Did anyone else pull their kid out of school and quick-start homeschooling?? Did you survive

We did this twice, when DD was 5 and 7, when, after months of meetings, it became plainly obvious that the school was not going to offer her the appropriate education they're legally required to provide. Both times the homeschooling went very well.
As for ELA, DW just browsed local bookstores/internet for workbooks at the appropriate grade level, and mixed and matched her assignments from them based on our DD's specific needs. DW also used the spelling and vocabulary lists published weekly by teachers in our local school district, again at the grade level that was appropriate for our DD (which was not the same as her official grade level at all).