Penelope Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I think I've asked before, but was thinking maybe now someone is finished with the program (though I understand there will be a level 7 soon). If you have a "graduate", how is he/she doing? Are you feeling the need to use anything else for spelling, and if so, what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follstad Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Yes, my daughter finished AAS Level 6 earlier this year. She's 10 in the 4th grade. She really breezed through all the levels. I liked AAS because it went over the 'rules' which I've forgotten! She's a natural speller. We've not done any other spelling program since then, but, I am looking at incorporating another soon, just haven't figured out what. A friend turned me onto Spelling Power, and I want to check that out. I really want something easy, of course. My friend says she spends maybe 15 minutes a day with SP. Sarah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bassoon Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 We're about to. . . I've been taking it sl-o-w this year with Level 6 with my 10 year old. She's doing quite well, I think. Spells fairly accurately about 90% of the time, and fixes the other 10% when we slow down and remind her of the rules. It's been good, but she's kind of. . . . done. . . . with AAS. One other word. I have seen a great improvement in her use of the Writing Station at the end of each lesson - her sentences have made more and more sense as we've progressed through the year. HTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aludlam Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 We're still going slowly through AAS (my fault, not dd). Anyway, we just added Soaring with Spelling, to insure that spelling actually gets done everyday. So, far it's been great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryAtHope Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 My son is almost done with Level 5, so not quite there yet. I don't add in additional programs, but I do make sure that I adjust the review to accommodate my kids. Some kids need more review than others (I added in some weekly review before moving a card to "mastered.") Also, I continue to apply the methods to writing my kids do outside of spelling, to words and patterns that they have learned. Not on first drafts, but when we are editing something. Here's a blog post on that. Merry :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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