Disney Dreaming Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 I have a second grade dd that is naturally a strong speller. We are working in Spelling Workout B and it is very easy for her. I test her every week and the most she ever misses is 1(out of 10), but usually she gets them all right. Any suggestions for something a little more challenging that is really cheap? I have heard of some doing dictation, anyone want to explain what they do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 If you like the Spelling Workout, why don't you just test her through the Lessons without her actually doing the written work, until you find where she's beginning to struggle a bit and then go from there? We use SW and we really like it. First time around, about 18months ago, I just did a massive spelling test to see where to place my dds - they weren't great spellers so at 7 and 9 they started out with my 7yo on the early lessons of Book A and my 9yo halfway through Book B. They do a lesson a week (pretty much). HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disney Dreaming Posted October 25, 2010 Author Share Posted October 25, 2010 If you like the Spelling Workout, why don't you just test her through the Lessons without her actually doing the written work, until you find where she's beginning to struggle a bit and then go from there? We use SW and we really like it. First time around, about 18months ago, I just did a massive spelling test to see where to place my dds - they weren't great spellers so at 7 and 9 they started out with my 7yo on the early lessons of Book A and my 9yo halfway through Book B. They do a lesson a week (pretty much). HTH Great advice, thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpidarkomama Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 That's what we do too. I pre-test her on the list. If she gets them all w/o hesitation, we'll go on to the next unit. Sometimes I'll pre-test 3 units at at time, have her work on a few exercises, do all the proofreading, polish up the words that made her hesitate, and wrap up three units in a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 He usually missed 1-3 words, which I culled to make a longer list that we practiced a few times and then tested before moving on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TanuvasaMama Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 We are LOVING sequential spelling!!! It's pretty cheap, too. I would highly recommend it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.