airforcefamily Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 I'm having trouble finding information on all about reading levels. Our almost seven year old can read simple books already but I feel would benefit from a reading program. A sentence he could read would be: 'Did the children go to the park today?'. He might possibly need to pause and sound out the word children. A sentence that would be too difficult would be: 'Everyone is going to the amusement park after the afternoon concert'. He is using FLL1 and WWE1. No problems with either and except for getting tired writing out all the copy work (he likes to make it look really good) breezes through the lessons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnL Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 He is already past AAR 1. My son is doing AAR 1 and in the first couple of lessons we've worked on the sounds of about 8 letters and about 15 simple, 3-letter words, like jam, nap, and mat. In the workbook, his exercises so far have been to label four pictures with the proper names (bat, etc) and to use ice cream scoops to match up rhyming words, like mat and sat, or tab and jab. I really like AAR 1 but I honestly think your son would quickly become very bored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 We're not there yet, but I've noticed that many people switch over to AAS at that level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryAtHope Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 You don't have to start with Level 1 unless that's where your son places. Level 1 of All About Reading covers CVC words, consonant blends, short open-vowel words, and short-vowel compound words. Here's the placement test. You can also see a complete listing of the words taught in this level near the back of the sample Teacher’s Manual. Level 2 covers 3-letter blends; two-syllable words with open and closed syllables – hotel; vowel-consonant-E pattern words; VCE syllable combined with closed syllables – reptile; contractions; r-controlled words – her, car, and corn; soft c and g – face, page; past tense – hugged; vowel teams oi, oy, au, aw, ou, ow, oe, and ee; y in shy; wh in wheel; i and o can be long before two consonants (ex: ild, old, ost) – most; silent e after u or v – have; and the third sound of a – all. It includes two and three syllable words such as pullover, outnumber, sandpaper, saucepan, and invoice, etc… The samples for Level 2 are on this page. HTH some! Merry :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airforcefamily Posted October 11, 2012 Author Share Posted October 11, 2012 We're not there yet, but I've noticed that many people switch over to AAS at that level. Would using both be redundant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justLisa Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Would using both be redundant? I am using AAR 2 (JUST got it in the mail today) and AAS. AAR approaches from a decoding for reading stance, while AAS is rules for spelling. AAR is probably easier to move faster through, but they don't mean to line up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airforcefamily Posted October 11, 2012 Author Share Posted October 11, 2012 What grade level will you be using level 2 for? (If you don't mind my asking) After looking at the links posted earlier (thank you to the person who posted them!) I'm still not sure if level 1 would be worthwhile. Some of the things later in the book might not be new but would be beneficial in developing reading fluency. However, I don't want another too easy program as he needs to be learning new things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justLisa Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 What grade level will you be using level 2 for? (If you don't mind my asking) After looking at the links posted earlier (thank you to the person who posted them!) I'm still not sure if level 1 would be worthwhile. Some of the things later in the book might not be new but would be beneficial in developing reading fluency. However, I don't want another too easy program as he needs to be learning new things. DD is 6, so 1st I guess. She's all over the map in ability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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