Start with one written narration per week, maybe a paragraph, and gradually work up to a full page or two daily in high school, keeping to daily oral narrations. Dictation and written narrations begin about age 10. (Typing fast and have proof read this! Sorry so long!)įor 3rd grade CM Language Arts, you only need reading practice (phonics), copywork (transcription), and oral narrations. I would hope to have conversations about the topic learned which would be similar to the Big Juicy Conversations in Brave Writer. I probably need to read the SCM book hearing, reading, speaking, telling (or something like that) to reality know the right questions to ask my kids about what they’ve learned. She sends letters to people in the mail and creates her own stories and homemade books.įrom I’ve read, written narrations come naturally after much practice with oral narrations. The teacher doesn’t focus on grammar for these free writes.

My daughter does quite a bit of free writing on a topic from her teacher for 2nd grade. Especially when they get old enough to do written narrations. The narrating part almost scares me though. I am trying to understand the methods more and more and do my research and homework to implement these practices.

But a change she would brace well because of her love to read and be read aloud to. My daughter would be transitioning from public school so this whole method would be a big change. It seems like an amazing product but almost too much for me as a CM newbie.

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