We love Math You See! The nice short videos are so good. We almost did IEW but decided to go with EIW instead. It has much shorter videos and also includes grammar. It had levels to where I could even start my first grader on simple writing as well.
I taught my 3rd grader IEW 1A SSS by spreading lessons out. It can take us 2-3 weeks to work through all the bullets on the IEW 5-day plan. He does IEW 3 times a week, and we are going to just keep going with it into 4th.
We also stopped TGTB math level 2. I was going to try to hold out til the end of the year with her. She was past halfway but I didn’t love how it taught multiplication in level 2. So we quit. I’m just putting stuff together until the end of the year until math with confidence 3 comes out. We did Our Star Spangled Story a few years ago and loved it. It helped my oldest come to love History
With S&S, you can complete the course more slowly, over 2 years, and then do 1-2 years of their themed writing courses that correspond to his grade level. They learn the method of writing in the S&S course, and then they can choose from the other courses and get more practice with their S&S skills.
With structure and style we go with my 4th graders pace. Sometimes it took us 3 weeks to do a weeks worth. You can split I up that way you only do half this year and other half next year. That’s what I’m doing.
We also really like All About Spelling, great program! We started IEW a few weeks ago, so far it’s been really good!(5th grader) I casually tried to have my 3rd grader start IEW with us, but he isn’t ready, didn’t make it through the first video.(He’s currently doing TGATB LA Level 2)
We did Star Spangled Story two years ago and loved it! I will have a 4th and 2nd next year and we will be starting fix it grammar also which I am super excited about.
I contacted iew and they told me to hold off until 4th grade to start the video program. So we plan on doing their writing curriculum on the Bible study for 3rd grade.
@@Homeschoolingonpurpose no problem! They are easy to contact and talk with. They will tell you their reasoning behind waiting until 4th so you can make your own decisions.
We decided to hold off on S & S for 3rd grade this year and I think it was the best decision! Like you, we focused on fun readers (or books he was interested in), Spelling and Grammar. That was it! He said it was his favorite year of school so far😂 Now that he's had a whole year to work on fluency, comprehension, and spelling I think he'll be MUCH better equipped to hand S & S. It is SO tempting to do ALL the things every year! But we have time to get it all done. I forget I don't have to master every Language Arts topic every single year😂
It sounds like you have a great year planned 🎉 I think with IEW S and S that you have kind of an easy to hard lay out and it will say something like "ages or grades do this and older kids do that" or the blue folder/binder from IEW says it like that. But, we mostly use the themed writing books. I have a plan for the upcoming school year but I remain flexible in my mind. We are sticking with the math that has worked for us. We combine "Math Lessons for a Living Education" with Easy Peasy Math for my oldest (4th) and youngest (1st). My rising 3rd-ish grader, will just be doing Easy Peasy Math. Then my oldest does Classical Conversations Essentials program for her LA then she and I discussed and I will assign 5 books the rest is her choice. My middle daughter (the 3rd-ish grader) will continue with hooked on phonics and McGuffey's readers. She also does oral narration and Copy-work. The same for the 1st grader. My two oldest do spelling together using a vintage speller called, "The Aldine Speller". We cover everything else pretty much with our Classical Conversations Co-op Community.
Loved watching this. My oldest is also 8 and going into Grade 3. We use all about spelling as well. We still need to start level 2 though, but I’m excited to try level 2 in color since they just released level 1&2 in color with an activity book. 😊
I saw the level 2 in color but I had already purchased the older version. And there definitely was apart of me that said just buy the new! But I refrained, but next year!! 🤣
@@Homeschoolingonpurpose fair enough. I have level 1&2 in the original version too but I have some funding so I opted to get both and we can see what version works best for us. If you get the color version I hope you enjoy it
That is what I have typically seen as well. So it’s interesting to me that it’s meant for 3rd graders. So Im wondering if I can scale it back to his level.
