Country Girl Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I'm trying to decide between Sequential Spelling and Soaring with Spelling for my kids next year. Part of my decision is based on the amount of involvement from me. So if anyone could give me an idea of how much time SS takes each day, I'd appreciate it. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razorbackmama Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 If I remember right, it took us about 15 minutes a day. I think. LOL. It's been a couple years since we used it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 If I remember right, it took us about 15 minutes a day. I think. LOL. It's been a couple years since we used it. That's about right. It's 100% open-and-go. Open book, dictate list, correct each word (if needed) before moving on to the next one. Done. No studying, copying, prepping before, or correcting after the fact. That's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beccad777 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 It takes us about 10 minutes a day. My ds was an atrocious speller before we started using SS. He has improved dramatically and no longer whines about spelling! Yay!:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Country Girl Posted March 9, 2011 Author Share Posted March 9, 2011 Thanks for the feedback. Just wondering, has anyone used the DVDs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 It takes us (I use it with my 3 olders) 15-20 minutes, and that includes all of the commentary from the peanut gallery :banghead:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherylw Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Are you all doing the whole daily lists everyday? (25 words) I finally dropped it because it was taking FOREVER to get through...what was I doing wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 10-15 minutes. We did it first thing in the morning or it would take all.morning.long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 It takes us 10 minutes. cherylw. I don't know what to tell you. I say the word. If needed, I give a sentence to clarify meaning. Kid writes it down. Spells the word aloud. I say correct or incorrect. If incorrect, I spell the word aloud while the child rewrites it. Move on to next word. Sometimes the first list of a new set of words takes a bit more time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitascool Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I have 2 doing SS. One in SS1 and the other in SS2. With my older son it takes 10 min. unless we get a few words that we don't know the meaning to, then it takes 15 min. tops. We look it up at dictionary.com. (This is rare in book 1 more common in subsequent books). With my 2nd ds it takes 20 to 25 min. Because he has writing delays it takes him longer to form his letters and to correct his mistakes. So if you have an average writer expect 10 to 15 minutes. Reluctant writers may take longer...but that will be true of any spelling program you use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Country Girl Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 Thanks again to everyone who have given me a better idea of what to expect with this program. I'm still not sure which way I want to go (SWS or SS) but this info will help me as I weight my choices. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 It takes 5 minutes now, but when my son (dyslexic, terrible speller) first started, it took a half hour. And much of that time what taken up with crying and arguing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Country Girl Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 Oh, I like the sound of 5 minutes!;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Are you all doing the whole daily lists everyday? (25 words) I finally dropped it because it was taking FOREVER to get through...what was I doing wrong? I do the whole list. I say the word, and use it in a sentence if needed. Then I tell them to be quiet and write the word. After they've all written it, I tell them to be quiet. Then I write it on the whiteboard (using two different color markers to highlight the pattern) and they check their spelling. Then I tell them to be quiet, and move on to the next word. The thing that takes us so much time is they try to outfunny each other. Unfortunately, they are often quite funny, and my reprimands are less effective because I'm trying not to laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Country Girl Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 I do the whole list. I say the word, and use it in a sentence if needed. Then I tell them to be quiet and write the word. After they've all written it, I tell them to be quiet. Then I write it on the whiteboard (using two different color markers to highlight the pattern) and they check their spelling. Then I tell them to be quiet, and move on to the next word. The thing that takes us so much time is they try to outfunny each other. Unfortunately, they are often quite funny, and my reprimands are less effective because I'm trying not to laugh. :lol:I'm pretty sure this is how my day would look too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherylw Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Yea, I guess I wasn't structured enough to make them be quiet and not talk during the lesson. It would be like.."oh I wrote an a instead of an o"..."what did you put?"..."oh man! I wrote xxx". Then it would take forever to correct them. I may give it another try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkateLeft Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Thanks for the feedback. Just wondering, has anyone used the DVDs? We use the DVD, and the whole thing takes my son about 10 minutes a day. He works completely independently. At the end of the list, the narrator reminds him to have someone else check his list. He brings it to me, I look it over really quickly to make sure he didn't miss an error, and then it's done. The DVD only works on our computers though, just so you know, not on our DVD players (Xbox or portable DVD player). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Country Girl Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 We use the DVD, and the whole thing takes my son about 10 minutes a day. He works completely independently. At the end of the list, the narrator reminds him to have someone else check his list. He brings it to me, I look it over really quickly to make sure he didn't miss an error, and then it's done. The DVD only works on our computers though, just so you know, not on our DVD players (Xbox or portable DVD player). Thanks for the feedback. This seems like it would be a pretty easy way to this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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