Sarah, thank you for this. I’m switching my son over from LOE C after realizing that the program was not giving us what we needed. Your content has been so helpful to me.
Hi! I loved your video! I was also curious if you made another video that you mentioned for children that are older but struggle with reading, spelling, or writing. This is actually what I’m looking to use pinwheels for for my son. Thanks again for such an awesome video!
Hello, thanks for these reviews. Very helpful. I'm teaching a struggling 6 year old boy (7 in July). It took him a really long time to learn his alphabet and the sounds, we've been homeschooling two years. It also took him awhile recognizing numbers 1-10. He could count but it was the recognizing part. He has learnt alphabet and sounds now and we have just been working on CVC words, and started on digraphs. I had been using an older program Sing, Spell, Read and Write, but it wasn't scripted lessons and it moved to fast for my son, I was always having to find additional things to teach the concept. I also needed more instruction for teaching. I find he needs lots of extra time and practice learning a concept. Wondering if Rooted in Language would be the best fit, and which would you start with? He can read CVC words, but it is slow, he will sound out the word and then say what it is. UFIL sounded great as well , but I couldn't tell are the lessons for teaching scripted or not? You don't know of any online programs or courses (where's there is a "teacher)" that uses Science of reading approach to teaching reading? Would love to find a program where someone else is teaching (he does much better when it's mom not teaching and someone else - focuses better"). I don't mind being with him "watching" and then helping help him do work. Not sure if there is any this way, with science of reading approach? Thanks
We are busy with Pinwheels 4 and it has been a great fit for my child we have taken the program slowly and now I am planning what to use next for Language Arts. We have bought Wand but I think we may need something more advanced now as my child is at grade level for other subjects and moving to grade 4 now. So we have to find LA that is level appropriate.
Yah, I agree re: the wand. It’s not a great fit for most families. It’s more helpful for lids with dyslexia or other learning disabilities. Once you finish your foundational reading program - then you start looking at the LA components separately (literature, spelling/word study, writing/grammar). I have a bunch of stuff in those highlights on IG.
Beautiful video! Thank you. I hoping to choose between this and the wand, for my english as a second language learner. Pinwheels year 1 was a little to slow for us but we got thru it.
Hi! Just wanted to say thank you for your curriculum reviews! They have been so helpful! We are currently using Pinwheels and I am planning ahead for second grade. Have you reviewed RiL’s Wand program? Any recommendations for a language arts program beyond Pinwheels?
I have not reviewed The Wand, mostly because I don't recommend it for many families. It's a solid program for students who need that that level of additional practice, but many kiddos are ready for diving into the separate areas of language arts after Pinwheels. I have several posts and a bunch of highlights over on IG for those areas (Literature, Spelling/Word Study, Writing/Grammar).
Thank you so much for this very thorough look into PW 3 & 4. I don’t see any cursive incorporated in the copy work. My 8 year old son is dyslexic and will be starting this program for the first time. We find that cursive writing seems to flow really well for him, so I want to keep that up without him getting burned out by too much copy work/writing. Any suggestions on how to keep up the cursive writing practice while using this program?
Just have him do the writing portions in copywork. If you want him to be able to see a cursive version to copy, check out the free cursive worksheet maker from Handwriting Without Tears www.lwtears.com/resources/worksheet-maker-lite
Great question - if your student is reading fluently at the end of PW 4, then you move into teaching the various LA components individually. Which can be really overwhelming. I go into a lot of this over on Instagram.
I’m on Level 3 Unit 12 with my daughter. When do they introduce long vowel sounds? I’ve noticed AAS Level 1 wants her to know all the sounds a letter makes. When should I introduce all the sounds?
We did level 1 AAS-finished it-bought level 2-did a few lessons and switched to pinwheels level 3…I was printing interactive notebooks pages to remember every rule and I liked the idea of the LA binder…it shows long vowels in chapter 29 of PW4..it looks like they learn all the vowel teams prior…so I bet they have a reason behind how they present vowel teams-curious to know what that is.
