Quiver0f10 Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Or is it teacher intensive? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5LittleMonkeys Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 It isn't teacher intensive imo; maybe 5 minutes a day plus checking completed work. It could be done independently but I don't think it would be as effective without the tm. I'm coming from the standpoint of having a struggling speller though so take that into account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted July 28, 2011 Author Share Posted July 28, 2011 It isn't teacher intensive imo; maybe 5 minutes a day plus checking completed work. It could be done independently but I don't think it would be as effective without the tm. I'm coming from the standpoint of having a struggling speller though so take that into account. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHASRADA Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Ditto. Most pages can be done independently, but might need a couple seconds' explanation first. A few include dictation, so mom needs the TM for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine State Sue Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 It isn't teacher intensive imo; maybe 5 minutes a day plus checking completed work. It could be done independently but I don't think it would be as effective without the tm. :iagree: Needs some teacher involvement, but definitely not teacher intensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted July 28, 2011 Author Share Posted July 28, 2011 Thank you all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happycc Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 In my house it was teacher intensive. One of my daughters needed serious handholding through it or she got everything wrong and then nothing was retained. Having to go down to Apples and Pears. Perhaps we can do Megawords after Apples and Pears. Who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aludlam Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Megawords has worked wonderfully with my 7th grader. I give a pretest for each unit. Then use the missed words from the pretest to do a quick daily check on the white board. She has to spell the words correctly 5 times (5 days - I just use tally marks by the word) for the word to come off the list (one line drawn through the word). This check only takes a couple of minutes a day. If she is really having trouble with a word, I just have her write it 5,10 or 15 times (depending on how long this word has been hanging out on my list!) Then during the week there are a few directed quick checks and dictating (all in the TM) that only take a few minutes each. During these quick checks and dictations, more missed words are added to my master list. At the end of the unit I give a post test. Rinse repeat. At the end of the book, I use my list of missed words as the final test. We skip the writing exercises and some of the reading exercises (all though she usually does them anyway.) She does all of the workbook pages independently. hope that helps Angela Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aludlam Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Just realized that this is an old thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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