Is this complete for grades 5 and 6 next year?

[LillianinAL]

Sonlight 5:
Bible? or our own
Literature
History/ Geography
Science

MUS Epsilon and Zeta

SWO F and G

R&S English 5 and 6- Grammar and Writing (also some outlining and summaries/ WTM questions answered on books read, maybe dictation 1X/wk)

Latina Christiana 2

I feel like we need more for writing and/ or Literary Analysis...maybe CLE Reading and/or a writing program in addition to R&S? IEW appeals to me some, but I don't like the dress-up idea much. I need something that doesn't take ME much time, since I really need to give my next two dc more time, but I want to challenge my boys more and keep them moving forward into the Logic stage.

Thanks so much for your input! Lillian

[Sarah CB]

You'll be doing a lot of reading with Sonlight 5 - what about using Teaching the Classics (http://www.centerforlit.com)? That way you'll be equipped to bring in more literary analysis but you won't be adding an entire new program or book list to what you're already doing.

I think you're already doing a lot for writing especially if you have them writing across the curriculum regularly. I would begin to make use of the specific skills taught in the writing assignments in R&S and apply them to their other subjects. You could start Jump In (http://www.highschoolscience.com/books/jumpin/) with your grade 6 student. I think that it's a good idea to add in a separate writing program by about grade 6 or so and Jump In is a fairly easy one to implement.

[judycym]

We started IEW this year and my children's writing is incredibly better. We had been doing Writing Strands, but it gave them huge gaps in their writing skills. The dress-ups are actually what my children needed the most as that is taught poorly in WS. I'm not sure how WS compares to the program you have used, though. Anyhow, I would give IEW a try if you can find someone to borrow it from, since it is a bit expensive!

[Laura Corin]

PE? Just for reference, I use the US and UK heart associations' recommendations of an hour a day of moderate exercise for children.

Laura