| | |  | Out of the Box | Home » » » Lead the Way: Grade 4: Grade 4 (Harcourt Trophies) | | | | | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Isabel L. Beck | | Hardcover:
| 775 pages | | Publisher:
| Houghton Mifflin School | | Publication Date:
| June 30, 2005 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 015339787X | | Product Width:
| 2.0 centimeters | | Product Height:
| 2.43 centimeters | | Product Weight:
| 0.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 8.1 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.4 inches | | Package Weight:
| 3.65 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 2 reviews |
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 Trophies Lead the Way Grade 4Sep 17, 2010
By CassieJWJ
The reader itself is excellent and I use it very often in my homeschool. The local school district also uses this book. The stories are interesting and suffiently challenging without drawing the children to tears. The accompanying workbook, however, is a different story. The grammar lessons are insufficient for any but the quickest of students. The questions related to the text or provided in 'sample paragraphs' are vague and often my daughter would point out that two answers that each could be considered correct. One of my daughters actually went to the local school for part of 4th grade and the grammar program had her in tears. As a homeschooler, I am very up on my grammar (as I have to be to teach the subject to my 8th grader) and I found several instances where the terminology was vague or just plain incorrect. The teachers, however, rely heavily on the flawed answer sheet to grade the worksheets. More than once, I had to simply send the teacher a note with rules copies from well-respected grammar books that clearly showed that the Trophies use of commas was in violation of rules. The teacher acknowledged that I was correct on the rule as per 'general society' but still chose to grade/teach the lessons as written in Trophies while assuring me that in 'later grades the children would be taught to punctuate properly.' HUH?
I cannot recommend the spelling list either as a list of 20 large words really strained my daughter's memory---and many of the children in the class were simply flunking spelling. With so many GREAT spelling programs (Spelling Power, Spelling Workout, etc.) and so many GREAT grammar programs (Shurley Grammar, Easy Grammar, etc.) I simply don't understand why any school system would stick with a program that even they admit strains students, offers confusing and vaguely worded questions, offers little to any direct grammar knowledge, and clearly teaches punctuation and grammar rules that violate those taught in later grades.
So, the main reader is great, but I recommend passing on the practice book and instead purchasing a more-effective, separate grammar and spelling program. As for reading comprehension, you don't need a workbook: Just ask your child questions about the story; have your child summarize the stories verbally and/or in writing, etc.
 Trophies - Lead the Way: Grade 4Nov 18, 2009
By Lynnae Woodruff
Great educational resource.
Trophies - Lead the Way: Grade 4
Trophies - Lead the Way Practice Book: Grade 4
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