WinterPromise Language Arts

WinterPromise Language Arts has all the things! “Literature and activities, family projects, notebooking, mapping, student worksheets, and best of all, family memories — all in one incredibly easy-to-use curriculum!” (from the WinterPromise Website)

A couple of years ago we enjoyed the lovely Word Spy books. We took our time reading through them and enjoyed every minute of them. When we reached the end of both books I really didn’t want my children to forget all that they had learned, so I ended up searching out a grammar program.

WinterPromise Language Arts

After looking at a few and knowing what I wanted, I selected the Winter Promise Language Arts (WP LA). I opted for Level 4 to begin with as there are several mysteries to solve throughout the year, and I knew that would be very appealing to my children. I wasn’t disappointed!

WinterPromise Language Arts Levels

Elementary Levels

Adventures in Pine Hollow (Prek- 3rd grade) is designed to engage students so thoroughly that whether they can’t wait to read or would rather wait forever, they are pulled into a forest world, where they join critter adventures and forget there’s learning going on! Students meet critter friends that they follow and keep throughout their several year reading journey.

• Letters to Little Words: Prek-K – From alphabet to three-letter words. Learn the sounds of the alphabet and other phonograms and letter formation!
• Syllables to Sentences: K-1st -Three letter words to sentences. Learn advanced phonics and start to work on reading recognition and decoding skills!
• Paragraphs to Pages: K-1st – From short paragraphs to easy to read pages. Cover vowels and consonants as well as start reading full pages of larger and larger words!
• Stories to Short Chapters 1st-2nd: – Short chapters to easy chapter books. Focus on your students reading comprehension and some of the hardest phonograms!
• Readers to Real Books 2nd-3rd: Easy chapter books to real reading books. Start increasing your readers speed and comprehension abilities and start learning about word forms!

Before purchasing a WP LA level, I’d urge you to use the placement test. Click HERE to view the LA Placement test for Adventures in Pine Hollow Programs!

Middle Grade Levels

Lay a solid foundation of grammar skills with these four programs! Each program features it’s own story line and related activities to keep readers engaged.

• LA Grade 3: Tracking Down the Good Grammar – Discover the foundations of grammar with Scout the Dog
• LA Grade 4: Solving the Mysteries of Grammar – Reinforce grammar concepts new and old and starts learning cursive while solving mysteries with the detective Cliff Hanger!
• LA Grade 5: Dig Into Paragraphs – Rendezvous with Scout the dog while he guides you through the writing good paragraphs!
• LA Grade 6: Exploring Word Pictures – Start making good word choice as you travel through space aboard a starship! Gain proficiency in spelling, grammar concepts, and sharpen your writing skills!

Click HERE to view our LA Placement test for our Elementary Language Arts Programs!

Junior High Levels

Start developing and master the writing process with the Junior and Senior Language Arts programs!

• LA Grade 7: Mastering the Writing Process – Learn to write the 5 types of research papers and develop your writing skills!
• LA Grade 8: Developing Your Storywriting – Learn to create strong plots and story lines in your own writing!

High School Levels

These Classic WinterPromise Programs are programs that are not updated or maintained to the same degree as others. These are also only Ebook WinterPromise Exclusives for each program with no print option.

• LA High School 1: 9th-12th Intriguing Written Expression – This program schedules writing instructions, prompts, literature reading, literature evaluation, grammar, vocabulary, & more!
• LA High School 2: 9th-12th Creating Captivating Fiction – Dive into fiction while writing your own fictional mystery throughout this program!

How I use it:

First off, I purchased the E-set for LA 4, 5, and 6 so before getting started I printed off books A-D and bound them up at home. I printed out my teacher’s guide and bound that up separately. From there on in, it’s pretty open and go.

The only changes I’ve made to the curriculum is that we haven’t been using the writing portion. We’re still very content with what we’ve been using for writing & rather then adding more to the plate in that area we just skipped that content.

I’ve been asked a few times if one can use WinterPromise Language Arts without using a history theme. Yes, yes you can! Grammar is still grammar, it’s the writing assignments that are often hinged on the books you are reading or content you are studying.

What I love:

• I like that this takes a no nonsense type approach. There’s no endless diagramming of sentences, it’s just straight up grammar.
• I like that it’s very open and go.
• I like that the curriculum is enjoyable for my children. My kids enjoy it and look forward to it!
• I like that it can be purchased in e-format; super helpful for my child with vision problems.
• We LOVE that it teaches grammar while having fun.

More Language Arts Resources

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