homeschool mom Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 I will be adding spelling to the summer school studies this summer for my fifth grade son. His spelling is pretty awful, everything is spelled the way it sounds. Can anyone recommend a workbook that covers phonics based spelling? I am not interested in a complicated program, as this will just be for summer school, so a workbook or online is best. Thanks y'all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornerstone Classical Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Rod & Staff would be my top pick. OR Spelling Workout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 (edited) Here are the two that I will be using.:) I am going from AAS and Phonics Road, so only phonics/rules based will do! Building Spelling Skills 4, How to Spell 3 (it says grade 3 but 4 levels get you through to 12th grade, so that is incorrect) Rod and Staff looks good. I didn't choose it because building spelling skills had more pages per lesson. Edited May 11, 2011 by Lovedtodeath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfknitter.# Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 We recently started How to Spell 2 (covers grades 2 and 3) and I'm consider getting book 1 for ds. I find having the TM How to Teach Spelling by Laura Toby Rudginsky very useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I've just started How to Teach Spelling with How to Spell 4 but I haven't been using it long enough to give a proper evaluation of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessed with seven Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Does How To Teach Spelling review words, if using their workbooks, or do you have to do/schedule your own review? I have HTTS manual and workbooks 1 and 2, I think the manual is awesome, I haven't started them yet as I was unsure if this actually had built in reviews? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Does How To Teach Spelling review words, if using their workbooks, or do you have to do/schedule your own review? I have HTTS manual and workbooks 1 and 2, I think the manual is awesome, I haven't started them yet as I was unsure if this actually had built in reviews? I don't think the program does any review for you... unless it shows up in the dictation sentences, but I doubt it because the manual tells you to put review words in your lesson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I've just started How to Teach Spelling with How to Spell 4 but I haven't been using it long enough to give a proper evaluation of it. I have used How to Teach Spelling 1 and 2. I am not staying with that because I want more of a workbook program. The workbook pages are practice for the new rules/phonograms (or review of rules/phonograms) but there are only a couple of pages and then the teacher is supposed to do a lot of dictation. It was difficult for me to get started with HTTS and I gave up almost as soon as I figured it out, because I didn't start out with the workbooks, and I started out with a first grader who wasn't used to writing much. The workbook has 36 lessons. So this is what I did... on Monday do the workbook pages as an introduction to the rule(s) you are learning. Write the rule(s) on your sound sheet. You might have DD do copywork with the rule, I started out with this but decided not to. I do dictate a couple of words that we work through together on the white board so that I know she isn't just copying. I also have her underline the phonograms in a different color, or write them in a different color on the worksheet. On Tuesday, review the rule and a couple of words and dictate the remaining words that were learned on Monday, and two words that review what you have already learned. (organizing your sound sheets really helps with that) I skip the first part of the lesson, where it has the student write all of the phonograms they know, I just make sure to include words with them often. Dictate 3 nonsense words for the current rule and 2 that are review. On Wednesday, make a copywork sheet with two sentences that include words with the new rule. After she completes the copywork, again have her underline the phonograms. On Thursday, dictate the same two sentences that she wrote the day before. All done! Make sense? 3. Did you supplement with the phonogram cards? I started out with phonogram cards, but DD hates them, so now we just read over the rules from the sound sheets that we review, about 10 per day. I wrote them on big paper on our easel. Did you buy those recommended in the manual? No. I copied mine from Writing Road to Reading at the library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrissySC Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Rod & Staff would be my top pick. OR Spelling Workout. :iagree: I have seen both of these, and we use R&S. Both work on the sound and the spelling. I went with R&S because it offered the same content and quality (IMO) at a lower price. I do not need a secular resource, and this suited us great. I am please with the cursive writing used in the list of words, and the exercises are not busy work. The lesson is well set to enforce certain concepts - including working with syllables and individual sounds. It coincides with our Megawords well. I have noticed a change in reading and spelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 We use Spelling Workout and MCP Phonics together. It sometimes feels a bit like busywork, but boy does it get the job done. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Josie Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Those might be worth looking at for your son. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Oh yes, I almost went with Megawords. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I'll put another vote in for Rod and Staff's Spelling by Sound and Structure. :) It's phonics based, effective, simple to use, and can be mostly independent if needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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