What are learning levels?

Most Tapestry assignments are divided into four distinct learning levels. These levels roughly correspond with certain age ranges, but are broad enough that you can adjust your student up and down as suits his individual development.

The overlap of grade levels is intentional. Students develop at different rates, while traditional grade levels are tied to chronological ages. Remember, Tapestry is designed for stages, not ages.

Lower Grammar

  • Non-fluent reader
  • Approximately grades K-3
  • Enjoys learning basic facts

Upper Grammar

  • Independent reader
  • Approximately grades 3-6
  • Enjoys memorizing concrete, sequential facts

Dialectic

  • Reads to learn
  • Approximately grades 6-9
  • Enjoys making connections and learning to debate

Rhetoric

  • Reads the Great Books
  • Approximately grades 9-12
  • Enjoys analyzing and synthesizing ideas and arguments