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I have been having my 2nd grader do all the written work in R&S 2 Grammar. She is understanding the concepts very well, but the writing seem very laborious. I want her to do all the writing, but she starts to get very sloppy about halfway through. Is this something I should keep pushing her through to build writing stamina or should I do half orally?

She is also doing Cheerful Cursive and MCP Plaid Phonics B (she needs the review ), so R&S is not the only writing she is doing.

Thanks!

We do about 2/3 of R&S orally only writing 1/3 or less which is what HOD recommends. Sometimes some of that writing is even on the white board and not on regular paper. So even the sections that are called "writing" in R&S, some of those we do orally. This keeps the time down to 10-15 minutes total per lesson. This is our 3rd year doing it that way and it's been working well. My dc seem to be retaining the information fine and our day clicks right along. I would strive to do 2/3 of the lesson orally and only write a few of the problems at the end of the lesson.

We do 2/3 of it orally too. We are on R&S 3 and the kiddos are doing great retaining all the information and new concepts

We're also doing about 2/3 orally and 1/3 written. It's working well! I would definitely encourage you to let your daughter do some of the lessons orally if you think all the writing is too burdensome for her.

Tabrett,

We also recommend doing 2/3 of the lesson orally and only 1/3 on paper. It keeps the lessons short and sweet, and the retention is good. We're at Rod and Staff English 7 with my oldest, English 5 with my second oldest, and English 2 with my third oldest, and we have always done it this way.

Blessings,
Carrie

Thanks everybody! That is a relief to know! Only writing 1/3 will me much easier on us!