shukriyya Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Seems like a strange question for a spelling program but a number of the programs we've used don't emphasize the rule at all. They group according to sound. What about SP, does it place emphasis on the rule? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 It does "place emphasis on the rule". We don't, so much, not for another couple of years, but it does! She has 44 separate categories, each with a particular rule (I think she calls them Spelling Generalizations). If you follow the program as written, you would say the rule (some of which are lengthy) and your student would write it down. Then you focus on 10 words in that group until they are mastered and then you move on. IIRC there are about 10 levels and each level has groups for about 25 rules, so some rules you see every time you go through a level and some rules show up more infrequently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 It does "place emphasis on the rule". We don't, so much, not for another couple of years, but it does! She has 44 separate categories, each with a particular rule (I think she calls them Spelling Generalizations). If you follow the program as written, you would say the rule (some of which are lengthy) and your student would write it down. Then you focus on 10 words in that group until they are mastered and then you move on. IIRC there are about 10 levels and each level has groups for about 25 rules, so some rules you see every time you go through a level and some rules show up more infrequently. :iagree:It is a bit flexible. (What I do not flex on is the steps in "overlearning" the missed words.) If the definition is long, I write it on the board and go over some examples. As he gets good at some of them, we bring up exceptions to the rule. I have found it helpful for ME to know the rules cold. If you go to amazon's listing for the 3rd edition, I have written a long review under the name kalanamak. To me, the power of spelling power is the list of questions you ask about the missed word to help the student get it down pat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shukriyya Posted May 9, 2012 Author Share Posted May 9, 2012 Thanks, ladies.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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