Pster Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 We are just starting to get into this..... dd7 copied 3 sentences on Monday (~10 min of copy work time) she did very well on that we picked 1 sentence from it for her copy work for the week she practiced that Tues, Wed, Thurs today we tried dictation I gave her a phrase at a time & repeated it while she wrote it I imagine I will be able to cut back on how much I have to repeat as she gets used to "dictation" she had 4 spelling mistakes in the dictation -do I make her rewrite that whole sentence again with the correct spelling? -should she correct just the words? -when she practiced the copy work we did focus on those words that she knew she *might* have trouble spelling -should I have corrected her dictation as she went along? so those spelling mistakes weren't written wrongly in the first place? How do you do it? I need to get a copy work / dictation groove so I we do the same thing every time! thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alana in Canada Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 I'd say that was well done. Personally, I'd just have her re-copy the words. Then give her the dictation again, perhaps? Love to hear what others have to say! I sometimes pre-write really difficult words on the board or tell my son how to write them. He freezes up too much otherwise. His anxiety level about spelling is just far too high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 I think this sounds great! Yes, you will have to repeat less as they become more accustomed to it, I think. I would only have her recopy the words missed. I try to watch when my children are writing and correct them before they misspell, so that they don't have an incorrect picture of the word in their mind. I don't always catch them, but I try. I just tend to think it makes it simpler for them to remember the correct spelling that way. Regena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narrow Gate Academy Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 We correct spelling errors in dictation by just having DD correct the words. We've never actually tried doing copywork first and then using that for dictation. We just switched to straight dictation half way through 3rd grade. One other possibility might be keeping you dictation sentences shorter and simpler so that they are closer to her spelling level. I know I personally would never expect my girl's to be able to spell some of the sentences I have them use for copywork on their own in 1st and 2nd, but I tend to use sentences that are at their reading level which is higher than their spelling level in those grades. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pster Posted February 8, 2008 Author Share Posted February 8, 2008 good point ..hmmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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