Can I use AAS 1 with just teacher's guide and tiles?

[kdownie]

From the preview I saw on the All About Learning website, it seems that I could just make, out of index cards, the necessary cards for my dd. In each of the lessons I read through, it looks like it tells you which cards to use and what letters/words are on each one.

 

I have phonics and letter tiles already. I can create her a progress chart and certificate.

 

Is there something major I'd be missing?

 

Trying to find a more cost effective way to use All About Spelling, since I've pretty much used up my school budget.

[Shawndrese]

I'd say it could be done. My son now is in AAS1 and usually does better when I just write the letters on a cheap dry erase board (it helps keeps his attention) So I usually don't even use the cards with him.

It may be helpful though to keep a list (or just know in your head) of which sounds and rules he's having a hard time with...so you can remember to review those more with him.

[kdownie]

My dd prefers a dry erase board to pretty much anything else!

[HomeschoolingHearts&Minds]

Yes you can. Once my daughter mastered the phonogram cards, we really didn't use the cards at all. We often skipped the tiles and just used a dry-erase board.

[nukeswife]

Sure, if you come up with a system to keep track of which words they need to review. Just keep in mind the word cards aren't supposed to just "go away" if they get them correct after that steps spell on paper section, they go into the review section and then eventually the mastered section, and the beginning of each step has you review the phonogram, sound, key, and word cards from the review section. Eventually they start to do a mastered review where you're supposed to pull cards from their mastered section to see if they've retained them.

 

For me it would be to much stinking work to keep track of all of the review and mastered words or to write out all those index cards.

[nrself]

We're on level one and I've made the cards myself. The appendix has a list of phonograms for this level, and at least so far the word cards and the, I think they're called, key cards are written out in the lessons.

 

Nicole

[Crimson Wife]

Yes, except you won't have the word banks. Those aren't in the lessons, just the student materials. They aren't super-crucial, however. Helpful for visual memory but you can do AAS without them.

[nukeswife]

Yes, except you won't have the word banks. Those aren't in the lessons, just the student materials. They aren't super-crucial, however. Helpful for visual memory but you can do AAS without them.

 

Oh yeah, I forgot about those and when you get to level 3 there is a silent E book and a few other rule pages and word banks, etc.

[raceNzanesmom]

There's also additional tiles as you go thru the levels.

 

But, I agree with nukeswife, too much work for me. I'd rather have it all in front of me and just go with it. Plus, hand written wouldn't be as neat and printed would cost ink.

[rebereid]

my son and I are doing aas1 and we rarely use the cards. We just use the tiles (not the AAS brand ones, just some ABC tiles I got elsewhere, plus I made the phonograms out of some of them) and practice dictation. I don't worry about keeping the cards in order of "reviewed" or mastered" or whatever. I just go back and we review words orally every now and then.

[kdownie]

I decided to give it a try with just the teacher's guide for Level 1, since I think that she will move pretty quickly through it. I'll see how it goes but leaning towards getting the student parts for the subsequent levels. Thanks everyone!

[vaquitita]

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Edited December 13, 2015 by vaquitita

[MerryAtHope]

If you're using non-AALP tiles you already have make sure they color coordinate (vowels and vowel teams are one color, consonants another, sounds of ER another, sounds of SH another, etc...) Also make sure that phonograms are together on one tile (for example, igh stands for the long I sound).

 

For the cards, the phonogram and sound cards are not pictured in the book the way the key cards are, but you can see a listing in the back that you could make these from. I agree with Kel though, I'd get tired of making them! Review is a huge part of the program for a lot of kids. Some kids might not need much, but if you have a child who struggles with spelling, you'll likely need to do a lot for the program to be effective. So, whatever way you approach it, make sure that you have an easy way to do the review (easy for you so you won't be tempted to just skip it, I mean!)

 

Merry :-)

[Kuovonne]

I used AAS1 and am now using AAS2 with just the teacher's manual. No tiles. No word cards. I have DD do all her spelling in a composition book. I keep track of review words using the computer program Anki (a spaced repetition review system). No cards to sort. No having to decide if a word is mastered yet or not. No worrying about a forgetting to review a troublesome word. No frustrations because she still doesn't remember how to spell a particular word. DD also reviews phonograms and rules in Anki. It helps that DD is capable of doing the handwriting.

[nukeswife]

I used AAS1 and am now using AAS2 with just the teacher's manual. No tiles. No word cards. I have DD do all her spelling in a composition book. I keep track of review words using the computer program Anki (a spaced repetition review system). No cards to sort. No having to decide if a word is mastered yet or not. No worrying about a forgetting to review a troublesome word. No frustrations because she still doesn't remember how to spell a particular word. DD also reviews phonograms and rules in Anki. It helps that DD is capable of doing the handwriting.

 

If you use this program for the word cards, does you child not use the program but you do and then call out the words for them to spell? I'm a little lost as to how a flashcard program on the computer would be used for spelling, since seeing the card flashed wouldn't really help if the child was seeing it before having to spell it.

[SnMomof7]

You could make cards, but in all honesty - it's a lot easier to get them ready to go. Lots of work to make them.

[Kuovonne]

If you use this program for the word cards, does you child not use the program but you do and then call out the words for them to spell? I'm a little lost as to how a flashcard program on the computer would be used for spelling, since seeing the card flashed wouldn't really help if the child was seeing it before having to spell it.

 

Yup, I use the program and call out the words to my DD. However, if I wanted to take the time, I could set it up as audio flashcards where the prompt is the spoken word, but I'm too lazy to set it up that way since I want to watch her as she does her spelling anyway.

[nukeswife]

Yup, I use the program and call out the words to my DD. However, if I wanted to take the time, I could set it up as audio flashcards where the prompt is the spoken word, but I'm too lazy to set it up that way since I want to watch her as she does her spelling anyway.

 

Ok, that makes sense to me now. Thanks for clarifying for me. :001_smile: