aly9712 Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 For those who use spelling workout, when you do your pretest, how many do correct do you need before letting child move on to the next set of words or do you just eliminate those words they can already spell? Thoughts? Thanks, AW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classically Minded Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 On Monday, we pretest and dd does the workbook pages. On Tuesday, we test and write down any words she misses on our trouble words list. Then I have her write those trouble words 5 times each. We test the trouble words list about 2 times per week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom2011 Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 We don't do the pretest. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JABarney Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Hi; We do not pretest here either. We do every list and every workbook activity - except the writing at the end of the lesson. They test on the entire list every week and some times the lists are easier than others. It is a good break and I find the easy lists or easy words on some lists give them feelings of success to keep them motivated. We just started SWO E and have loved the program here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NittanyJen Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 (edited) I do not pretestst... Each list is more about the spelling rules being learned than the individual words, so we do not skip lessons. Edited February 22, 2012 by NittanyJen Changed protest to pretest. Stupid autocorrect!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeidiKC Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I do not protest... Each list is more about the spelling rules being learned than the individual words, so we do not skip lessons. :iagree: My son is a very good speller, and last year in 5th when we did SWO F, he only missed 4 words the entire year (and never studied for the tests). So I knew if we did the pre-tests that he'd miss very few words. But I thought the vocabulary, prefixes/suffixes/roots, and spelling rules were important enough not to skip. If I just wanted lists of words, I'd probably download something free somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floyd Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Our process is similar to "Classically Minded"'s. We pretest just for the fun of it (she typically gets 0-2 wrong). We then do the full week's activities, although we often drop, simplify, or otherwise modify the final writing assignment. Words missed in the pretest get written five times each, and we add them to an ongoing list of words that are tested as part of future memory work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvnlattes Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 But I thought the vocabulary, prefixes/suffixes/roots, and spelling rules were important enough not to skip. :iagree:, no pretests here either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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