Jennfam Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Can my 4th grader jump into AAS? She's been at a hybrid school, but we are homeschooling this year and I just can't quite pick a spelling curriculum. I've used Levels 1-2 with other kiddos so I'm familiar about with the program. Just curious if she could start now and what level would I start her in? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeachyDoodle Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Of course. The general advice I've seen is to start with level 1 regardless of age so you cover all the information. A 4th grader could probably speed through the lower levels pretty quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maptime Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 I put my 4th grader in AAS in the middle of last school year when our other program just wasn't working. We started at level 1 and just completed one step (lesson) per day, taking a couple of extra days on steps that he needed more time to sink in. We were able to complete Levels 1-3 in about half of a school year in this fashion, so I agree that your student could be up to speed pretty quickly. Now paying for all four levels up front for one school year is not quite so painless😂 But if you already have levels 1 and 2 on hand that helps a lot 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryAtHope Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Sure! I started my kids in 4th and 6th grades. They did about 3 levels the first year and gradually took more time per level as the words got harder. You generally start in Level 1 or 2 to teach all of the rules but you can "fast track" until you get farther in. Here's a link to the placement test. HTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 I started DS15 when he was 14. He started in book 3. We do not use the magnets. We switched form a pretty intensive Phonics program that he had been doing for 8 years so he was very familiar with double vowels etc already. He is now 3/4 way thought book 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenecho Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 (edited) If Level 1 is making her groan though, I've also heard advice to start at Level II for older kids starting out, and I think that makes sense. The first chapter reviews most of the more challenging things in Level 1, and so if you find they need more work on any of the things covered, you can always go back to level 1 and do more work on it, but otherwise you could skip a lot and just move forward. If you decide to start in level 1 you could also do the 5 word test method once you get past the first few chapters on letter sounds and such and into actually spelling words. You just test your child on 5 of the spelling words (random...not the first five since some of the last words are harder). If they get all 5 right, skip that section. If they don't, go through the section. Edited August 6, 2019 by goldenecho 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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