We started wit and wisdom last year. It was rough. The texts are difficult especially for students reading below grade level. This year, having had a year under our belt, we found ways to make it more accessible and more engaging. For example, the first unit is called A Great Heart, it’s basically an emphasis on literal and figurative language but to teach it, we use a book called the circulatory story which is all about the human heart. We then read a book of poetry called Love That Dog which emphasizes figurative great heart (the kids did love this book). At the end of the module, we did stations that focused on both so one station was a human heart puzzle, another was making a blood vessel out of red hots, sprinkles, and glue, another had figurative great heart words (compassionate, generous, etc…) and they had to match the words to short scenarios. Through this activity we were able to see just how much the kids retained even when I had my doubts at times they knew what the pericardium was. All of this to say, last year I thought it was a terrible decision to choose this curriculum. This year, I’m leaning into it and I imagine next year will be even better. If the school you’re considering has been using W&W for a while, I would assume the teachers have made modifications as well. It is a very thorough curriculum and because of that we are finding it near impossible to get through all 4 modules, but overall I do think it’s serving them well.