Okay, I went back to the placement pages, and this is what I came up with:
He is still doing phonics - to a degree - because we are using All About Spelling - it has 5 levels and goes into depth about Spelling rules, etc.
He is an emerging reader - He is reading the second grade Pathways books (from R&S), and doing fine with those( we did half of the emerging reader's schedule last year).
He can print and write in cursive.
He can copy passages.
He has difficulty with composing original sentences.
He can do simple dictation.
He is doing fine with R&S 2nd grade grammar lessons.
He is having difficulty with history and science notebooking.
I hope this gives you a better picture of where he is at. We did do Beyond for half of last year. And I do think that he does compare what he does to his older siblings. There is not much that I can do about that.
And when I say that he writes more like a first grader it's because he has such a hard time focusing, takes so long, etc. His handwriting is actually very nice when he takes his time. It is just really hard to do a history or science notebooking page with him. His brother and sister can talk and work at the same time, but he can't. He gets distracted by any little thing, so trying to do that together has proved to be a trial. I may need to just have them do that independently, and work with my 8 yo ds one on one. I do, however, want him to learn how to work in a group setting.
Thanks, everyone, for your input. I really appreciate it.
In His love,
RuthAnn
If you get a chance to pop back in and share where you're thinking he falls on at least the first page of the chart that would really help us advise you too. 