent points those things out to them?

    March 12, 2014 at 8:47 pm
    Sonya Shafer
    Moderator

    It doesn’t hurt for the parent to point those out once the student is comfortable with the mechanics of handwriting (i.e., forming the letters) and doesn’t need to be concentrating on that aspect too. Some of it the student will pick up naturally, but a gentle point before copying or transcribing or during the pre-reading/studying phase of the dictation process is good.

    March 13, 2014 at 7:04 pm
    eawerner
    Participant

    Thank you, Sonya.  🙂

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