Wow, thanks for the heads up about seventh grade! I’ve used this since Grade 2 with my soon-to-be 7th grader and they have this and Lightning Literature Storm. Idk what the difference between the two are. But! You are right, the 2-6 are completely different. Wonderful art work throughout(even in color on the PDF as I use PDF as well), pretty decent grammar (we had to switch grammar for my 4th grader. LL was actually too difficult for her.) the book selection has always been fantastic. They present real and difficult dilemmas for my kids and they have loved discussing them. The weak component is definitely writing instruction. It’s just not very good and I am not that good at it so I needed more instruction on teaching it and it just didn’t have it. So I have them do the writing prompts until about 9 years old and switch to IEW. Thanks for the heads up about LL for grade 7!
@Homeschoolology
4 ай бұрын
Yes I have heard this from many people who use the program! Hopefully they will get to updating those older levels soon. Thanks for sharing your experience!
@EatPrayCrunch1
Жыл бұрын
It looks like the older levels are not as well laid out as the younger levels. We are doing younger levels this year for the first time and have been happy with it. It has the format of reading and grammar interspersed like you were talking about. We are not as happy with the composition part so we are doing something else for writing, but we wanted it mostly for the reading and grammar. The student books in the younger levels are colorful and visually appealing. I will have to keep in mind that it is less that way as we get into middle school. Thanks for the review!
@Homeschoolology
Жыл бұрын
You are painting the picture I of what I was looking for! I guess all the reviews I saw and read were for the younger levels. I may have to try it out again with one of my younger kiddos to compare the upper and lower levels. Do you have the print copies or the PDF? I'm wondering if the PDF is in black and white for printing and the print version is in color. Thanks for sharing your insight!
@EatPrayCrunch1
Жыл бұрын
@@Homeschoolology We got the printed version. Not sure if the PDF is different.
@melissaleonard8741
Жыл бұрын
We love Lightning Literature over here! We've used it for several years, but we're only on grade 5 this year though, so we haven't done the older grades yet. It's for sure a literature based language arts program, not a grammar program. I'm not sure if someone told it was? The levels we've done, do have a grammar page each day that corresponds with the literature being read, but ya not just a grammar program. Fix it Grammar is a great grammar program, we're using it this year and really like it so far. Or you can try MCT or Galaxy Grammar as well.
@Homeschoolology
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad to hear you guys love it! It is a solid program. Thanks for sharing your experience. I guess I was looking for more of an all in one program. I'm not sure if that is out there. We are using Fix It! Grammar and loving it!! It is a great program that is just the right fit for her. Thanks for watching!
@melissaleonard8741
Жыл бұрын
@@Homeschoolology hmm ya an all in one is hard, especially for the older grades I think. And I guess it totally depends on your kiddo as well. As I said, we’re only on grade 5 of it, and the grammar part is pretty good for the younger grades. Maybe they cut back for the older grades? We used to just use that and Evan moor for grammar, but this year I’ve added Fix It Grammar, as we’ve started using IEW’s structure and style, so I wanted to do both.
@schultesweeties
Жыл бұрын
Good to know about these middle school levels!
@Homeschoolology
Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
@moniquebabe5241
Жыл бұрын
It seems to be the older levels. Because i know first and second are colorful.
@Homeschoolology
Жыл бұрын
I think that may be what it is. I know when I was researching I saw color. LOL. Thanks for watching and sharing your experience!
@xiixiixo
Жыл бұрын
I did the third grade level over the summer with my niece, just for the reading. It has great reading comprehension and book synopsis after each book. I think the format changes for the 6th or 7th grade level.
@Homeschoolology
Жыл бұрын
I've read that it changes at the 7th grade level. LOL. No wonder it was not what I was suspecting. I may try out the younger levels one day with one of my future three. People seem to love the younger years. Thanks for sharing!
@theselittlesprouts
Жыл бұрын
I’m pretty sure I read somewhere that the older levels are going through a revamp and revision. I think lightning lit existed before and then it was revamped or something along this lines. Maybe helpful information to look into??
@Homeschoolology
Жыл бұрын
I will have to look into it! I would love to check out an updated version. Thanks for sharing!
@theselittlesprouts
Жыл бұрын
@@Homeschoolology I swear I read it somewhere, but I can’t for the life of me find it! Maybe I’m mistaken?? 🙃 I’ll have to look into it more.
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