[bookworm472]

We have had Journeys for a few years now. In fact, I was one of the teachers who piloted it in the district. For third grade, I spent a couple years following the program as suggested. There students never seemed to master any skills because it was spiraling so quickly. Now, we teach reading and writing by genre, and we pick and choose the resources we use. They are fine if you don't have a lot of your own resources, but I prefer some of my own personal resources more.