This quote from Carrie from the composition and grammar sneak peak had me thinking:
"Students will complete half of Rod and Staff 7 as a freshman and the other half as a sophomore. Of course, students who are new to HOD (or who came to Rod and Staff late) may be on a different Rod and Staff sequence, however I just wanted to share our "ideal"."
My oldest will be in CtC next year. He did R&S 3 this year because it was his first year home from PS, and he had little grammar instruction. I was thinking that I might bump him up to R&S 5 because it is scheduled half time, but then the above quote had me reconsider. I didn't know R&S 7 was scheduled in the HS guide when I thought about bumping him up to level 5. If I did that he would complete level 7 in MtMM, and then be ahead of schedule right? I don't really want to do that. If I continue HOD long term (which at this point I can't imagine not doing so) then I'm right on target to hit R&S 7 in 9th if I do level 4 for 2 years in CtC and RtR. Is R&S 4 challenging enough to do with a 5th and 6th grader? I know IEW is scheduled in RtR, so that makes things a little more challenging when R&S is only scheduled 2 out of the 4 days. Are levels 6 and 7 just really challenging? Is that why they are being done over 2 years' time?
So here is my plan I think:
5th CtC with 1/2 of R&S 4
6th RtR with 1/2 of R&S 4
7th Rev2Rev R&S 5
8th MtMM R&S 6
9th Geo Guide 1/2 of R&S 7
10th Future guide
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My other question is that my youngest will not be doing Preparing until 4th. I had him do R&S 2 prematurely (I don't know what I was thinking), so I was thinking I may fill a few years with FLL because I already own it level 2 and 3 or something else? He will be in 2nd next year. I would then start him in R&S level 3 in 4th when we do Preparing. Sorry if I'm obsessing about ideals, but if I have the chance to schedule things as written that would make my life easier right?