Tiramisu Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 do you pretest, compile a list of word your dc got wrong, then explain the rules and have them practice the words? Or, do you do it another way. I'm considering trying this but wondering if there's a good method. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lorna Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 (edited) and you would like to test first to see which words your child is getting wrong, you could use this form. It uses the 'Spelling Power' method, which is very similar to the one you describe. 1. First read out the words (10 up to 20 of them) 2. Then have the child copy the words they got wrong into the wrods to learn column. 3. Then your child follows the steps from left to right, ticking off the boxes they have completed as they go along. 4. At the bottom of the sheet have them use each word in a sentence of their own. 5. Next day test the previous days words and some new words. Repeat the process with the new words. There is a proper explanation here of how it works. I use my own method. Our children keep a word book of the words they spell wrong. Every so often I choose ten to twenty words. Day One: They write the words on flash cards and learn them. Day Two: They write them out, each three times Day Three: I test them on each word (correcting it there and then if it is wrong) and then dictate a sentence for each word. Day Four: They have a test proper. Each word they get right I give to them and they get to put it in the bin. Any words that are wrong go back in the box for next time. Edited February 10, 2009 by Lorna more information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cworthy Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Hi all! Spelling City is free online. I have just started using it to compile a list of troublesome words. They have games, etc. that might be useful. We haven't done much with it yet, but it is free. :) (Free is good. :) ) http://www.spellingcity.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee in MI Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 (edited) We use the word list in the back of Writing Road to Reading. Third through half of 4th grade: In the morning, we we put several new words in his writing notebook. We would discuss the applicable spelling rules, syllables, and phonograms of each word. In the afternoon I would ask thirty spelling words from the list. If he spelled the word right, I put a check mark next to the word in the book. Once he got the word right three times, I retired that word and stopped asking it. Using this method, we progressed through the list. By midway through fourth grade (he's now in fifth) he pretty much had the spelling rules and phonograms down, and the words were getting harder so he was missing more. So now each afternoon I ask spelling words until he gets eight wrong. I still ask the word until he gets three checkmarks by it. The eight missed words are his study words. Each morning we take the study words from the previous day and discuss them on the white board. Then I give them to him for independent study. He either copies the words or uses spellingcity.com to review. In the afternoon, I give another spelling test. We do spelling four days a week. Edited February 11, 2009 by Dee in MI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen in NS Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 do you pretest, compile a list of word your dc got wrong, then explain the rules and have them practice the words? Or, do you do it another way. I'm considering trying this but wondering if there's a good method. Thanks! I use WRTR. I don't pretest, I just go through the spelling list and have my kids put them in their notebooks. Analyze the words for sounds and rules. At the end of the week, I test them on that week's words, and go over any that they got wrong. And then move on with the list. Ds got spelling VERY easily. Dd has a harder time with it, so occasionally, when I see that the words in the list are getting too hard for her and she is frustrated with the end of week test, I will just pick a point in the list to go back to and begin again in the notebook. Not very methodical, but it works here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 I use a list from the internet. Each week, the boys spell words from their list out loud for me until they get three wrong. They copy out those three a few times, then next time are tested on the ones they did wrong. They copy these out more times if they are still not solid. Every few weeks, I go over the words they missed before, to make sure that they have learned them properly. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen the RD Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 I dictate 5 new words per day on Monday-Thursday (20 new words per week), then test all 20 on Friday. The dc write the words into their notebooks. When I quiz and test, I highlight missed words right in their notebook. That allows them to know what words need more study. Like another poster said, once they've spelled the word correctly 3 times, I retire it. Once per month, we take a full week to just review words. Then I dictate words using the Morrison-McCall Lists found in the Spalding Spelling Assessment Manual. Here's our schedule: Monday-Review previous week's words, dictate 5 new words using the Spalding marking system & discussing spelling rules. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday-Review previous day's words, Quiz those words and 3 other "trouble words" from previous weeks, dictate 5 new words using the Spalding marking system & discussing spelling rules. Friday-Review the week's words then test all 20 plusany other "trouble words" from previous week's. This method probably takes more time than most workbook spelling curricula, but I have seen such amazing results using it with my dc that I am committed to finishing it. HTH, Jennifer DD 11yo-5th grade, WRTR Spelling List S DS 6 yo-1st grade, WRTR Spelling List J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Well with SWR/WRTR, you work through all the words on the list, irrespective of which ones your dc already knows. You parse them together, discussing the rules and markings. I found that what worked even better than isolated word parsing was sentence dictation. Spelling Plus has terrific lists with spiraling sentences, so that's where I would start, if I were starting over. I used the sentences in the Wise Guide for SWR, which were fine too, though quite challenging. My dd needs context for things to stick, so just parsing words doesn't do anything for her, just in one eyeball and out the other. We've been using Spelling Works! by Jim Halverson this year, just as a change of pace and to be practical with the new baby. It's been good and might be another affordable option for you to consider. I got mine for under $10 on the amazon marketplace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiramisu Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 (edited) I am so grateful to all of you for sharing all these awesome ideas! Now I get to read through each one of these options to see which one would fit us best. And, if I'm wrong, I still have all those other options.:tongue_smilie: Thank you! Edited February 11, 2009 by NJKelli blooper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sahamamama Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 I use a list from the internet. Laura Laura, do you have a link to your list? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 I'm sorry - it's so long ago that I printed it off, and there is no information on the printout, that I have no idea. I know I found it by Googling for something like 'spelling test' and it came from a school site. Good luck Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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