Nancy Ann Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 So, I did a hodge podge of phonics for my son from prek - 4th grade. Trying lots of things, never happy with much of the results, but my son was not progressing in reading so for this year in 5th grade I decided to make reading a priority and we are using Saxon Phonics Intervention and it's been really good. His reading and spelling has improved, I am not really sure if it's this curriculum or just maturity. This is also sort of the age many boys will start to "come around" so to speak. Anyway, I am not sure what to do about spelling afterwards. AAS would be a repeat of all we have done. I have looked at the table of contents for all 7 levels and it's basically the same as what we are doing with Saxon Phonics Intervention. If I do AAS it would all be repeat and I am not sure that is necessary. Since we would be covering basically (or atleast about 90%) all the stuff that is taught in AAS up to level 7 than I am wondering if maybe we are done with spelling and all I need to do is just watch his spelling in his writing. I could do something like Spelling Power or Sequential Spelling, it's a different approach. But, I guess I am wondering how long do you teach spelling. I notice spelling is not usually taught in high school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom0012 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Spelling through Morphographs is an interesting program for struggling spellers that you can go through in one year. There is another program just like it that can be used from about 1st -6th grades called Spelling Mastery, which I used with my son with great success. Both are pricey, though, so I wouldn't buy them anywhere but on eBay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berta Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 My daughter is finishing up 2nd grade and spelling is her weak spot. I bought SpellWell B/Bb and we will be starting it this summer. I had a hard time finding reviews on it, but the ones I found were mainly positive. I have looked through the books and I like what I see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadgirl Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 We are going to try Soaring with Spelling. My DS is 10 and is just coming around this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plateau Mama Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 My daughter (who is a spelling whiz) is in a gifted program and they still do spelling in 7th grade. I will be teaching my son spelling until he's an old man I'm afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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