Dictation

[Quiver0f10]

At what age or grade do you stop doing this? If you are using this with older students what resource/s are you using? Thanks!

[johnandtinagilbert]

We're doing it still in 9th grade...Write Shop. The program is considered a high school course, so I'd suggest you don't stop until you ship them off to college :)

 

We do this in The Phonics Road, which can be used through 6th grade. So we end up in PR then WS, so we never stop!

[siloam]

At what age or grade do you stop doing this? If you are using this with older students what resource/s are you using? Thanks!

 

Still doing it with my 7th grader, and have no plans to stop yet. I chose out a portion of her CW model.

 

Heather

[Quiver0f10]

Thanks :)

[LisaKinVA]

We stopped dictation at 5th grade. As far as I've been told, the main purpose in dictation is for students to practice writing sentences with proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar -- as it is being stated. By 5th grade, a student should be writing a lot more original work -- e.g. using proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar as they write their own sentences.

 

At least, that's how it was explained to me.:001_smile:

[Narrow Gate Academy]

With my oldest, I stopped this year with my 6th grader. Each week she does a CW writing assignment, 1-2 history related assignments, 1-2 science related assignments, and sometimes a book report. The CW assignment we edit extensively. The others we correct spelling, grammar, and sometimes make a few content changes. Since she has a good mastery of spelling and grammar, I really didn't see the need to continue with dictation. HTH

[bethben]

We were doing AAS which included dictation (not beautiful language, but dictation). Since he has finished AAS through level 5, I am just pulling out sentences from his literature books from TOG. That way, I can have him start dictation with beautiful language. Right now, I take two dictation sentences from his books. I plan it all out about 10 weeks in advance.

 

Beth

[Jane Elliot]

Jean,

 

I'm not sure how old you're talking about, but I'm still using WWE4 with my just turned 14yo/8th grade dd. She needs it. I'm skipping all the narration exercises because she's not too bad at summarizing, but we're doing all the dictations. After 7 years of grammar (mostly R&S) and spelling (SWO) she still struggles.

 

I felt better about continuing her dictations using WWE after watching SWB doing them with her 13yo son on the youtube video. After 17 years of homeschooling, I think I shouldn't be so uncertain as to need that kind of reassurance, but there it is.

 

I was thinking, too, that all the old LLATL books had dictation selections through high school level. I bet you could pick them up for a song. I wish I had hung onto mine. I haven't seen the newer ones.

[Quiver0f10]

Jean,

 

I'm not sure how old you're talking about, but I'm still using WWE4 with my just turned 14yo/8th grade dd. She needs it. I'm skipping all the narration exercises because she's not too bad at summarizing, but we're doing all the dictations. After 7 years of grammar (mostly R&S) and spelling (SWO) she still struggles.

 

I felt better about continuing her dictations using WWE after watching SWB doing them with her 13yo son on the youtube video. After 17 years of homeschooling, I think I shouldn't be so uncertain as to need that kind of reassurance, but there it is.

 

I was thinking, too, that all the old LLATL books had dictation selections through high school level. I bet you could pick them up for a song. I wish I had hung onto mine. I haven't seen the newer ones.

 

Thanks for the recommendations. I use WWE with the younger ones so maybe I will grab level 4 to use with him.

[NanceXToo]

I never start doing this to begin with. I just don't see it as a necessity.