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Do you think I need to continue with Phonics instruction in 2nd grade with Abeka ? He has used Abeka K through 1st grade with success. Should I fill in with Explode the Code or The Reading Lesson? This is my first time teaching phonics, and I do not really know what to do for 2nd grade. Abeka is great, but it is sooo time consuming.

We will be using Beyond for 2nd next year.

Renee


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My personal opinion is that you should complete whatever phonics program you started with. Every program, while they all teach phonics, teaching things in a different order. Abeka is intended to be a 2 year curriculum so it would be like only completing half a program and switching. I have used Abeka and it is very solid on phonics, so finishing with Abeka would be good. Some of the other programs are only year-long or less.

However, it is my understanding that the rest of the Abeka reading curriculum is just reinforcement. If you have finished the initial two years you should be fine moving right into the ER set.

Thanks. I guess that's an area I don't want to "skimp" on. Even though I am sick of the repetitive charts, they work. As much as I would like to switch, I don't have the confidence to do so. Phonics is very important, and I do not want to have problems down the road.

Thank you so much for your help.

Renee

Any thought on spelling for 2nd grade? I wanted to try HOD spelling but I know Abeka ties their spelling into their phonics lessons. I guess I could modify them. I was thinking of doing HOD English in Beyond instead of Abeka Language workbook.

Renee

just sent you a private message