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one l michele
09-10-2008, 11:15 AM
Is it worth the money? Are their guidelines somewhere to help determine placement?

I bought the entire series because I'm unsure of where to start my middler and my youngest will use what he doesn't. Yet I'm still unsure after looking over them. And it appears you need to purchase the placement test?

He's in 1st this year (will turn 7 in a couple months), he used SWR for phonics/learning to read, he's just finishing the Sonlight grade 2 regular readers and will move into the intermediate readers. He's using Spelling Plus Dictation for spelling and doing fine with it. My reason for wanting to try ETC is he has some articulation issues and enjoys workbooks. I thought the combination of phonics in a workbook would be good extra practice for him. Where do I start him?

mom42terrificgirls
09-10-2008, 12:15 PM
ETC Books 3 and 4 are about 2nd grade level, so I would start him with 2 for review and something fun that he already knows. Skip 2 1/2 and then go to 3. I would have him do four pages a day. That is 1/2 a lesson. Book 2 is blends. Book 3 is long vowels.