KIN Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 We use Spell to Write and Read, but I've never researched anything else. Tell me about your spelling program - how long a typical lesson takes, what a day looks like, how it works (word families, rules). I don't even know what questions to ask, so just tell me what works for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 I've got to swear by All About Spelling. I've tried a workbook format, a word wall/lists format, and a second workbook format. Dd is a hands-on learner and those letter tiles that she can get her hands on, along with the rules and format of AAS finally clicked for her. We do spelling every day for about 15 minutes. If I remember without getting up and finding the book from last year we did a week looked like this: Monday - introduce the rule and the new spelling words Tuesday - practice spelling with the letter tiles (10 words) Wednesday - practice spelling with the letter tiles (10 more words) Thursday - practice on paper Friday - spelling test A couple times a year we pull out the review cards and review everything to date. Toward the end of the year that took a bit more than 15 minutes. During review time I used the entire week to check on retention of the rules, words, letter sounds, pretty much everything she had learned. The last week of the year I gave dd a 5 day test. 35 words a day for 4 days and the last day was a rule test. She only got one word wrong. It was a proud moment for me since she struggled for so long with spelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakersDozen Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 We use A Reason for Spelling and I love, love, love it! The variety of activities is phenomenal and provides great opportunities for proofreading, dictation, etc. I don't read the stories to the dc but they still get a lot out of it. I like that my involvement is minimal; once I give them the word list on Monday then I don't have to do anything until Wednesday. I also love that each book is set up exactly the same so I can have 4 different levels going at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcara Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 I agree with the All About Spelling recommendation! Actually, you can follow it any way you want to. It's not really a Monday - Friday program. It's more of a go-at-your-child's-pace program. I'm sure that those of us who use it all do it somewhat differently, but that's one of the great things about the program: you customize it for your child. We pretty much just do 20 minutes of spelling, beginning with review of some previous words, each day. I also wanted to mention that the 'test' for each lesson is a set of phrases and sentences to dictate to the child. I love this so much more than just a list of words! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Alfred Academy Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 :iagree: Another vote for AAS! We started out with SWO and it just wasn't clicking. So far we are having better luck with AAS...we have only done one level though. We will be doing levels 2 & 3 this coming year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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