Guideline for R&S, written vs oral

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Mumkins
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Guideline for R&S, written vs oral

Post by Mumkins » Thu Jun 12, 2014 7:49 am

How much should be written and how much should be done orally in each guide?
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Re: Guideline for R&S, written vs oral

Post by pjdobro » Fri Jun 13, 2014 11:47 am

I think the recommendation is to do 2/3 of the lesson orally then about 1/3 written. First I do the oral review from the teachers guide with my dc. Then we read the lesson together and do the oral questions. We usually do a good part of the written questions orally as well. I usually only save one small part to write, for instance 5-7 sentences to diagram, or something like that. In the early books that means a lesson is less than 15 minutes. As we have gotten into the older guides, it takes a little longer, but it still doesn't take that long. :D
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