bethben Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 includes dictation excercises (would be nice but not necessary)? We will be finishing up AAS level 5 next year in the beginning and I'm looking for something workbook based with activities and possible dictation excercises for me to give him weekly. So, what are your favorite spelling workbooks for 4th grade and above? Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Megawords! I've heard a number of people say that Megawords is a perfect follow-up to AAS. While it does not specifically have dictation exercises, it would be extremely easy to use the exercises which have the student look for spelling errors in sentences as your dictation sentences. Megawords is for grades 4 and up, is done mostly solo by the student, and teaches vowel patterns and syllabication rules to help students break larger words into smaller "bites" for spelling attack. Great vocabulary, too, in the choice of words in the word lists for each unit. It takes about 24-28 weeks to do a workbook, so you need more than 1 workbook per school year. See sample pages of all 8 workbooks at http://www.christianbook.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 You might look at Apples & Pears. There is a workbook and TM, it includes dictation starting in level A and has things like word searches and crossword puzzles in the lessons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johanna Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 includes dictation excercises (would be nice but not necessary)? We will be finishing up AAS level 5 next year in the beginning and I'm looking for something workbook based with activities and possible dictation excercises for me to give him weekly. So, what are your favorite spelling workbooks for 4th grade and above?Beth soooooo, curious here (from one who is in level 2 for ds8 of AAS), having done level 5..would you say it was succesful?? Also, we love Megawords here for my dd10! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethben Posted January 13, 2010 Author Share Posted January 13, 2010 yes- I would say it was successful. It took my child who I never thought would spell well into a kid who is a somewhat natural speller. It just seems to me that the direction AAS is taking is less about the tiles and more about just memorizing lists with a certain sound. For example, this week we did numbers and the 4 letter "a" sound (eigh). He really just needed to look at the words and memorize them. So, I guess I'm looking for something that has a little more work with the words in a workbook form to help him see them a little more often. In AAS I really love the built in dictation. Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aquiverfull Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 I haven't used it in a while, but I know Bob Jones Spelling has dictation sentences every week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisperry Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 A Reason For Spelling has dictation and activities: http://www.areasonfor.com/article.php?id=18 I am a secular homeschooler that tweaks this for one of my kids. He really enjoys the format. The other kiddos use other programs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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