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When they finish the 2/3 workbook, do they just move to the 4/5 workbook? Or do they go through it again with harder books?

I answered and then realized I read your question wrong. I think you're suppose to do it again with harder books.

Did she finish Level 2 books? You use the student book for level 2 and 3 books and then the 4/5 student book for levels 4 and 5 books. My DS is going through his second time in the Level 2/3 workbook this year with Level 3/4 books and is getting a lot more out of it this time around!!! HTH!!!

Does this mean that the student ends up using 2 copies of the 2/3 book (one for Level 2 books and one for Level 3 books) or does one student book take us through two levels of reading (2 school years)? I'm going to pull my stuff out and look it over.

You go through it two times -- I bought a Level 2/3 WB for last year (his second grade year) with our level 2 books and another 2/3 WB for this year (his third grade year) with level 3/4 books. Does that make sense? The only reason to NOT buy a new book each year would be if you are going to do one level over 2 years, which is doable if you want to take it slower and only do half the genres for one year and the other half the next.

Thanks! That's what I was asking, about ordering the workbook again. She's not finished, but I didn't know if I needed to up the difficulty of the books for the second half or just get a new workbook Thank you everyone!

abrightmom wrote:Does this mean that the student ends up using 2 copies of the 2/3 book (one for Level 2 books and one for Level 3 books) or does one student book take us through two levels of reading (2 school years)? I'm going to pull my stuff out and look it over.

Just FYI - HOD has kindly made the student books reproducible for family use, so if you would rather copy pages than order 2 books, you can do that. I used to do that with my first child, but then once I had 2 dc doing DITHOR I decided the student books were so economically priced that it wasn't worth my time to copy them. But, the choice to do so is sure nice!

In Christ,
Julie

Thanks for that information Julie! I agree that it's not to high a price to just buy a new one when necessary. I don't know that I will ever have two in the same level, except MAYBE in the 6/7/8 level, and once every year or so to buy a new student book isn't so bad.

I just wasn't sure what readers I needed to get.... whether to stick with level 2's or bump her up a bit to be ready for level 4s by next year.

Lora Beth,

The ladies already did a great job of answering your question, so I'll just pop-in to mention that if you're currently using the Level 2 Book Pack it actually contains books in the 3.0 - 4.1 reading level. So, you should be fine finishing out that Book Pack in preparation for next year. With our kiddos, I always reassess at the end of the year to see if they are going to be ready for a new level Book Pack at the beginning of the next school year. If I feel that the child will be ready, then I just have that child read any remaining books from the current Book Pack over the summer and start the new Book Pack in the fall. If I feel the child won't quite be ready, then I hold back the remaining books to do in the fall instead. Anyway, just a thought as you ponder.

Blessings,
Carrie

This has been a very helpful thread! I am LOVING how all the pieces of HOD are coming together in our home already and we've only just begun. I LOVE what we are doing so far. . . DITHR is going to be so good for my DS8. I'm excited for him!

Julie, thanks for the FYI on the workbooks. I agree that it's worth the $$ to buy a prepared workbook. I like how "put together" it is too with a cover and binding.