Quiver0f10 Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 I am using this with a brand new 2nd grader who is just starting to read and my dyslexic 11 year old. Today was the first dictation exercise and I had to spell a lot of the words. I am wondering if I should wait until they are reading better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 1. Did you do WWE 1? If so, how did that go? If not, I would start there, even with your older child. 2. SWB suggests starting wwe1 when the child can read 4 letter words easily- are your kids there? 3. It's not a spelling exercise, so if they are ready in every other way, just give them the spelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted September 2, 2010 Author Share Posted September 2, 2010 1. Did you do WWE 1? If so, how did that go? If not, I would start there, even with your older child. 2. SWB suggests starting wwe1 when the child can read 4 letter words easily- are your kids there? 3. It's not a spelling exercise, so if they are ready in every other way, just give them the spelling. We did do WWE 1 and it went well but we didn't do the last 6 weeks because of time. Both of them can read 4 letter words. However, today's dictation had the words "against & guard(enemy for the 2nd grader)" which they didn't know because we haven't studied those types of words in their reading/spelling programs. They both did pretty well with the exercise other than spelling those words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 My 2nd grader wouldn't be able to spell those words either. I decided to find my own wwe2 exercises this year for multiple reasons, one of which is the spelling issue. I say forge ahead! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted September 2, 2010 Author Share Posted September 2, 2010 My 2nd grader wouldn't be able to spell those words either. I decided to find my own wwe2 exercises this year for multiple reasons, one of which is the spelling issue. I say forge ahead! Thanks! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Both of them can read 4 letter words. However, today's dictation had the words "against & guard(enemy for the 2nd grader)" which they didn't know because we haven't studied those types of words in their reading/spelling programs. Were those the only words you had to spell in the passage? Again, it's not a spelling exercise, so I give any necessary spelling help. The only reason I would wait is if stopping to help with spelling interferes with the flow of the passage and makes it more difficult to keep in their heads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snickelfritz Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Would it help to pre-spell difficult words on a whiteboard? Then, they just look up as needed. I know the book says that if they ask for spelling help to just tell them it's not a spelling exercise and to spell it the best they can. My dd is fine with that, but I could see it bothering some kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 We're at the end of WWE2 with the 3rd grader and this seems to be the perfect spot. She can do the dictation, spells most of the words correctly, doesn't get stressed about the writing, etc. WWE seems to be one of those programs where later is better...:glare: I really made an effort to take our time through this program and my daughter's writing is becoming incredible (my son's :biggrinjester: writing is horrible, but - hey! It's later is better, right? :lol: Sigh). I would really take my time through WWE. If you're not feeling like they're ready, I would wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 When my dd did WWE2 she was reading very well, but spelling...not so much. We had issues with the dictation because of it. I would just write the difficult words on the white board and she did great! She's much better with dictation now and I'm glad that we forged ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 I tend to use the white board method with my now-3rd grader, and I *know* I'll be doing that a lot in a few more weeks with my 2nd grader. Both struggle with spelling to different degrees, yet they do well with the actual concepts being taught in WWE. I don't want to hold them back in that area while we work on the spelling in another program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted September 2, 2010 Author Share Posted September 2, 2010 Thank you all. I like the white board idea and will try that next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snickelfritz Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Well, I was left confuzzled after doing it today. I read through the instructions again and in one paragraph it says to not let them misspell words. Then the next paragraph it says that if they ask how to spell to tell them that it's not a spelling exercise. :confused: I had not been worrying about spelling, but I guess I will pre-read and spell words on the white board, also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oops, duplicate account :/ Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 1. Did you do WWE 1? If so, how did that go? If not, I would start there, even with your older child. 2. SWB suggests starting wwe1 when the child can read 4 letter words easily- are your kids there? 3. It's not a spelling exercise, so if they are ready in every other way, just give them the spelling. Hmmm, this was recommended to me recently but my ds is not reading four letter words yet. Glad to know this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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