Love how you explain things. We did math mammoth for grade 7, we liked it although we did switch. The word roots with tree is grades 5-12+. Looks like yours is for younger than that. For spelling, we like writing on window with white board marker, it's fun. I wish my kids read that much and they're older. We are doing doctor Dolittle and charlottes web this year with my grade 5.
I love your picks and video! We are using many of the curriculums you are as well. I love the schedule page for Rhetoric and IEW. Could you possibly share that page?
Thank you! I'd be happy to share it! I uploaded it to TPT especially for you and anyone else who wants it. www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Writing-Assignment-Checklist-for-the-Year-IEW-and-Writing-Rhetoric-EDITABLE-11880359 I made it in Pages and I didn't convert it to pdf because I wanted it to be editable. However I can email it or upload it to TPT as a PDF if you are unable to open it for some reason. Let me know :). Here is my email incase you want it by email reneemendoza88@gmail.com
We have been using Writing and Rhetoric and it starts gentle, but it does advance fairly quickly, especially for a 3rd grader. As you advance in these books it will teach you essay writing and outlines. It does not have much grammar, so I do recommend adding in grammar, especially for kids in 4th or 5th grade.