Sarah Breakfield

We used ULW with SW this year and really like it. I like that it included SW (which worked well for my DD last year, used it for copy work and transcription)) and intro to grammar with ULW. That it uses the passages from SW that the student is studying for dictation as the grammar lesson because it makes sense to be to study one selection, not jump around for LA. It just feels very fluid to have it combined and just the right amount if writing so the student is not overwhelmed. We started written narration (once/week for 4th grade) and if we had continued with ILL doing SW for spelling and written narrations it would have been a lot of writing.

I also really like that if you start in 3rd grade with part one of SW and ULW it has use using it for copy work into transcription. I tried dictation in 3rd but am glad I set it aside and tried again in 4th it went much smoother! This year my DD is doing part 2 of SW and ULW with great success.