I can’t tell you just how helpful this video is for me. Starting homeschool, haven’t found a language arts curriculum that checks the boxes I need it to and piecemeal sounded daunting. I’m a work from home mama so I need some level of convenience and this video just put a lot into perspective for me so thank you!!
I had never heard of Reading Detective. I just added it to my Amazon list for next school year. Thanks! We initially started with an all in one language arts curriculum as well, but quickly realized it wasn’t for us. We use different resources for our language arts. We now use Fix-It! Grammar, IEW for writing, Moving Beyond the Page for our literature units. Moving Beyond the Page has amazing book choices for in-depth literary analysis units. We also do All About Spelling. Totally agree with you. It seems overwhelming at first, but it just works out so much better for us to customize it this way. After all, customizing curriculum is the whole point of homeschooling. ❤
How do you choose which moving beyond the page units to do? Do you choose by the novel or by the subject? I’ve considered but heard the book work is a bit dated
Hiii! Young homeschool mom here! My oldest is going into 2nd grade for next school year but we’ve been homeschooling from the beginning. Can you share your schedule / timing of how you fit all of this in?? Or if you have a video of where you talk about it? I’m feeling overwhelmed with how I will manage all these subjects with also teaching my 4 year old and taking care of the home/ errands and cooking. Thank you!
I love this! Exactly the way I do things lol I’m getting the 180 days book due to your last review on it and I was struggling on whether to use IEW and your videos have been so helpful. I’m definitely sold on it for my oldest this coming year. I’ve never used an all in one either. I always find different things to cover each element of LA as well. We are very eclectic over here 😂 Have you ever done poetry teatime? My kids love it! It’s such a fun way to read poetry and discuss it.
Really like this video! I don't use an all-in-one LA curriculum for my sixth grader either. It works best for us. Also, I have found that sometimes an all-in-one curriculum can be a little bit weaker in certain areas and stronger in others (i.e. very strong in grammar but not strong in spelling). We use many of the same resources you use!
Hi Brittany! Thank you for sharing!! I love your content as it has helped me tremendously. I recently ordered IEW’s Fix-It Grammar for my son’s LA. I am really excited to begin using it!
I hope you guys love IEW it has truly been a blessing in my homeschool. I feel more confident as a homeschool mom that some of the teaching instruction pressure is off of me. 🙌🏽 You guys have to update me on how it goes once you start. ☺️
Thank you so much! I'm watching this video as a tutor in high school. I'm about to have my first session with my 5th-grade tutee tomorrow and I'm a bit nervous, but this video was helpful in figuring out how I'll design my course. Thanks!
Love your videos and your passion for homeschooling. I come to your page to get inspiration and ideas for going over African American content as well, so thank you!
We love Fix it Grammar. I have never heard about reading detective looks awesome. We dropped both 180 days and Wordly Wise still deciding which one to start again.
I feel like Sing, Spell, Read, and Write is the PERFECT all-in-one LA curriculum!!! It's from the 90's/early 2000's but I'm using it with my 3rd grader!!!!! It's more for K-3 but it's soooo great!
I have seriously watched this video 3-4 times. Next year will be my first year homeschooling. I’ll have a 5th, 1st, and preK/k learner in my home. I’m definitely an eclectic teacher so I loved the way you broke down this LA buffet you put together. So many wonderful resources. I’m very intrigued as to how you combine brave writer with IEW and not have it become overwhelming. I’d love to do that incorporating of the literature piece but it seems like IEW is very In depth so I’m not sure where we would squeeze that into our learning routine. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you! 😊
I think that every parent that is new goes to that all in one program. I have been homeschooling for 5+ years and I love not using all in one and actually find it fun to mix and match. I love Nose Tree. I learned a lot from it and my second grader is catching on. I think that one sentence a day for her age is enough. Do you think Structure and Style is too much for 3rd grade? I am already looking into the next school year since we school year round.
In short I honestly think IEW SSS 1A might be to much for an average 3rd grader. I think the theme based writing units for the younger grades is more appropriate for a 3rd grade in my opinion. You can try out 3 weeks for free of IEW SSS to see if it would be a good fit before committing. 😊
I was thinking about just continuing with Building Writers book C for third grade anyway. I also like 180 Days of Spelling. My son just finished his kindergarten book today. My daughter is almost done with her 2nd grade one. (Year round school so don’t panic if you are reading this and aren’t even halfway through. No race).
This is exactly what I needed to know. I was starting to get overwhelmed and worried about language arts for my son. You broke each component down for me perfectly! Thank you so much!! 🤎
It sounds amazing but as I went to IEW site, the choices are overwhelming since my son is behind his age. Even though it’s catered for a wide range. I feel like I may purchase the wrong one. I love your video and recommendations though 😊
Was your all in one TGATB? That's what we're doing. LOVE it. But my oldest is going into 4th grade and I feel we might make the iew switch 😬 but I'm nervous lol
Great video! Do you assign any work with your daughters independent reading to make sure she's reading and comprehending it? Also, have you made any videos about your schedule or the day in the life of?
