Alicia
08-06-2009, 08:17 PM
Hi we are considering this for next school year which starts here in Feb. We used Level 1 and all learned a great deal and enjoyed it. We went back to McRuffy for 3rd which is the highest level out right now though they are working on 4th grade. In the effort to stay with a classical program that covers many bases/ integrated like McRuffy we are considering PR3 again.
I would like to know if anyone has used this level (3rd).
We did not do level 2 but did McRuffy 2 & 3, FLL, and MCT Aesop series as well as CM style living grammar books for 3rd grade.
We will do the first level of MCT from Sept. to Dec. continuing with 1 sentence a day parsing. The MCT program is ment as an intro to the tech. then applied throughout the year. We need a program that will reinforce grammar, provide spelling/ phonics, word origins ( we love this), narration, word usage, punctuation, and lit. study. Thus our interest in PR3. We would have done Megawords, Voc from Class Roots, Writing Tales, and FIAR/BeyondFIAR in place of PR3. We will do LivelyLatin to round out our humanities
Shipping is a huge issue so I am trying not to order too many different books to accomplish the same goals. They are also young and I just hate to see little ones carrying so many books. We have LOTS of living books for grammar, lit. and math as well as history and science. Reading material we are not short of. Organization and structure we need. I dont want to have to schedule and tweek. I dont want to pay lots of international shipping charges. When I add up the cost of all the separate pieces and compare to PR3 it is really all the same if not more separately when you add in answer keys/teacher editions.
I find a number of reviews for level 1 but not much beyond that. Really want feedback on PR3 and maybe 4.
Thanks in advance. Hope someone can help.
Alicia in New Zealand
I would like to know if anyone has used this level (3rd).
We did not do level 2 but did McRuffy 2 & 3, FLL, and MCT Aesop series as well as CM style living grammar books for 3rd grade.
We will do the first level of MCT from Sept. to Dec. continuing with 1 sentence a day parsing. The MCT program is ment as an intro to the tech. then applied throughout the year. We need a program that will reinforce grammar, provide spelling/ phonics, word origins ( we love this), narration, word usage, punctuation, and lit. study. Thus our interest in PR3. We would have done Megawords, Voc from Class Roots, Writing Tales, and FIAR/BeyondFIAR in place of PR3. We will do LivelyLatin to round out our humanities
Shipping is a huge issue so I am trying not to order too many different books to accomplish the same goals. They are also young and I just hate to see little ones carrying so many books. We have LOTS of living books for grammar, lit. and math as well as history and science. Reading material we are not short of. Organization and structure we need. I dont want to have to schedule and tweek. I dont want to pay lots of international shipping charges. When I add up the cost of all the separate pieces and compare to PR3 it is really all the same if not more separately when you add in answer keys/teacher editions.
I find a number of reviews for level 1 but not much beyond that. Really want feedback on PR3 and maybe 4.
Thanks in advance. Hope someone can help.
Alicia in New Zealand