Could you please share what

[kidsnbooks8]

you are using for Language Arts for your 5th graders?:confused:

Thanks for your help,
Debbie

[Jenny in Atl]

I will be using Classical Writing Homer (2nd time) and extra grammar with Growing with Grammar (in a couple years). With my older daughter I used Rod & Staff 5 along with CW. For extra we used the LA that came with SL 5 (not great but a nice add on to CW).

hths

[Quiver0f10]

BJU English 5
IEW Ancient History Based Writing Lessons
Rod & Staff Spelling 5
HWT Cursive

[Suzannah]

We did 5th grade last year with Classical Writing Aesop B, Spelling Workout E (we started a bit late on spelling to get other basics in place) and Abeka's God's Gift of Language B.

I loved Classical Writing and we'll continue with Homer in the Fall.

I don't totally love Spelling Workout, but we've finally found a groove that works for us. I like having a workbook that he can take in the car or to siblings' doctor's appointments and I like that it teaches editing skills. DS scores well in spelling on standardized tests, it's inexpensive and easy to use. Why fix what isn't broken.

We began using Abeka for grammar in third grade as recommended in the first edition of TWTM. It's our only other workbook (see above) and it has way more exercises than any child needs to complete in a single year. But every 6-8 weeks I look ahead and circle the exercises for DS to do then assign 3-5 pages at a time (usually 3 or 4 exercises). If he does well on those we move on, if he needs more work we do another exercise. We skip the writing since we use CW but do the diagramming. We also copy all of the charts and definitions for the grammar notebook.

[betty]

growing with grammar 5
megawords (plan is to do first 3 books)
4 novel studies with Progeny Press Guides
Outlining --Remedia Publications
IEW

We decided to drop vocab this year and return to spelling. DD is studying French and Latin. I think the Latin will help with whatever formal vocabulary study we pursue later.

[johnandtinagilbert]

We are changing to the Latin Road to English Grammar. It is intensive grammar and latin instruction at the same time. I am hoping this approach is successful for us.

TOG for literature studies, spelling, vocab, accompanied by Writing Aids for writing and literary evaluation.

In the past, I have used R&S for grammar (and it is amazing, not exciting, but works well).

[Citrusheights5]

Last year we used Growing with Grammar, Wordly Wise, and Classical Writing Aesop.
This with with DS I will use Growing with Grammar, Spelling WorkOut, and I still have not decided on a writing program for him.

I assign books throughout the year for them to read, and we discuss and they write up a brief report on it.

[Cindy in Indy]

Rod and Staff English 5 (grammar and composition)
Spelling Workout E
Bible memory work (I think that's language arts)
Narrations from history readings

[Lolly]

you are using for Language Arts for your 5th graders?:confused:

Thanks for your help,
Debbie

Rod and Staff. I love that it can be opened and used with no planning, has review built in, includes writing instruction, and can be handed down from child to child. Wouldn't even consider anything else.

[Jenny in Florida]

I just updated it this afternoon!

My 10-year-old son will be doing:

Galore Park English Prep 2 (skipping the writing assignments)
Classical Writing: Aesop (with models coordinated with history/literature)
Critical Thinking's Word Roots software (level B1)
Lots of reading coordinated with his ancient history studies

[kidsnbooks8]

Wow! Quite the variety:D. My 10yo has not had much in the way of grammar or writing would R&S 5th grade be too hard? I am looking for simple straight forward, due to family size. And it sounds good that it can be used with upcoming children.;) Also is it enough for writing? I will also have her do copywork and some dictation from the Bible.
For spelling I have Phonetic Zoo level B has anyone used this? Would this be close to a 10yo level?
Is this enough for Language Arts?
Thanks so much for your reply's, this is helping!!

[curtisandsheri]

We used Rod and Staff Grammar, Wordly Wise, Spelling Workout, and IEW writing.

[mcconnellboys]

I will be using Abeka B for grammar; Spelling Workout G (I think) for spelling; Getty Dubay Italic F for handwriting; WordSmith for writing. Then I'll be using some miscellaneous things for word study, dictionary skills, library skills, etc.

[Deb in NZ]

for Language Arts:
Lively Latin 1 (Latin, vocabulary, grammar, etc.)
FLL 3 (finish last 10 lessons), FLL 4 (grammar, dictation, etc.)
IEW- Fables, Myths, & Fairy Tales (writing)
Schonell's The Essential Spelling List (spelling & dictation)
Crawly Critters Cursive (penmanship)
+ assigned reading from history lists
+ read-aloud literature from CM & WTM lists

Blessings,

[Wendy in ME]

Writing Tales 2 and Latina Christiana is what we used for 5th grade last year.

