christine in al Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Hi, I love Spell to Write and Read. It's the only curriculum I haven't second guessed. But my now 4th grader wants to do as much as possible on his own at his own time. He wants to get his school work finished by 8:00 AM. He's just kinda "done" with having to wait around on me. Has anyone ben able to use SWR with lots of independent work? Thanks. ~Christine in AL ( Disclaimer: SWR, not responsible for my spelling and certainly not my typing ;) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InHisGrip Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 (edited) I'm thinking about having my 6th gr. ds take the beginning of the year assessment test and then figuring out which list to start with. For us, I was thinking of just orally going over 20 words a week or so and discussing the rules with each word and the phonograms, but not actually marking them and making a complete SWR notebook with all of the reference pages. Another thing I thought of doing was just catching spelling mistakes in his writing and using those as his spelling words (Ruth Beechick style) - we would discuss the rules & phonograms, etc. with those as well and then maybe test him at the end of the week. He spells pretty well, so I would feel comfortable doing this with him, but I'm not sure if I would feel so comfortable doing it if spelling was an area he struggled in. I'll be interested to see what others have to say on this -- ETA: I think it's important to remember that we are not slaves to this particular curriculum & are free to trust ourselves as our kids' teachers and make changes as we see fit. I remember feeling like a big SWR failure for the first year until it dawned on me that I didn't *have* to do everything recommended, no matter how strong the suggestions were. Edited August 4, 2009 by InHisGrip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiddenJewel Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 You can definitely take the lists and enrichments from SWR and use them in your own way. It will just be a shift in focus from what the SWR program is meant to accomplish to what you feel you need to accomplish for your student. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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