Kidlit Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 My 2nd grade, 8 year old dd is working through R & S grade 2 spelling. We've attempted AAS (which I love but cannot implement with all our other time-intensive curricula) and a few others (Spelling Workout, Sequential Spelling & Spelling Wisdom with my older dd), but so far I've been most pleased with R & S on terms of how thorough it is. However, this 2nd grade book is extremely easy for dd. I turned to the back and had her orally spell done of the last words, and she didn't miss a single one. I'm considering getting the grade 3 book and skipping the rest if the grade 2 book. My question is this: will she be missing anything vital in terms of understanding or rules if I do this? My 4th grade dd is doing the 4th grade book, and it's quite a bit more challenging for her, which may or may not be a function of their natural spelling ability--I'm not sure yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollyhock Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 My experience: There is a bit of a jump from the 3rd grade book to the 4th grade book. I strongly considered moving my oldest son up a level because he is a natural speller and the 3rd book was too easy. In the end I decided not to and I'm glad I did. He is now in the 6th book and it's been good for him. My second son was working about half a year ahead but when he got to the 4th book, it was too difficult so we dropped spelling for the rest of the year and picked it back up in fall. At that point he was ready for it and it was a good fit. He's been fine since. If you moved on to the 3rd grade book now, I don't really think you would be missing anything vital, but keep in mind that it might get more challenging later and you might have to slow it down a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Hope, I'm thinking of Spelling Workout for next year (still undecided about B or C). What do you like about R&S vs. SW? Apologies for butting in. I'm still weighing both programs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 My son skipped the grade 2 book. He didn't miss any rules at all. We did slow down during the 4th grade book, so now we're basically at grade level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidlit Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 SeaConquest, it has been well over a year now since we've used SW (so the levels were easier, too), but it seemed much more like busy work to me. R & S seems to actually address actual rules and patterns. Again, though, it has been a long time since we've used SW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 We did AAS first so after AAS 4 my 3rd grader jumped into R&S 4. The exercises are more challenging than the words themselves but it has been a good it. Memoria press uses it a year ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I'd skip to the 3 book asap. It's even 10% off right now. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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