[Homeschooling6]

Here is what we are using for 5th Grade:

Grammar/writing- R&S 4 along with A Journey Through Grammar Land (minus the scrolls/workshee) I'm just adding it in to spice things up now and then. I really think R&S will be plenty.

Math-R&S 4 & Math-it

Spelling- A Reason for Spelling Level C (he is not a great speller)

Reading- Drawn into the Heart of Reading by Heart of Dakota

Read Alouds/History/Bible/Art/Science/Greek Roots- MFW CtG

[Jean in IN]

I used CW Aesop, Latina Christiana II and some of the spelling enrichments from SWR. But most of his grammar came from CW and LC II.

[magistramom]

Rod & Staff 5 for grammar

Spelling Workout E & F for spelling

Seven minutes of writing each day, in a variety of styles based on the early part of the progymnasmata

Latin studies for vocabulary

HTHs!

[love2read]

It looks like you have a handful of children coming up. We have 7 and what I use in 5th are Shurley Grammar 6, just the grammar and just the first 75% of the book. We also use IEW writing intensive workshops on DVD. It is a big expense, but will save your hours and $$ down the road. If you started Shurley now, come September you will have developed a system of giving instructions for the lesson one day and letting her then work through the chapter on her own. IEW workshops are very independent.

What really is important isn't what everyone else has used or what we think will work, but what has worked for you and your dd in the past. Does she like workbooks? Does she need a lot of your input?

[Heather in NC]

We are LCC in philosophy so we cover grammar, spelling and vocab pretty heavily during Latin with Henle. I also use IEW Ancients theme-based for writing. We have a schedule of books to read, fiction and non, that correlate to our history and science studies. We do Reading Detective, Word Roots and Editor in Chief on the computer for fun.

[dragons in the flower bed]

Last year, my fifth grader used:

composition -- Igniting Your Writing
grammar -- The Language Mechanic
literature -- reading and discussing the following books:
Tales from the Mabinogion by Kevin Crossley-Holland
The Children of Odin by Padraic Colum
Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff
The Wanderings of Odysseus by R Sutcliff
Beowulf by R Sutcliff
King Arthur by Gustaf Tenggren
Arabian Nights by Andrew Lang
Shakespeare Stories by Leon Garfield
Shakespeare Stories II by L Garfield
The Five Sons of King Pandu by Elizabeth Seeger
The Magical Monkey King by Ji-Li Liang

[Laura Corin]

you are using for Language Arts for your 5th graders?:confused:

Thanks for your help,
Debbie

From Galore Park. We also used LL7 (Calvin is an advanced reader).

Laura

[Robymomof3]

We used Rod & Staff for grammar and spelling. I love the thoroughness of this program.

[Mom2boys]

We used:

IEW Ancient History Based Writing Lessons
Growing With Grammar
Spelling Workout
Zaner Bloser handwriting

[Amy loves Bud]

For my upcoming 5th grader:

Spelling Power - 4 days per week

Growing with Grammar 5 - 3 days per week

Writing With Ease Level 4 - 4 days per week 1st half of 5th grade

Writing Tales 2 or CW Aesop B - 2 days per week 2nd half of 5th grade

Outlining Kingfisher Illustrated History of the World - 2 days per week (we'll start doing this orally in 1st half of 5th, then move to written outlining in the 2nd half)

Summaries from KIHW 2 days per week in 2nd half

Reading both history-related and free choice literature daily

Edited to add: Latina Christiana II
Hope this helps!

[clementine]

We used Easy Grammar, Pathway Readers & Workbooks, Wordly Wise, and Jump In! writing.

[StephanieZ]

This last year, my 5th grader used SL LA along with a slowed down version of R&S (she'd done a lot in years previous). She also does SWO. She also did a bit of Classical Writing Aesop this year and we started IEW a couple months ago.

If I had it to do over again, I'd use IEW along with R&S and drop the SL LA. Continuing SWO.

For 6th grade, she'll do IEW writing, R&S English for grammar and SWO to continue spelling. That's what'd I'd have done for 5th grade if I had it to do over again.

[Bula Mama]

Ideally I would say CW or Writing Tales, but realisticly right now we're doing:

the Language Lessons series from Queen Homeschool
Writing with Ease
Pathway readers (and some selections from SL)