crazyfordlr Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 I will be after-schooling my odd next year as she wants to try ps for 7th grade. She has Auditory Processing Disorder and cannot easily differentiate sounds. We have never really focused on spelling. When she was in ps (k-4) she never "got" it, so I would just tell the teacher that we weren't going to work on it at home. Once she came home for school I abandoned spelling completely. But after much hard work, therapies, and maturity she wants to tackle spelling now! (FTR we've used Wilson Reading for remediation with great results.) I think she needs a more visual approach to spelling. I also think she needs to learn spelling rules to have something to fall back on kwim. I used to thing AAS would be a good fit, but she thought it looked to babyish. I like the idea of LoE, but the more I research it the less of a good fit I think it'll be. Our Educ Therapist uses WRTR and I think it's a great product. However, I just can't seem to commit to it. I don't know why...I'm sure Ellie's cringing at this right now ;) Should I try Apples to Pears, AAS, or something else? I should probably suck it up and learn WRTR, shouldn't I... TIA!!!! Oh, our audiologist recommended Vocabulary Cartoons but I think that doesn't really address spelling, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julieofsardis Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Look at How to Teach Spelling and the accompanying workbooks. Get the light blue workbook. Do two pages a day, three days per week and do dictation from the book on the other 2 days. This will take about 15 minutes tops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSprout Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 What would not be a good fit with LoE? Might help us point you in another direction. Bean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Apples and Pears has worked really well for Geezle. It doesn't explicitly teach rules but the gradual practice and built in review has really stuck where AAS failed. It includes dictation, but in manageable chunks for dysgraphic kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyfordlr Posted June 10, 2013 Author Share Posted June 10, 2013 Maybe I'm off base, but the phonograms seem like the weak link for my dd. She doesn't hear the difference, so sounding things out is very difficult for her. When she slows down she can break up a multi-syllabic word and decodes it pretty well, but she doesn't "hear" the sounds the syllables make. Am *I* making any sense ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 ... Oh, our audiologist recommended Vocabulary Cartoons but I think that doesn't really address spelling, right? I can't speak to any of your other questions, but I do agree that Vocabulary Cartoons does not address spelling. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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