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Just go ahead and use the right side of beyond fully?

I asked in my last post, but I think it may have been hidden a lil bit.

My 6yo will be doing the language arts box and the math from Beyond. She will also be using the emerging readers. The only box I want to keep from LHFHG is storytime, since we are enjoying the Burgess books. Maybe I could do those in the evenings?? My real question is...will it get confusing when I do beyond next year and we are working from beyond and possibly parts of bigger too?? Would it be easier to just do the full right side of beyond? Then I wont be jumping all over as much, right? I am just trying to keep things simple, kwim?

Thank you for helping me get my head straight on this.
Mercy

I'd do the Storytime box from LHFHG this year, and save Beyond's for when you do the left side of Beyond. The skills addressed are more advanced than in LHFHG, and LHFHG lays a good foundation. For extra read-alouds, you could always pick from the Beyond storytime books you're not planning on using next year.

krismoose wrote:I'd do the Storytime box from LHFHG this year, and save Beyond's for when you do the left side of Beyond. The skills addressed are more advanced than in LHFHG, and LHFHG lays a good foundation. For extra read-alouds, you could always pick from the Beyond storytime books you're not planning on using next year.

I agree whole-heartedly with this advice! You will not always need to use the right side of the next guide, just so you can see what this would lay out to be...
2011-2012: LHFHG for core program (including Burgess Read-alouds and follow-up skills in LHFHG's Storytime box) and Beyond's ERS, Singapore Math 1A/1B, LA box of 1 x a week grammar introduction and Spelling List 1's plans

2012-2013: Beyond for core program, "Drawn into the Heart of Reading" Level 2/3 for reading instruction, Bigger Heart's Singapore Math 2A/2B, LA box of R & S English 2, Spelling List 2's plans
*OR, if you want to use the Textbook/Workbook plans for Singapore Math 2A/2B (instead of the hands-on lessons for 2A/2B in Bigger Hearts), the 2A/2B Textbook/Workbook plans are in Beyond's Appendix. You could also schedule R & S English 2 on your own quite easily, doing one lesson per day. So, you could just use Beyond's guide.

2013-2014: Bigger Hearts for core program, which includes "Drawn into the Heart of Reading" Level 2/3 (with harder books), 3A/3B Singapore Math Textbook/Workbook plans, R & S English 3 doing just a lesson a day, Level 2 Dictation.

So, by the time you are using Beyond or for sure by the time you are using Bigger Hearts, you can be working from 1 guide, while still moving dd along in the progression of skills in LA/math. I hope that makes sense - if I confused you more than helped you - please ask questions! HTH!

In Christ,
Julie

Julie,
Thank you so much for posting specific details of how it will work out. My brain was trying to get the picture, but I was getting lost every time I would try to work out the long term plan. I get it now! Lol!!
Thank you again.