Any good ELA curriculum to follow for homeschooling?

[Anonymous]

Thanks in advance for your recommendation. I would like to start homeschooling my rising 2nd grader. She is an advanced reader.

[Anonymous]

Institute for excellence in writing (IEW.com)
Michael Clay Thompson (rfwp.com)
Well Trained Mind
Saxon grammar and writing 3
or search Rainbowresource.com and Cathy Duffy reviews

[Anonymous]

Check out The Good and the Beautiful. It is pretty thorough. Make sure you take the assessment to determine the level. (Note it is not secular if that matters).

[Anonymous]

Core Knowledge - the entire curriculum is available online. It requires your prep as a teacher. But it's a knowledge building ELA curriculum and very interesting for parent and children.

[Anonymous]

link to Core Knowledge free ELA materials https://www.coreknowledge.org/curriculum/download-curriculum/

[Anonymous]

You can write (or find) a unit around any books she wants to read. My suggestion is to pair nonfiction with fiction, so you’re incorporating related science and/social studies as you go.

[Anonymous]

any thoughts on Blossom and Root, or the Arrow?

[Anonymous]

For a second grader that is an advanced reader, LA would include:
Writing
Grammar
Spelling
Reading
Vocabulary

You don’t have to do them all each day!

Writing - how much are they writing now? I LOVE Essentials in Writing for this age. It’s a short DVD lesson followed by a worksheet.

Grammar - the gold standard here is Rod and Staff (note not secular). You would want Level 2. Don’t make your kid write it all out. We usually do about 2/3 orally and I have them write out one exercise. You can change the sentences about farming into sentences about Minecraft and it is generally better received.

Spelling - Rod and Staff also has excellent spelling workbooks. All About Spelling is another great choice but requires a lot of prep time and pieces (whiteboard, letter tiles). Also check out Spelling Workout.

Reading - since they are an advanced reader, download the Mensa K-3 reading list. Let her read some of the titles to herself, and you read some aloud to your kid. Then you can talk about them. When you finish them all, your kid can get the T-shirt. (Big motivator here!)

Vocabulary- I’ve used Sadlier Oxford Vocabulary Workshop which you can get on amazon. Or, you can choose a word from your reading and ask your kid to make an index card defining the word and using it in a sentence. Keep them all alphabetized in a file box. Easy!

Good luck finding the best fit for LA for your little 2nd grader!!!

[Anonymous]

Free online curriculum at coreknowledge.org

Love this classical writing curriculum: https://classicalacademicpress.com/collections/writing-rhetoric (your child would be a touch on the young side for it, but take a look at the samples).

For grammar and mechanics: https://welltrainedmind.com/c/language-arts/gramma...entary-grammar/?v=7516fd43adaa
This is done by Well Trained Mind (so well done) and is scripted, so no need to worry about what to say.

For literature, don't use a canned "ELA" curriculum, but just do book studies. You can go to teacherspayteachers.com to find studies for the books you want, or to a few different companies. I personally don't like some of these because they turn books into chores (series of worksheets on vocabulary; grammar, etc.) Better to read and discuss books; have the kids do art projects and other activities to ensure comprehension. Have them tie those other more boring tasks to the writing and other curricula.