My4arrows Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 We are finishing up AAS2 and will continue onto level 3 in the next few weeks or our next school year. We never use the green cards, so is there a point in getting the student pack? Is there anything else in the pack we would need if we have the first two level's packs and all the reading packs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 I'm not sure specifically from 2 to 3 but there are usually new letter tiles and new charts. For example, at some level they get a chart of the rules to break words into syllables. In the next level, there's the syllable chart again, but this time more rules will be added to the chart. You could contact the company and ask. We're at level 6 and everything is all jumbled together now. I'm not sure when each set of cards and charts came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tm919 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 There are a bunch of things you might not use, including the cards, silent e book, homophone lists, etc. Some of them you can print off their website. Here is their sample (what is in the packet is shown on the first page of the sample) http://www.allaboutlearningpress.com/content/samples/AAS-L3-Student-Packet-Sample.pdf We did like the suffix tiles but you could make your own. The -ed sheet is getting fuzzy in my brain but I think that's something you can make from the description in the book too (maybe you sort them into the sound that -ed makes? I think we only ever used them once!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaCEmom Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Besides the green cards there are also: Suffix tiles Silent E Book New phonogram cards (yellow) New sound cards (red) Homophone list 1-1-1 rule 8.5x11 New word bank 8.5x11 for lvl 3 ED word 8.5x11 New syllable division 8.5x11 with 1 rule added to the bottom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosieCotton Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 OP - this was my hope too when we first started using it, but new tiles are introduced each level that you teach, so without them it's kind of difficult. There are a lot of extra items in the Level 3 pack as well. Someone listed them above. Some you'll use others maybe not depending on your kiddos. We don't use the green cards very often either but use the lists (along with yet other lists and copywork sentences sometimes when it is needed.) If you totally don't want the whole pack and just the extra tiles for that level you can call and ask for them. They were really nice about filling in what I was missing when I got a used pack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My4arrows Posted March 25, 2015 Author Share Posted March 25, 2015 Thanks! I'll have to see if I can maybe buy the tiles separate since that sounds like the only things we'd really need/use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scootiepie Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 We did not get the student pack. The main thing I feel like I am missing are the word lists. You can get the gist of what you need as you go through the lessons and come up with your own tiles, suffixes, etc. And I have found different word lists online. My kids are finding the tiles cumbersome, and they stay a mess, so we mainly use a white board and the book. Sometimes I wonder what I'm missing, but we've been plugging along OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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