El... Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Are there any forums or sites I should look at online? I (and four brothers and sisters) all were taught by Mom using Spalding. We all read very fast, and all but one of us can spell (!). I remember standing on a chair with Mom's arm behind my back, writing my phonograms on the blackboard in the kitchen. I can still recite the six sounds of "ough". But now, as I'm reading the WRTR she gave me, I'm drawing a blank on exactly HOW to conduct the lessons! Where do I start? What do I say? I can't believe I'm so stuck, but here I am. We're using OPGTR right now, and the next lesson will begin reading short vowel words, but I think I want Spalding's thoroughness, and my daughter has the fine motor skills to write. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomatHWTK Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 I use the materials that are posted here for resources. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nansk Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 I posted some Spalding resources in this thread. Ellie wrote a helpful post in this thread: Writing Road to Reading. I'm totally confused. Another long Spalding thread you may want to read: How to choose which level of WRTR? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besroma Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Are there any forums or sites I should look at online? I (and four brothers and sisters) all were taught by Mom using Spalding. We all read very fast, and all but one of us can spell (!). I remember standing on a chair with Mom's arm behind my back, writing my phonograms on the blackboard in the kitchen. I can still recite the six sounds of "ough". But now, as I'm reading the WRTR she gave me, I'm drawing a blank on exactly HOW to conduct the lessons! Where do I start? What do I say? I can't believe I'm so stuck, but here I am. We're using OPGTR right now, and the next lesson will begin reading short vowel words, but I think I want Spalding's thoroughness, and my daughter has the fine motor skills to write. Thank you! Everything you need to know is in the manual. :-) You're going to start by teaching the phonograms which begin with circles, followed by the phonograms that begin with lines. You'll drill the phonograms daily, by dictating them and by "flashing" them. When your dc know the first 45 phonograms (or the first 54, if you have the 4th edition), you'll begin teaching the words in the Extended Ayres List. You'll continue drilling phonograms and learning new ones. Children 8 and older will write the Rule Pages into their notebooks, and write their spelling words in them, as well. If you have children younger than that, you'll write the rule pages on posters, and they'll write their spelling words on notebook paper. There are directions for all of those things in the manual. That's it in a nutshell. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El... Posted May 18, 2012 Author Share Posted May 18, 2012 Thanks very much for the links and starting points. This is the kind of info I needed. The point about when to start the spelling list was key. Now to reread the spelling lesson chapter and make a bunch of cards.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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