Rooted in Language Pinwheels Year 2 Homeschool Reading Curriculum

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Rooted in Language's Pinwheels Year 2: Levels 3 & 4
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In this video, I walk you through Pinwheels Year 2, a comprehensive homeschool reading curriculum by Rooted in Language based on the science of reading and best practices in structured literacy instruction.
Y'all have been asking for this video ever since I reviewed Pinwheels Year 1 - and it's a long one, so check out the chapters below!
Pinwheels is a complete early literacy curriculum that includes instructional videos and optional add-on classes for further background information and application. Pinwheels includes all language arts instructional components, so you do not need to add an additional language arts curriculum.
00:45 Digital Files & Setup Directions
01:58 Pinwheels Year 2: Plan & Prep
11:46 Pinwheels Level 3 Educator Guide
25:03 PW 3 Student Workbook
27:00 PW 3 Reading Kits & Appendixes
30:41 Pinwheels Level 4 Educator Guide
40:38 PW 4 Student Workbook
42:30 PW 4 Reading Kit & Appendixes
46:38 Additional Materials: Flipbook & Moveable Alphabet
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@RH-dk9md Ай бұрын

Hello, thanks for these reviews. Very helpful. I'm teaching a struggling 6 year old boy (7 in July). It took him a really long time to learn his alphabet and the sounds, we've been homeschooling two years. It also took him awhile recognizing numbers 1-10. He could count but it was the recognizing part. He has learnt alphabet and sounds now and we have just been working on CVC words, and started on digraphs. I had been using an older program Sing, Spell, Read and Write, but it wasn't scripted lessons and it moved to fast for my son, I was always having to find additional things to teach the concept. I also needed more instruction for teaching. I find he needs lots of extra time and practice learning a concept. Wondering if Rooted in Language would be the best fit, and which would you start with? He can read CVC words, but it is slow, he will sound out the word and then say what it is. UFIL sounded great as well , but I couldn't tell are the lessons for teaching scripted or not? You don't know of any online programs or courses (where's there is a "teacher)" that uses Science of reading approach to teaching reading? Would love to find a program where someone else is teaching (he does much better when it's mom not teaching and someone else - focuses better"). I don't mind being with him "watching" and then helping help him do work. Not sure if there is any this way, with science of reading approach? Thanks

@amyp4966 2 ай бұрын

Sarah, thank you for this. I’m switching my son over from LOE C after realizing that the program was not giving us what we needed. Your content has been so helpful to me.

@homespun.childhood Ай бұрын

aww, thanks!

@Ahomeontheprairies Жыл бұрын

So helpful, thank you, Sarah!

@homespun.childhood Жыл бұрын

@angelitagonzalez1133 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful video! Thank you. I hoping to choose between this and the wand, for my english as a second language learner. Pinwheels year 1 was a little to slow for us but we got thru it.

@homespun.childhood Жыл бұрын

I'd recommend PW 3/4 before the wand.

@meghannferguson6783 9 ай бұрын

Hi! I loved your video! I was also curious if you made another video that you mentioned for children that are older but struggle with reading, spelling, or writing. This is actually what I’m looking to use pinwheels for for my son. Thanks again for such an awesome video!

@homespun.childhood 9 ай бұрын

It's on my to-film list!

@karatiman1191 2 ай бұрын

I meant year 2 not level 2

@karatiman1191 2 ай бұрын

Hi Sarah! Do I have to start year 1 if my son is already familiar with most of the lessons? Or I can just start year 2?

@homespun.childhood Ай бұрын

Hey - if your child is able to read and spell CVC words, then I recommend starting with PW 3 (year 2). Hope that helps!

@tonib.7187 4 ай бұрын

Hi! Just wanted to say thank you for your curriculum reviews! They have been so helpful! We are currently using Pinwheels and I am planning ahead for second grade. Have you reviewed RiL’s Wand program? Any recommendations for a language arts program beyond Pinwheels?

@homespun.childhood 3 ай бұрын

I have not reviewed The Wand, mostly because I don't recommend it for many families. It's a solid program for students who need that that level of additional practice, but many kiddos are ready for diving into the separate areas of language arts after Pinwheels. I have several posts and a bunch of highlights over on IG for those areas (Literature, Spelling/Word Study, Writing/Grammar).

@KBF24 8 ай бұрын

Have you seen a less teacher intensive/amount of moving parts that’s similar to pinwheels?