They teach CVCe as broken vowel teams, which is technically what they are, but I think that puts them at odds with all the other foundational reading programs because it means kids are introduced to CVCe after everything else instead of before it all.
I took the RIL assessment and it said I could use Pinwheels 1 , 2 or Wand. Now, I’m even more confused. My 6 year is a strong, natural reader but does not decode.
I would start with PW 3 to get the decoding skills in.PW 3 reviews the big things from PW 1-2. Start with their pacing, then speed up as it feels appropriate. This will help both with decoding (especially when they get to multisyllabic and content-heavy words) and with spelling.
Hi, I used their printing partner, Making Family Count. When you purchase their curriculum, the plan & prep guide has directions for printing through them. If you are going to send out the entire curriculum + resources, that's your best option because they already know which papers for which items. I now just print at home because I know I don't need all the items printed and I have an ecotank printer + spiral binder.
@homespun.childhood hello, thank you so much for your insightful videos. They have been very helpful in our homeschool journey. I’m very interested to learn more about children who are already fluent readers, but use Pinwheels 3/4 to learn/strengthen spelling and grammar rules. How would you recommend we use the program? What’s the next step after level 4?
Hey, so for using PW 3/4 with fluent readers, I have used the LA binder summary page at the end of each PW unit as a checklist of topics to teach then applied those topics (going into the teacher guide) to our current reading. So if focused on scooping syllables, we would do that with an instructional level text. After PW, you would want to figure out what skills the child has and needs. I'm working on a series on that over on IG/Blog/Here in the coming weeks.
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Sarah, thank you for this. I’m switching my son over from LOE C after realizing that the program was not giving us what we needed. Your content has been so helpful to me.
aww, thanks!
Hi! I loved your video! I was also curious if you made another video that you mentioned for children that are older but struggle with reading, spelling, or writing. This is actually what I’m looking to use pinwheels for for my son. Thanks again for such an awesome video!
It's on my to-film list!
Hello, thanks for these reviews. Very helpful. I'm teaching a struggling 6 year old boy (7 in July). It took him a really long time to learn his alphabet and the sounds, we've been homeschooling two years. It also took him awhile recognizing numbers 1-10. He could count but it was the recognizing part.
He has learnt alphabet and sounds now and we have just been working on CVC words, and started on digraphs. I had been using an older program Sing, Spell, Read and Write, but it wasn't scripted lessons and it moved to fast for my son, I was always having to find additional things to teach the concept. I also needed more instruction for teaching. I find he needs lots of extra time and practice learning a concept. Wondering if Rooted in Language would be the best fit, and which would you start with? He can read CVC words, but it is slow, he will sound out the word and then say what it is.
UFIL sounded great as well , but I couldn't tell are the lessons for teaching scripted or not?
You don't know of any online programs or courses (where's there is a "teacher)" that uses Science of reading approach to teaching reading? Would love to find a program where someone else is teaching (he does much better when it's mom not teaching and someone else - focuses better"). I don't mind being with him "watching" and then helping help him do work. Not sure if there is any this way, with science of reading approach?
Thanks
We are busy with Pinwheels 4 and it has been a great fit for my child we have taken the program slowly and now I am planning what to use next for Language Arts. We have bought Wand but I think we may need something more advanced now as my child is at grade level for other subjects and moving to grade 4 now. So we have to find LA that is level appropriate.
Yah, I agree re: the wand. It’s not a great fit for most families. It’s more helpful for lids with dyslexia or other learning disabilities. Once you finish your foundational reading program - then you start looking at the LA components separately (literature, spelling/word study, writing/grammar). I have a bunch of stuff in those highlights on IG.
@@homespun.childhood thanks will do.
So helpful, thank you, Sarah!
:)
Hi Sarah! Do I have to start year 1 if my son is already familiar with most of the lessons? Or I can just start year 2?
Hey - if your child is able to read and spell CVC words, then I recommend starting with PW 3 (year 2). Hope that helps!
Beautiful video! Thank you. I hoping to choose between this and the wand, for my english as a second language learner. Pinwheels year 1 was a little to slow for us but we got thru it.
