 Hey guys, my name is Brittany and welcome back to my YouTube channel. You guys in today's video I'm going to share with you how I teach my daughter a language arts without using a all-in-one language arts curriculum So if any of you guys are new here to my channel again, my name is Brittany I'm a homeschooling mom to three girls ages 11 4 and 2 and I'm in my third year of homeschool So you guys I'm really going to go ahead and dive in deep on how I actually teach my daughter language arts In the past you guys I have used a all-in-one language arts curriculum But I found that by separating out each of the pieces of language arts. I really was able to Cater my daughter's curriculum to her specific needs Especially when she is working at higher levels at certain things And she's maybe working just right on great level on certain components of language arts So as you guys know language arts is like the biggest sub subject It has so many categories Within the language arts. I mean we have our grammar writing spelling vocabulary reading comprehension Literature. I mean poetry you name it. It's all falls under language arts So you guys I'm not going to lie when I did decide to stop using an all-in-one curriculum And piece together my own language arts curriculum I did feel overwhelmed when I started off this journey one book that was very helpful in choosing all the categories when it came to Like my daughter's language arts, especially for specific levels I utilized this book right here, which was called home learning year by year And I was really able to figure out what briel needed to learn within language arts each year How to pick the subjects and how to pick the best curriculums that suits her Um, so you guys I'm going to go ahead and get into it and I'm going to stop rambling and let's go ahead and get started So for grammar you guys we are actually utilizing fix the grammar. This is our second book. We have completed this year We've completed fix the grammar the nose tree you guys I'm not going to lie when I first started fix the grammar I really didn't feel like just doing one sentence a day was enough to really master The grammar skills, but you guys I definitely was proven wrong because after completing Two books of fix it grammar. I definitely have seen Humendous like strides with my daughter's grammar these 15 minute daily grammar lessons They are so effective. Um, it's short. It's sweet. Um, I love how it's concise and it goes over each part of speech systematically Um, and it's just crazy how much your kiddos grammar skills will improve over time Especially by utilizing fix it grammar. So I love this this year We also have utilized using rod and staff english But I found with brielle doing more writing this year Sticking to fix it grammar has been a better fit for our overall language arts flow So for fix it grammar you guys we actually do fix it grammar four days after week So that's just monday through thursday Now let's go ahead and get into writing for brielle So this year for writing brielle is actually utilizing structure and style level 1a This, uh, curriculum for writing is actually geared for a great third to third through fifth And you guys if you're not new to my channel, you already know how much I have been really really enjoying Iew this year right now We are actually at the halfway point of Iew and I can attest and I can truly say My daughter's writing has you know improved tremendously by just finishing this program halfway through She actually follows the lessons taught by andrew pudawa the video lessons I come in later as mom and editor. I actually have three videos right now You guys on my channel all about Iew where I go into a flip through of Iew and one of my videos I made a video talking about my initial review of Iew after using it for 30 days My pros and cons of this particular curriculum And I also have a more recent video where I showed us going through a week of Iew structure and style So if you guys want to see more videos about Iew I will definitely link them down below But you guys this definitely has been one of my highlights when it's coming to our like homeschool this year Uh brielle really really has been enjoying Iew as well. So this is what we're using for writing She does writing four days four to five days out the week depending on the editing process But uh, it's pearly has been four days out the week. She's been doing it and Iew takes anywhere between 30 to 45 minutes On those four days that she is doing it. So that is her grammar and writing So now let's go ahead and get into reading comprehension So for reading comprehension, you guys in the past I have just used I like those scholastics reading tests at the end of the year just to test her reading comprehension But this year you guys I have chose a different book for reading comprehension We are actually using the reading detective by the critical thinking company and you guys like I love this book It is so great. I love how they teach the kiddos reading comprehension My daughter is reading a passage and not only does she have to select the right answer But she has to figure out within the passage which sentence led her to that conclusion She is doing more literature analysis in answering the comprehension questions They've been talking a lot about figurative language and she has to inference what she think will happen next in the story And I really love this book from the critical thinking company. It really has her thinking When she does this we do reading detective on fridays only just because um, she's not doing her grammar and writing So it really allows us to be able to focus on that passage that she's doing And I definitely have seen growth when it comes to like her reading comprehension Reading comprehension and utilizing books like this is really important in my home school Because briel actually has to get tested in our state So I love just having these books and just doing them at least once a week when it's when it comes to like her critical thinking Reading comprehension skills just making sure she is still staying on par especially when it comes to that So I really have been loving reading detective this school year For spelling and vocabulary. We have been doing 180 days of spelling and word study earlier this year We did try out wordly wise, but I thought by doing wordly wise and 180 days It was really too much and I was finding briel was retaining the vocabulary words a lot better By the way that 180 days of vocabulary and word study actually teaches it So 180 days of vocabulary and word study. It's not just like spelling you guys They talk about prefixes suffixes. They talk about the latin root words and um, I love how she's still completing sentences She's doing sentinems and sentinems analogies. Um, it is so many different fun activities in 180 days of spelling and word study I actually have a comparison video on my channel of 180 days of spelling and word study in evan more Where I show a more in-depth view about 180 days of spelling and why I love this program so much But briel loves it. She's retaining vocabulary a lot better when it's coming to like the spelling portion of it briel actually has mastered the skill of spelling phonetically We are mainly using this book when it comes to like her Vocabulary so for spelling she is doing it five days out