Targhee Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 Do you have to start with A and AA? (That was the EPS website recommendation) Rethinking spelling for dd8 who is 2nd-3rd ish grade. She completed LOE Foundations A-C and I had intended to go on to Essentials with her because D looked like there wasn’t enough spelling (we’ve fairly well launched for reading). I have used Essentials before about 6 years ago, and now I am realizing that for this girl we don’t need quiet so intensive of spelling instruction. She isn’t a natural speller, but not a struggler either. Can I start with level B? If no is it reasonable to whiz through A and AA? Yes we do copywork and dictation, but we still need a bit more spelling instruction for her to see the patterns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTVKath Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 I don't know the answer to your question but I can tell you how my daughter has done with Spellwell. She breezed through Level A/AA in 2nd grade and breezed through Level B/BB in 3rd grade. This year is 4th grade in Level C/CC and it isn't as easy as previous years. Some weeks she can spell the words correctly on Monday's pretest but then might struggle in some of the daily activities - for example, dividing the syllables correctly, thinking of synonyms or adding new syllables to the spelling words to make new words. Other weeks, she'll miss a bunch of the words on the Monday pre-test but then do fine on the daily activities. Hope that helps! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Targhee Posted October 6, 2019 Author Share Posted October 6, 2019 3 minutes ago, CTVKath said: I don't know the answer to your question but I can tell you how my daughter has done with Spellwell. She breezed through Level A/AA in 2nd grade and breezed through Level B/BB in 3rd grade. This year is 4th grade in Level C/CC and it isn't as easy as previous years. Some weeks she can spell the words correctly on Monday's pretest but then might struggle in some of the daily activities - for example, dividing the syllables correctly, thinking of synonyms or adding new syllables to the spelling words to make new words. Other weeks, she'll miss a bunch of the words on the Monday pre-test but then do fine on the daily activities. Hope that helps! Thank you! Overall are you happy with the program and how it teaches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTVKath Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 5 hours ago, Targhee said: Thank you! Overall are you happy with the program and how it teaches? Yes. I liked Explode the Code and like Spellwell just as much. When I was growing up, we just had weekly lists of random words to memorize. I like the phonics based spelling much better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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