I'd recommend PW 3/4 before the wand.
Hi! Just wanted to say thank you for your curriculum reviews! They have been so helpful! We are currently using Pinwheels and I am planning ahead for second grade. Have you reviewed RiL’s Wand program? Any recommendations for a language arts program beyond Pinwheels?
I have not reviewed The Wand, mostly because I don't recommend it for many families. It's a solid program for students who need that that level of additional practice, but many kiddos are ready for diving into the separate areas of language arts after Pinwheels. I have several posts and a bunch of highlights over on IG for those areas (Literature, Spelling/Word Study, Writing/Grammar).
Thank you so much for this very thorough look into PW 3 & 4. I don’t see any cursive incorporated in the copy work. My 8 year old son is dyslexic and will be starting this program for the first time. We find that cursive writing seems to flow really well for him, so I want to keep that up without him getting burned out by too much copy work/writing. Any suggestions on how to keep up the cursive writing practice while using this program?
Just have him do the writing portions in copywork. If you want him to be able to see a cursive version to copy, check out the free cursive worksheet maker from Handwriting Without Tears www.lwtears.com/resources/worksheet-maker-lite
Thank you! I think this will work well for him.
Have you seen a less teacher intensive/amount of moving parts that’s similar to pinwheels?
You could check out UFLI or Recipe for Reading. I have reviews on my website. www.homespunchildhood.com/blog/how-to-choose-a-reading-curriculum
What do you suggest after pinwheels program?
Great question - if your student is reading fluently at the end of PW 4, then you move into teaching the various LA components individually. Which can be really overwhelming. I go into a lot of this over on Instagram.
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Yes, definitely overwhelming. I m a subscriber now to both;) thanks again!!
I’m on Level 3 Unit 12 with my daughter. When do they introduce long vowel sounds? I’ve noticed AAS Level 1 wants her to know all the sounds a letter makes. When should I introduce all the sounds?
We did level 1 AAS-finished it-bought level 2-did a few lessons and switched to pinwheels level 3…I was printing interactive notebooks pages to remember every rule and I liked the idea of the LA binder…it shows long vowels in chapter 29 of PW4..it looks like they learn all the vowel teams prior…so I bet they have a reason behind how they present vowel teams-curious to know what that is.
@@josielorraine8466 thanks for your input! I’m curious too.
They teach CVCe as broken vowel teams, which is technically what they are, but I think that puts them at odds with all the other foundational reading programs because it means kids are introduced to CVCe after everything else instead of before it all.
I jump into all the long vowel stuff in the video :)
I took the RIL assessment and it said I could use Pinwheels 1 , 2 or Wand. Now, I’m even more confused. My 6 year is a strong, natural reader but does not decode.
I would start with PW 3 to get the decoding skills in.PW 3 reviews the big things from PW 1-2. Start with their pacing, then speed up as it feels appropriate. This will help both with decoding (especially when they get to multisyllabic and content-heavy words) and with spelling.
Hi, where did you have all of this printed?
Hi, I used their printing partner, Making Family Count. When you purchase their curriculum, the plan & prep guide has directions for printing through them. If you are going to send out the entire curriculum + resources, that's your best option because they already know which papers for which items. I now just print at home because I know I don't need all the items printed and I have an ecotank printer + spiral binder.
I meant year 2 not level 2
@homespun.childhood hello, thank you so much for your insightful videos. They have been very helpful in our homeschool journey.
I’m very interested to learn more about children who are already fluent readers, but use Pinwheels 3/4 to learn/strengthen spelling and grammar rules. How would you recommend we use the program?
What’s the next step after level 4?
Hey, so for using PW 3/4 with fluent readers, I have used the LA binder summary page at the end of each PW unit as a checklist of topics to teach then applied those topics (going into the teacher guide) to our current reading. So if focused on scooping syllables, we would do that with an instructional level text. After PW, you would want to figure out what skills the child has and needs. I'm working on a series on that over on IG/Blog/Here in the coming weeks.