@@Homeschoolingonpurpose the beauty of homeschooling is that you can adapt it or even say hey this is an awesome program but I think I’ll wait until next year if it just seems to be a little too advanced. Great picks. We are doing My Star Spangled Story this year and we are doing TGTB science although we have the old versions. I’m a little afraid the revised versions are going to fall flat for me with how little of content there is compared to the old ones but I want to try one out over the summer to see what we think before I order several for 23-24 school year.
how was the transition in Math? My second grader just finished TGTB program, and wanting to move to Math U See, but TGTB didn't teach decimal adding or carrying multiple times in grade 2, which would have been already covered in Math U See Beta. Technically yes the Gamma would be the third grade level but how did you make the smooth transition with that advanced addition gap being there?
The transition was as I suspected it would be. We had to take multiplication slower than normal because he had to really understand the carrying the concept that he did not get good ground work on. But moving now into delta I’m still glad I did it! Math u see is wonderful, and just take it slow and review concepts that need help. Sometimes my son would need a week of addition and subtraction review and that was totally ok!
We love Math You See! The nice short videos are so good. We almost did IEW but decided to go with EIW instead. It has much shorter videos and also includes grammar. It had levels to where I could even start my first grader on simple writing as well.
I noticed you don’t have more recent videos… I would LOVE an update on how these curriculum choices are going for your 3rd grader!
New videos are coming soon!!❤️
I taught my 3rd grader IEW 1A SSS by spreading lessons out. It can take us 2-3 weeks to work through all the bullets on the IEW 5-day plan. He does IEW 3 times a week, and we are going to just keep going with it into 4th.
Thank you for your input! That was exactly my thoughts just taking it super slow, and scaling back where he needs to.
We are doing IEW SSS with my 3rd grader. He is doing fine, we sometimes take more than a week to do a 'week' but he is managing the work fine.
We also stopped TGTB math level 2. I was going to try to hold out til the end of the year with her. She was past halfway but I didn’t love how it taught multiplication in level 2. So we quit. I’m just putting stuff together until the end of the year until math with confidence 3 comes out.
We did Our Star Spangled Story a few years ago and loved it. It helped my oldest come to love History
With S&S, you can complete the course more slowly, over 2 years, and then do 1-2 years of their themed writing courses that correspond to his grade level. They learn the method of writing in the S&S course, and then they can choose from the other courses and get more practice with their S&S skills.
Thank you so much!!
I'm sold on the lapbook! Thanks for sharing.
With structure and style we go with my 4th graders pace. Sometimes it took us 3 weeks to do a weeks worth. You can split I up that way you only do half this year and other half next year. That’s what I’m doing.
I think that is my plan as well after hearing from you all just taking it slow is the best approach. Thank you for sharing your experience!!
@@Homeschoolingonpurpose no problem.
We are doing Notgrass too❤❤❤Love these kinds of videos I’m still waiting on my curriculum order to put together a video 😊😅
Those Classic Starts books look great! I’m going to check them out with the literature guides. Thanjs
We also really like All About Spelling, great program! We started IEW a few weeks ago, so far it’s been really good!(5th grader) I casually tried to have my 3rd grader start IEW with us, but he isn’t ready, didn’t make it through the first video.(He’s currently doing TGATB LA Level 2)
I’m concerned that will be my son with IEW but my goal is to take it super slow. And keep him interested. I’m glad your 5th grader is loving it!
We did Star Spangled Story two years ago and loved it! I will have a 4th and 2nd next year and we will be starting fix it grammar also which I am super excited about.
Yay! I hope you have the best year!
I contacted iew and they told me to hold off until 4th grade to start the video program. So we plan on doing their writing curriculum on the Bible study for 3rd grade.
Really?? That is interesting that’s the first I have heard of that. I will look into this! Thanks for sharing!
@@Homeschoolingonpurpose no problem! They are easy to contact and talk with. They will tell you their reasoning behind waiting until 4th so you can make your own decisions.
