Is Rod and Staff spelling 7&8 any good?

[vaquitita]

I see that R&S spelling 7&8 cover word roots, does it do a good job? I have a younger kid using R&S spelling and we like it ok. I want my oldest to start studying word roots and R&S is a lot cheaper than the Critical Thinking Company series.

[Ellie]

Yes. :-)

 

And remember that it is a hardback textbook instead of a workbook. Require your children to write on actual paper. It's good for them. :-)

[SilverMoon]

Yes. They're fabulous root based vocab books if that's what you need. The actual spelling instruction has been reduced to one exercise set a week.

 

We drop the series after completing book 6 because they had plenty of vocab elsewhere, and 6 is a fabulous capstone to the subject of spelling.

[vaquitita]

Great! Word roots is what I'm looking for. Would it work ok to jump a student into this series at grade 7 if they haven't used it before? For reference, he's using spelling you see level G this year (suffix and prefix focus) and doing ok with it. Tho he hates the dictation. Lol

 

Eta: I looked at the samples of level 6 and half of it looks easy and the other half I find myself thinking I'm not sure he could spell these, or that he wouldn't know which word (principal/principle) to use.

Edited December 10, 2017 by vaquitita

[SilverMoon]

Yes, you could enter at grade level without doing previous books, with an average student.

[Zoo Keeper]

Just adding to the chorus--R&S spelling 7 and 8 is pretty good; the roots and word history bits were well done (as was the spelling).  An average student could jump in at grade level without having done the previous books.  The books are hardback, and meant to be non-consumable (the student works on a separate paper).  

[Ellie]

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Eta: I looked at the samples of level 6 and half of it looks easy and the other half I find myself thinking I'm not sure he could spell these, or that he wouldn't know which word (principal/principle) to use.

 

But that's what the lessons are for. :-)

[vaquitita]

But that's what the lessons are for. :-)

But that was level 6, and I was thinking of putting him in at grade level, level 7.

[Ellie]

But that was level 6, and I was thinking of putting him in at grade level, level 7.

 

And he'll learn the things in the 7th grade book, too. :-)

[2_girls_mommy]

Yes, I think it is very good! I used it through the end for the roots and language history more than for the spelling. My dd could have dropped "spelling" long before she reached the end of R&S, but it was a wonderful word roots program for her. 

[Amy in KS]

We’ve loved it. My spelling challenged kid has been doing very well with this program. I assign one section and 15 min spelling city practice per day. Spelling is finally clicking after years of all kinds of OG programs. Who would have guessed? Roots/suffixes/prefixes...

[vaquitita]

This is great. I only have one kid using R&S spelling right now, but I love how easy to use it is but still requires them to think. AAS and RLTL were no gos for us for many reasons. I have my other two kids doing spelling you see and they're just not loving it. Not that I expect them to love spelling. Lol. But we're having too much copywork overlap right now. With another kid starting school soon, easy to use is looking better and better. ;)

Edited December 13, 2017 by vaquitita