the week monday through Thursday being the spelling activities and then on friday. She has her spelling test So as you guys can see um on fridays is really light for briel when it comes to language art She is doing spelling and vocabulary and her reading detective are the only two things She is actually doing in the language arts component on friday Now another component of language arts is literature you guys and uh this year We actually have been doing our literature through history And i'm finding that that is like the best way to add in literature in your homeschool without like, uh You know just uh adding in too many books I mean, I know in homeschool is never enough books But sometimes I do feel like um by doing it through history is definitely a fun way to read more literature We are doing two uh history curriculums this year The first history curriculum we are actually doing is called heart and soul by the heritage mom pack And we definitely have been enjoying that curriculum We do heart and soul which is our african-american history on fridays And that is how briel is getting literature and her main history curriculum We are doing this year is a river of voices and we do a river of voices two days out the week So she is getting history historical fictions through literature and um I really am finding that we are really really enjoying both those curriculums Especially adding in more literature in our homeschool When it comes to like briel's reading um and other literature as far as in our homeschool I always have three books in circulation for us She has her independent fund reader and right now her independent fund reader is the sweetest sound She has an independent assigned reader which typically goes along history And her independent assigned reader that she's reading right now is pocahontas and the stranger And then we will also have our read aloud. So that is how we circulate literature as well Sometimes with our read alouds. I will add in a literature guide You guys i've been finding adding in literature guides has definitely been a fun way for us to Really analyze the literature that we have been reading Talk about different literary elements onomatopoeias, personifications, semiles, metaphors It's really really fun when I add in a literature guide this year you guys I have scheduled out three literature guides for us to do to really make it um easily attainable for us And I don't want every real out we're reading to have a literature guide because sometimes um for our real Out I just want us to just sit down and read it for fun So we started off our homeschool year Our first read aloud was the lemonade war and we did a brave writers literature guide with a lemonade war And it was so much fun briah really talked a lot about onomatopoeias with that literature guy And she really really enjoyed this book lemonade war and really analyzing those um literary elements We talked and had a lot of discussion questions with the brave writer literature guide So we really really enjoyed using a literature guide with this particular book Scheduled throughout the year. I do have two more literature guides that we are going to be doing in our Next couple of quarters. We are going to be doing stella by starlight by brave writer and then here goes the book right here We're going to be doing this one starting off our new semester really really soon So I'm so excited to dig into another Literature guide and the last literature guide that we're going to be completing in our fourth quarter is going to be Ancestor approved by brave writer and here goes the book right here So this is how briah is really getting in all of those literary components that um, I really want her to learn this year And how I knew which literary components to for her to learn this year was again through this book Home learning year by year. This actually was a really really good tool I really wish I would have picked up this book in my first year of homeschooling because it really has helped me to see What she needs to learn learn for each level I know um things like this may not be as popular in the homeschool community But it's really really important for me to make sure each level That briah is on we are actually learning what we need to learn So I am really really excited about this book and it definitely has been a helpful tool Now the last thing that we do do that encompasses language arts is poetry We just typically read poetry in the morning time and I'm going to share with you guys some of our favorite poetry books I haven't gone into like an analyzing poetry and doing different things like that Yet, but I know in the future we will so for right now We're just utilizing different poetry books and just reading them for fun So some of our favorite poetry books we have read and still read is um hip hop speaks to children And this one actually comes with a cd So we love listening to this one in the car and this was definitely one of our fun poetry books Another poetry book we've loved over the years has been Maya Angelos Poetry book um this actually comes in a lot of series with other poets And I definitely want to pick up more of these books Featuring different poets, but so far I only have this one right here, which is by Maya Angelos Another poetry book I have is called just like me And we read this one earlier this year and it was really really cute all the different poems that was curated in this book Um another poetry book I have is out of wonder and this has definitely been another great poetry book And then the last poetry book which has to be like one of my daughter's favorite poetry books Is sing a song of seasons. So that is actually how we cover poetry in our home school So you guys I know it seems like a lot, but this is how I do language arts in my home school I really love not using them all in one curriculum because I'm really able to pull in different pieces of language arts You guys sometimes if I don't feel like it, I'm able to say okay, Marie We're not going to do spelling this week or no, we're not going to do this this week We're only going to focus on writing without it actually interrupting any parts or lessons Because I was finding when I was utilizing all in one curriculum I didn't have that like customization when it came to our language arts and Even though it was overwhelming at first to piece together all of my language arts components I'm so happy I have done it this year and I really really have been enjoying language arts Forbidden out this year and she has been enjoying it too She also loves doing a lot of creative writing and fun writing and by me keeping and separating out her language arts If she is doing creative writing a little bit longer that day, I'm able to say, okay We're not going to do spelling and grammar. We're just going to focus on creative writing today I really really love that freedom that I have now that we don't do it all in one language arts curriculum So you guys I really hope you enjoyed today's video I hope you enjoy hearing how we do language arts in our home school in the comments down below Let me know if you use the all in one curriculum If you don't what are the components of language arts that you are doing in your home school this year? So you guys thank you so much for watching and I look forward to seeing everybody in my next one. Bye