kandty Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 What are some resources for dicatation? Either complete spelling programs or just a book. Does Spelling Power have dictation? I already know All About Spelling does, so any but that one. (AAS has not worked for us.) Also, what resource do you recommend for a general spelling rules book? I have heard of ABC's and Their Tricks, but are there others? I am still working on reworking spelling for my oldest and I want to include dictation, but I am not creative enough to come up with sentences on my own with our current words. Thanks everyone for your reviews!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryAtHope Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Have you ever looked at Spelling Wisdom? That's full of dictations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susankenny Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 We LOVE Spelling Plus & the Dictation Resource Book. http://rainbowresource.com/product/sku/014528/64d15108874880819322f333 http://rainbowresource.com/product/sku/004554/64d15108874880819322f333 Susan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandty Posted August 10, 2011 Author Share Posted August 10, 2011 Have you ever looked at Spelling Wisdom? That's full of dictations. I have but I would love some feedback, if anyone else has used it. We LOVE Spelling Plus & the Dictation Resource Book. http://rainbowresource.com/product/sku/014528/64d15108874880819322f333 http://rainbowresource.com/product/sku/004554/64d15108874880819322f333 Susan This has caught my eye too. Can you give me some more feedback on how you use it. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Jo Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 The Dictation Spelling Book by Rossman - 2 volumes, ~4th-8th or 9th grade (about 2 selections a week), lots of quotes - this is what we will start later in the year The Modern Speller - 2 volumes, 2nd to 8th grade, incremental (new words are noted), 4 selections per week - this is a close second, but has some nasty racial stuff in the later years, which would be harder to edit out than the above book because of the books incremental nature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenneinCA Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Spelling Power does not have dictation. It is a big book of words and that is it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootAnn Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 We LOVE Spelling Plus & the Dictation Resource Book. SWR has a list with phonograms on one side & spelling rules on the other. Don't know if they sell it by itself. We will be using the Dictation Resource book this year as we are skipping a formal spelling program. (We have too much else on our plates!) I'm playing it by ear on how it'll go. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama2Many4 Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 The Dictation Spelling Book by Rossman - 2 volumes, ~4th-8th or 9th grade (about 2 selections a week), lots of quotes - this is what we will start later in the year The Modern Speller - 2 volumes, 2nd to 8th grade, incremental (new words are noted), 4 selections per week - this is a close second, but has some nasty racial stuff in the later years, which would be harder to edit out than the above book because of the books incremental nature Can you expand on this? We're using the lower levels of these right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketgirl Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Spelling Power's word lists are all grouped by spelling rules by the the way. We love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 We LOVE Spelling Plus & the Dictation Resource Book. http://rainbowresource.com/product/sku/014528/64d15108874880819322f333 http://rainbowresource.com/product/sku/004554/64d15108874880819322f333 :iagree: They are great, especially for the price. I recommend them for many of my students. I used them briefly with my daughter, she is a good speller and worked through them quickly. I expect to get more use out of them for my son, he is more mathematically than verbally inclined. They go up to about a 6th grade level. They are nicely organized by pattern and rules. The dictation sentences are uninspiring but packed with spelling words, they get a lot of words in per sentence! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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