3rd Grade Curriculum Choices

 Going through what I am doing with my 3rd grader next year.  We are somewhere between Charlotte Mason, Classical, and eclectic styles of homeschooling. And every Tuesday she participates in classes with a local group. 

This year we are trying a new ELA program. She's only just begun to be comfortable reading, and most of the ELA curriculums I've tried haven't worked well for her AuDHD brain. Previously we tried The Good and The Beautiful, which helped keep her interest, but it was too religious for our family. Then we tried First Language Lessons, but it wasn't well rounded for our needs and was pretty boring. I needed something more open and go with a new baby. 

This year, we are going to be using English Lessons Through Literature with the copywork workbook. We are starting with the first year, despite my kiddo probably knowing most of the things covered, because I want her to feel empowered to start as this is a struggle subject for her. We also plan on doing this more than the recommended three times a week, so should move on to the 2nd book before the end of the school year.

For math, we are continuing with the Saxon math program, doing level 3. I don't do the full lesson, mostly just go over the topic and then do the worksheets. I feel like it takes forever to do the full lesson.

For science, we are continuing with the Sassafras Science curriculum, with Botany and Earth Sciences this year. I felt it was a bit more story than science, but this year I got the log books that correspond with the levels, hopefully, that will help it flesh out a bit. 

I still don't have any kind of curriculum for reading planned out. I think I am just going to go through McGuffey readers. Spelling might be using the phonics cards we have and putting together spelling lists. I always seem to struggle teaching those.