I actually do have reading comprehension questions for her independent assign readers to check her comprehension after every 2 or so chapters. As far as her fun reading I don’t, I just want her to enjoy her books. Coming in the new year I will have more content on our daily schedule and flow. 🥰
Brittany, we are also using Structure and Style from IEW. The first book is only 24 weeks long. How do you spread that out over a whole school year? I’ve taken off a week in October and 2 weeks off for Christmas and we will be taking off another 2 weeks for spring break and even after all the breaks we will still be done April 18th. Just wondering what you do towards the end of the year to finish strong so they are good to go for the following year, but don’t want to weigh my son down too much because IEW is heavy in writing too…
I am so happy this video is helpful. Hang in there you can do it . If you have any other questions feel free to email me and I will help other as best as I can. ☺️
I have a friend who was feeling overwhelmed her first year (she has 3 kids in 1st, 3rd, and 5th) And i suggested she change the curriculum to something less daunting and she's feeling much better now! Curriculum is a learning curve but it does get better! You can do this!
I would say a 3rd grader would be perfect with book one. A second grader could do book the first half of book one and stretch it out throughout the year. 😊
Can the Fix It Grammar levels stand on their own? My daughter will be going into 5th, and I don’t think she needs to do level 1 (we’ve been using TGATB LA). Can we start with level 2?
I would suggest going to IEW website and download the scope and sequence of both levels to see which one would fit her best! We just started from book 1 like IEW recommended and naturally progressed through the program.
I can’t tell you just how helpful this video is for me. Starting homeschool, haven’t found a language arts curriculum that checks the boxes I need it to and piecemeal sounded daunting. I’m a work from home mama so I need some level of convenience and this video just put a lot into perspective for me so thank you!!
I had never heard of Reading Detective. I just added it to my Amazon list for next school year. Thanks! We initially started with an all in one language arts curriculum as well, but quickly realized it wasn’t for us. We use different resources for our language arts. We now use Fix-It! Grammar, IEW for writing, Moving Beyond the Page for our literature units. Moving Beyond the Page has amazing book choices for in-depth literary analysis units. We also do All About Spelling. Totally agree with you. It seems overwhelming at first, but it just works out so much better for us to customize it this way. After all, customizing curriculum is the whole point of homeschooling. ❤
Great choices!!! How did MBTP go?? Looking into that for literature in 6th grade! We have similar choices for everything else!
How do you choose which moving beyond the page units to do? Do you choose by the novel or by the subject? I’ve considered but heard the book work is a bit dated
Fix it grammar is sooo good! I'm learning so much too 😅 yes 180 days is so good! I'm so thankful for that curriculum!
Yes we love both of them so much too 🥰
Hiii! Young homeschool mom here! My oldest is going into 2nd grade for next school year but we’ve been homeschooling from the beginning. Can you share your schedule / timing of how you fit all of this in?? Or if you have a video of where you talk about it? I’m feeling overwhelmed with how I will manage all these subjects with also teaching my 4 year old and taking care of the home/ errands and cooking. Thank you!
Thank you for the Home Learning Year by Year recommendation! Just placed a hold for it at my library ❤
I did the same thing before purchasing it too !!! Hopeful it is helpful. ❤️
LOVE THIS!!! Exactly what I am looking for planning our upcoming 5th grade year!
Aww I am so happy this helped!!! I am so happy I did our language arts like this this year. 🥰
I love your high vibe and content thank you!
I love this! Exactly the way I do things lol I’m getting the 180 days book due to your last review on it and I was struggling on whether to use IEW and your videos have been so helpful. I’m definitely sold on it for my oldest this coming year. I’ve never used an all in one either. I always find different things to cover each element of LA as well. We are very eclectic over here 😂 Have you ever done poetry teatime? My kids love it! It’s such a fun way to read poetry and discuss it.
Really like this video! I don't use an all-in-one LA curriculum for my sixth grader either. It works best for us. Also, I have found that sometimes an all-in-one curriculum can be a little bit weaker in certain areas and stronger in others (i.e. very strong in grammar but not strong in spelling). We use many of the same resources you use!
I totally agree! I think we will continue to do this for languages arts even for my upcoming kindergartener. ☺️
@@brittanyolga I forgot to mention that we love the Reading Detective. It is such a good resource.
Hi Brittany! Thank you for sharing!! I love your content as it has helped me tremendously. I recently ordered IEW’s Fix-It Grammar for my son’s LA. I am really excited to begin using it!
I hope you guys love IEW it has truly been a blessing in my homeschool. I feel more confident as a homeschool mom that some of the teaching instruction pressure is off of me. 🙌🏽 You guys have to update me on how it goes once you start. ☺️
This has helped me so much! I have struggled piecing together a Language Arts curriculum and really appreciate your video!!
Thank you so much! I'm watching this video as a tutor in high school. I'm about to have my first session with my 5th-grade tutee tomorrow and I'm a bit nervous, but this video was helpful in figuring out how I'll design my course. Thanks!
Love your videos and your passion for homeschooling. I come to your page to get inspiration and ideas for going over African American content as well, so thank you!
Thanks for this! I have been looking for some suggestions on how we can change things up with LA. You've given some great ideas here!