@homespun.childhood 3 ай бұрын

You could check out UFLI or Recipe for Reading. I have reviews on my website. www.homespunchildhood.com/blog/how-to-choose-a-reading-curriculum

@donnaconstant1388 3 ай бұрын

We are busy with Pinwheels 4 and it has been a great fit for my child we have taken the program slowly and now I am planning what to use next for Language Arts. We have bought Wand but I think we may need something more advanced now as my child is at grade level for other subjects and moving to grade 4 now. So we have to find LA that is level appropriate.

@homespun.childhood 3 ай бұрын

Yah, I agree re: the wand. It’s not a great fit for most families. It’s more helpful for lids with dyslexia or other learning disabilities. Once you finish your foundational reading program - then you start looking at the LA components separately (literature, spelling/word study, writing/grammar). I have a bunch of stuff in those highlights on IG.

@donnaconstant1388 3 ай бұрын

@@homespun.childhood thanks will do.

@tammyron5705 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this very thorough look into PW 3 & 4. I don’t see any cursive incorporated in the copy work. My 8 year old son is dyslexic and will be starting this program for the first time. We find that cursive writing seems to flow really well for him, so I want to keep that up without him getting burned out by too much copy work/writing. Any suggestions on how to keep up the cursive writing practice while using this program?

@homespun.childhood Жыл бұрын

Just have him do the writing portions in copywork. If you want him to be able to see a cursive version to copy, check out the free cursive worksheet maker from Handwriting Without Tears www.lwtears.com/resources/worksheet-maker-lite

@tammyron5705 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I think this will work well for him.

@HeyMrKnickerbocker Ай бұрын

I took the RIL assessment and it said I could use Pinwheels 1 , 2 or Wand. Now, I’m even more confused. My 6 year is a strong, natural reader but does not decode.

@homespun.childhood Ай бұрын

I would start with PW 3 to get the decoding skills in.PW 3 reviews the big things from PW 1-2. Start with their pacing, then speed up as it feels appropriate. This will help both with decoding (especially when they get to multisyllabic and content-heavy words) and with spelling.

@melissamoore280 Жыл бұрын

I’m on Level 3 Unit 12 with my daughter. When do they introduce long vowel sounds? I’ve noticed AAS Level 1 wants her to know all the sounds a letter makes. When should I introduce all the sounds?

@josielorraine8466 Жыл бұрын

We did level 1 AAS-finished it-bought level 2-did a few lessons and switched to pinwheels level 3…I was printing interactive notebooks pages to remember every rule and I liked the idea of the LA binder…it shows long vowels in chapter 29 of PW4..it looks like they learn all the vowel teams prior…so I bet they have a reason behind how they present vowel teams-curious to know what that is.

@melissamoore280 Жыл бұрын

@@josielorraine8466 thanks for your input! I’m curious too.

@homespun.childhood Жыл бұрын

They teach CVCe as broken vowel teams, which is technically what they are, but I think that puts them at odds with all the other foundational reading programs because it means kids are introduced to CVCe after everything else instead of before it all.

@homespun.childhood Жыл бұрын

I jump into all the long vowel stuff in the video :)

@sharypaparazzo7976 Жыл бұрын

What do you suggest after pinwheels program?

@homespun.childhood Жыл бұрын

Great question - if your student is reading fluently at the end of PW 4, then you move into teaching the various LA components individually. Which can be really overwhelming. I go into a lot of this over on Instagram.

@sharypaparazzo7976 Жыл бұрын

@Sarah | Homespun Childhood Yes, definitely overwhelming. I m a subscriber now to both;) thanks again!!

@erikaponce3060 11 ай бұрын

Hi, where did you have all of this printed?

@homespun.childhood 11 ай бұрын

Hi, I used their printing partner, Making Family Count. When you purchase their curriculum, the plan & prep guide has directions for printing through them. If you are going to send out the entire curriculum + resources, that's your best option because they already know which papers for which items. I now just print at home because I know I don't need all the items printed and I have an ecotank printer + spiral binder.

@MsSophisticakes 10 ай бұрын

@homespun.childhood hello, thank you so much for your insightful videos. They have been very helpful in our homeschool journey. I’m very interested to learn more about children who are already fluent readers, but use Pinwheels 3/4 to learn/strengthen spelling and grammar rules. How would you recommend we use the program? What’s the next step after level 4?

@homespun.childhood 10 ай бұрын

Hey, so for using PW 3/4 with fluent readers, I have used the LA binder summary page at the end of each PW unit as a checklist of topics to teach then applied those topics (going into the teacher guide) to our current reading. So if focused on scooping syllables, we would do that with an instructional level text. After PW, you would want to figure out what skills the child has and needs. I'm working on a series on that over on IG/Blog/Here in the coming weeks.