CLE or Rod & Staff? We are using CLE but I read a lot of good things about R&S for LA too. Which program is easier to teach, more hand holding and just easier to understand?
What grade? That will change the outcome. We did R&S 3 and I had to be there a lot for my dd because there were a lot of "extra" words for stuff she didn't need to do. It was explained in the TM - not the student book. BUT the work was very solid (just didn't work for us)
