Thank you for this video! It is helpful to know that building poems is all we need. I know my kids will not be super interested in poetry so I don’t want to over do it. Do you have any thoughts on what elements to buy for a 4th and 5th grader if we choose to skip the MCT literature selections?
I can recommend these books: Where the Red Fern Grows, any book by Gordon Korman, Antarctica-Journey to the Pole, the Narnia series, Maniac Magee, and many more. Let me know if they have read any of those 🤓
Odd question. How would you suggest giving credit to MCT courses? Would high school credit start at level 5 or 6? If taking a full level would that be 1 credit?
I think level 5 would be appropriate for high school (although it depends on the background knowledge, ability, and experience of the student). Otherwise, I’m unsure about earned credits, but it might be worth contacting someone at Royal Fireworks Press to see what they suggest. 🤓
I completely found nearly the opposite value in MCT from you. The upper level literature are solid book choices. The vocabulary is repetitive and boring, yet also lacks appropriate different mode iterations for learning. We found some of his glosses to be incorrect and a few of his words were just made up, which means they aren't worth learning. That was really disappointing to us. The essay writing is fantastic scaffolded instruction, but falls short with the assignments. The grammar maybe skip every other year after 3, but continue to do practice sentences to retain skills. The later poetry books do add more depth, but like the grammar, there is a lot of repetition so maybe skip years for these too.
This was so helpful! Thanks for sharing. I'd love to see a video with your thoughts on the Academic Writing books.
I’ll see what I can do 🤓
Thanks for sharing! I learned a lot about the Michael Clay Thompson program. Great tips too!
No problem! Yes, there are so many details in this curriculum.
Thanks for the video. This seems like a nice well structured curriculum. 👌🏾
Thank you for this video! It is helpful to know that building poems is all we need. I know my kids will not be super interested in poetry so I don’t want to over do it. Do you have any thoughts on what elements to buy for a 4th and 5th grader if we choose to skip the MCT literature selections?
I can recommend these books: Where the Red Fern Grows, any book by Gordon Korman, Antarctica-Journey to the Pole, the Narnia series, Maniac Magee, and many more. Let me know if they have read any of those 🤓
Odd question. How would you suggest giving credit to MCT courses? Would high school credit start at level 5 or 6? If taking a full level would that be 1 credit?
I think level 5 would be appropriate for high school (although it depends on the background knowledge, ability, and experience of the student). Otherwise, I’m unsure about earned credits, but it might be worth contacting someone at Royal Fireworks Press to see what they suggest. 🤓
I completely found nearly the opposite value in MCT from you. The upper level literature are solid book choices. The vocabulary is repetitive and boring, yet also lacks appropriate different mode iterations for learning. We found some of his glosses to be incorrect and a few of his words were just made up, which means they aren't worth learning. That was really disappointing to us. The essay writing is fantastic scaffolded instruction, but falls short with the assignments. The grammar maybe skip every other year after 3, but continue to do practice sentences to retain skills. The later poetry books do add more depth, but like the grammar, there is a lot of repetition so maybe skip years for these too.