Spelling program for someone who loved Opgtr

[FLW2003]

We are 15 lessons from finishing Opgtr with my 5.5 yr old. What a great program! I love the no nonsense approach, and always just had my son read the words and sentences without doing any of the games. He has become a pretty good reader. My question is, what to use for spelling that follows this simple methodical approach. I want a list of words to learn and rules to figure out how to spell new words.

 

I just bought AAS 1 and 2 teachers manual and this looks pretty good. We are not going to do the tiles or any other multi sensory part of it. I think we are going to just use the rules and words and write it on paper. Will this work without the extras? Any other program I should consider that fit this criteria?

 

[Kathleen in LV]

We loved OPGTR (well, I did, and my son didn't mind it, and it worked really well for us). We started AAS when my son was about the same age as your child, although we were only about 3/4 of the way through OPGTR when we started.

 

We are now using AAS 2. For AAS 1, I bought almost everything and didn't really use the student packet. For AAS 2, I bought just the teacher's manual. (I plan on doing the same for AAS 3.) We have the tiles, but my son would rather write words on our white board than use the tiles. I think it depends on your child, at least as far as the tiles go. I think they have value if your child enjoys using them.

 

I'm sure you'll get other opinions about the extras, but it really depends on how your child learns & what works for you. I think you'll enjoy AAS.

 

And, FWIW, after we finished OPGTR, we moved into a McGuffey Reader. I absolutely love it. I chose the third reader. The second reader probably would have been fine, but the first reader looked way too simple for a child who completed OPGTR. I believe you can still view the McGuffey Readers for free through Google books.

[Dahliarw]

Loved both OPGTR and AAS. They do compliment each other well. And all the "rules" for spelling also translate nicely to decoding when reading. We do use the tiles, mostly for teaching. My ds likes to write on the white board for his "work" too. But the labeling tiles and such are nice, also the tiles that differentiate vowel pairs and consonant pairs, etc, but you totally could make your own if you want them, or use different colors of dry erase marker.

[kdownie]

When I saw the title of your post, my first thought was AAS! So, it seems you're on the same track as us. We finished OPGTR last year, breezed through AAS 1 and are a little over halfway through AAS2. We do use the tiles bc my dd is very hands-on, and there are some aspects (like labeling syllables) that having the tiles really helps. DD often writes her words on the white board (since she gets to choose from all the fun marker colors!). Sometimes she writes on paper too.