Yes! 3rd is very young for S&S - most people I know use People & Places
We decided to hold off on S & S for 3rd grade this year and I think it was the best decision! Like you, we focused on fun readers (or books he was interested in), Spelling and Grammar. That was it! He said it was his favorite year of school so far😂 Now that he's had a whole year to work on fluency, comprehension, and spelling I think he'll be MUCH better equipped to hand S & S. It is SO tempting to do ALL the things every year! But we have time to get it all done. I forget I don't have to master every Language Arts topic every single year😂
It sounds like you have a great year planned 🎉
I think with IEW S and S that you have kind of an easy to hard lay out and it will say something like "ages or grades do this and older kids do that" or the blue folder/binder from IEW says it like that. But, we mostly use the themed writing books.
I have a plan for the upcoming school year but I remain flexible in my mind. We are sticking with the math that has worked for us. We combine "Math Lessons for a Living Education" with Easy Peasy Math for my oldest (4th) and youngest (1st). My rising 3rd-ish grader, will just be doing Easy Peasy Math.
Then my oldest does Classical Conversations Essentials program for her LA then she and I discussed and I will assign 5 books the rest is her choice. My middle daughter (the 3rd-ish grader) will continue with hooked on phonics and McGuffey's readers. She also does oral narration and Copy-work. The same for the 1st grader. My two oldest do spelling together using a vintage speller called, "The Aldine Speller". We cover everything else pretty much with our Classical Conversations Co-op Community.
I am visiting a CC community next week to see if it might be a fit for our family! Thanks for sharing with me🙂
@@Homeschoolingonpurpose I hope it works out for you! God has certainly used C.C. to bless our family ❤️
Loved watching this. My oldest is also 8 and going into Grade 3. We use all about spelling as well. We still need to start level 2 though, but I’m excited to try level 2 in color since they just released level 1&2 in color with an activity book. 😊
I saw the level 2 in color but I had already purchased the older version. And there definitely was apart of me that said just buy the new! But I refrained, but next year!! 🤣
@@Homeschoolingonpurpose fair enough. I have level 1&2 in the original version too but I have some funding so I opted to get both and we can see what version works best for us. If you get the color version I hope you enjoy it
Do you have a link for the lapbooks that go along with your starter books! Those look so fun
Yes! www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/?s=Lapbook+a
I’ve typically seen S&S started in 4th or even 5th despite it saying it’s for 3rd.
That is what I have typically seen as well. So it’s interesting to me that it’s meant for 3rd graders. So Im wondering if I can scale it back to his level.
@@Homeschoolingonpurpose the beauty of homeschooling is that you can adapt it or even say hey this is an awesome program but I think I’ll wait until next year if it just seems to be a little too advanced. Great picks. We are doing My Star Spangled Story this year and we are doing TGTB science although we have the old versions. I’m a little afraid the revised versions are going to fall flat for me with how little of content there is compared to the old ones but I want to try one out over the summer to see what we think before I order several for 23-24 school year.
Yes absolutely! ❤️❤️
Math with confidence.
Thank you!
I have one doing math U see and one daughter doing math with confidence.
Where did you find the lap books for the classic start books?
I ordered them off of confessions of a homeschooler website. It is a download where you will print it off and assemble the lap book yourself.
how was the transition in Math? My second grader just finished TGTB program, and wanting to move to Math U See, but TGTB didn't teach decimal adding or carrying multiple times in grade 2, which would have been already covered in Math U See Beta. Technically yes the Gamma would be the third grade level but how did you make the smooth transition with that advanced addition gap being there?
The transition was as I suspected it would be. We had to take multiplication slower than normal because he had to really understand the carrying the concept that he did not get good ground work on. But moving now into delta I’m still glad I did it! Math u see is wonderful, and just take it slow and review concepts that need help. Sometimes my son would need a week of addition and subtraction review and that was totally ok!
Are the classic start books mainly on amazon? What folders did you use ?
Yes I found mine on Amazon. Along with the folders
What is the name of the company that you got your reading curriculum from? The book studies?
I purchased the Lap books off of Confessions of a homeschooler website. I have it linked in the description. Hope that helps❤️
@@Homeschoolingonpurpose I’m sorry I didn’t look there!! Thanks!
I found Fix it Grammar to be a big letdown. It doesn't explain things any better than TGTB.b
Oh I’m sorry to hear that!