Spelling

[mymomtime]

My 1st grader is currently flying through AAS level 2.  He is about 4 lessons from the end.  About 3 lessons ago, I randomly had him spell various words from lessons 20-25 and he got them all right.  I am planning on finishing the level at his pace which is about 4 days per lesson.  He has his phonograms and rules down and he is able to apply what he has learned in both reading and in writing.  He is currently reading on somewhere between a 4th and 6th grade level.  We just read everything!  He loves to read and listen to books (both audio books and me reading).  He does a good job with the dictation sentences.

 

Suggestions for my next step?

 

Continue on to Level 3 when he finishes?  I really like AAS because it teaches rules and even I'm learning.  

 

Switch programs? to what?

 

Continue to Level 3 in the fall and do higher level phonics the rest of the year?  I'm thinking Elizabeth B's "A Crash Course in Polysyllables".

[Ellie]

My 1st grader is currently flying through AAS level 2.  He is about 4 lessons from the end.  About 3 lessons ago, I randomly had him spell various words from lessons 20-25 and he got them all right.  I am planning on finishing the level at his pace which is about 4 days per lesson.  He has his phonograms and rules down and he is able to apply what he has learned in both reading and in writing.  He is currently reading on somewhere between a 4th and 6th grade level.  We just read everything!  He loves to read and listen to books (both audio books and me reading).  He does a good job with the dictation sentences.

 

Suggestions for my next step?

 

Continue on to Level 3 when he finishes?  I really like AAS because it teaches rules and even I'm learning.  

 

Switch programs? to what?

 

Continue to Level 3 in the fall and do higher level phonics the rest of the year?  I'm thinking Elizabeth B's "A Crash Course in Polysyllables".

 

Because he's so young, I would not do anything else formal for spelling for a year or so; when he's 9, you could do something like Spelling by Sound and Structure (R&S).

[MerryAtHope]

If you are both enjoying AAS, I'd continue with it. Level 3 has things like the rules on adding suffixes and spelling consonant-le words, plus longer dictations and an independent writing activity called the Writing Station, which helps students in the transition to more outside writing.

 

You can read through the Table of Contents and the Scope and Sequence links to see what's covered and whether that would be beneficial for your son.