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Thank you Dorinda and Julie! That really put my mind at ease! Level 10 it is!

Thank you so much, Julie! Those examples really helped and it made me realize that he does belong in WG. The main reason I'm bumping him up to WG is that his skill level for all the areas lines up well with WG, except for writing. He'll be much more engaged in the schoolwork if it is challenging to ...

Thanks for the response! I just don't know...

Oh that's good to know! Would you suggest Level 10 or 9? Looking at the EIW webpage, it suggests putting a child at grade level (even if he's not writing at grade level). Would level 10 be too much?

Hello! This next year will be our second year with HOD and my oldest (DS13) will be in 9th grade. He did Rev to Rev this past year, but I'm going to skip him ahead to WG for 9th grade for a variety of reasons (e.g. the skills in WG fit him better--I probably should have started him in MtMM this past...

This was super helpful! Thank you!

Hi! I'm just going to start HOD this fall and I'll be doing Bigger, RtR and Rev to Rev. I'm saving up the money to get all three and so am holding off buying them. How much organization, copying, etc. do I have to do before the start of school? I don't want to end up rushing too much right before we...

Thanks, Gwenny! I think I will still just get the read-alouds from the library, just to save some money (maybe buying them over time for the next kid!). I'm still struggling a little about my 6th grader. He would fit in the writing skills a little better in the CtC guide, but I'd rather put him in t...

Thank you, Julie! I would love to combine the two olders for the sake of my budget, but I think, for the sake of my sanity, it would be better with their personalities to keep them separate. Although, if I did combine them, wouldn't that just put the 8th grader farther behind with the rest of the gu...

Thank you both! I think I will put them both in Bigger. It should work ok. But now what about my olders? Do those look ok? And how easy is it to just get the books from the library? I am one of those who really just likes to have the books on my shelf and not think about when to order them, but for ...

That's good to know about the Bigger and Preparing guides! I wouldn't have thought of that. I think my rising 2nd grader could do Bigger (in fact, when I was thinking of combining early on, that's what I was going to do). Is it difficult to combine two in one guide? The biggest issue might be with t...

Hello! I'm new here on the message board. I just found HOD and after researching for a couple days, I think this is the curriculum I've been looking for (for about 5 years! Someone to write the lesson plans for me!! yay!). Anyway, I have several questions, if anyone would be willing to help me out! ...