No problem at all ! I am so happy this video has helped out . 😍
These are such great options, Can't wait to try fix it Grammer and iew when my kids are the right age. Thank you!
We love Fix it Grammar. I have never heard about reading detective looks awesome. We dropped both 180 days and Wordly Wise still deciding which one to start again.
I feel like Sing, Spell, Read, and Write is the PERFECT all-in-one LA curriculum!!! It's from the 90's/early 2000's but I'm using it with my 3rd grader!!!!! It's more for K-3 but it's soooo great!
I have seriously watched this video 3-4 times. Next year will be my first year homeschooling. I’ll have a 5th, 1st, and preK/k learner in my home. I’m definitely an eclectic teacher so I loved the way you broke down this LA buffet you put together. So many wonderful resources. I’m very intrigued as to how you combine brave writer with IEW and not have it become overwhelming. I’d love to do that incorporating of the literature piece but it seems like IEW is very In depth so I’m not sure where we would squeeze that into our learning routine. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you! 😊
Hey Brittany! Truly enjoyed this video. I like 180 Days for my grandson who is in the 1st grade.
Love love love love this!
I think that every parent that is new goes to that all in one program. I have been homeschooling for 5+ years and I love not using all in one and actually find it fun to mix and match. I love Nose Tree. I learned a lot from it and my second grader is catching on. I think that one sentence a day for her age is enough. Do you think Structure and Style is too much for 3rd grade? I am already looking into the next school year since we school year round.
In short I honestly think IEW SSS 1A might be to much for an average 3rd grader. I think the theme based writing units for the younger grades is more appropriate for a 3rd grade in my opinion. You can try out 3 weeks for free of IEW SSS to see if it would be a good fit before committing. 😊
I was thinking about just continuing with Building Writers book C for third grade anyway. I also like 180 Days of Spelling. My son just finished his kindergarten book today. My daughter is almost done with her 2nd grade one. (Year round school so don’t panic if you are reading this and aren’t even halfway through. No race).
Enjoyed as always thanks for sharing ❤
This was really helpful. Thank you
This is exactly what I needed to know. I was starting to get overwhelmed and worried about language arts for my son. You broke each component down for me perfectly! Thank you so much!! 🤎
It sounds amazing but as I went to IEW site, the choices are overwhelming since my son is behind his age. Even though it’s catered for a wide range. I feel like I may purchase the wrong one. I love your video and recommendations though 😊
What would you recommend for writing instead of structure and style. Doing 30min-45min is not possible right now, and budget.
Do you have a video that goes over your weekly schedule? I would love to see how much time is incorporated in your LA as well as your other studies.
Thank you for this video!
Was your all in one TGATB? That's what we're doing. LOVE it. But my oldest is going into 4th grade and I feel we might make the iew switch 😬 but I'm nervous lol
I will be staring my. 6 grader mext year your videos have jelp me lot. My question is what do you for for xtra curicolum such as sport
Great video! Do you assign any work with your daughters independent reading to make sure she's reading and comprehending it? Also, have you made any videos about your schedule or the day in the life of?
I actually do have reading comprehension questions for her independent assign readers to check her comprehension after every 2 or so chapters. As far as her fun reading I don’t, I just want her to enjoy her books. Coming in the new year I will have more content on our daily schedule and flow. 🥰
My son receives services for ELA thru Special Ed and It’s not enough.
Brittany, we are also using Structure and Style from IEW. The first book is only 24 weeks long. How do you spread that out over a whole school year? I’ve taken off a week in October and 2 weeks off for Christmas and we will be taking off another 2 weeks for spring break and even after all the breaks we will still be done April 18th. Just wondering what you do towards the end of the year to finish strong so they are good to go for the following year, but don’t want to weigh my son down too much because IEW is heavy in writing too…
I've decided to either give my kids a break, do a fun poetry unit, or maybe find some creative writing units from TPT.
Old version of writing strands that are secular are a good option to use for the last third of the year
I was looking for something like this!! I feel overwhelmed. 😕 😞 This is our 1st year homeschooling.
I am so happy this video is helpful. Hang in there you can do it . If you have any other questions feel free to email me and I will help other as best as I can. ☺️
I have a friend who was feeling overwhelmed her first year (she has 3 kids in 1st, 3rd, and 5th) And i suggested she change the curriculum to something less daunting and she's feeling much better now! Curriculum is a learning curve but it does get better! You can do this!
@@brittanyolga Thank you 😊
@@GardenMinistry. Thank you 😊 I know it will.
Is it necessary the reading detective cd?
Can I ask how long all this takes on a typical day? :)
What age would you say Fix It Grammar would be for? Would second or third grade be too soon?
I would say a 3rd grader would be perfect with book one. A second grader could do book the first half of book one and stretch it out throughout the year. 😊
@@brittanyolga thank you!
Can the Fix It Grammar levels stand on their own? My daughter will be going into 5th, and I don’t think she needs to do level 1 (we’ve been using TGATB LA). Can we start with level 2?
I would suggest going to IEW website and download the scope and sequence of both levels to see which one would fit her best! We just started from book 1 like IEW recommended and naturally progressed through the program.