Hi Brittany, thank you so much for taking the time to review the 180 Days of Spelling and Word Study series. As the creator of these books, I want you to know I appreciate all your kind words and take your feedback seriously. I'm very excited to announce that I've started creating "kick-off" lessons for each unit and am publishing them for free on my UA-cam Channel: 180 Days of Spelling & Word Study w/ Mrs. Rhoades. Each interactive lesson introduces the new word list, draws the viewer's attention to important spelling patterns, rules, and affixes, and provides kid-friendly definitions for the vocabulary. The videos are great for homeschoolers, parents looking to provide their children with a little extra support or enrichment, and classroom teachers. I hope you and your viewers enjoy the videos as much as my students do!
Wow!! Your lessons are so thorough. My child would greatly benefit from your videos! Thanks so much for sharing. Also, how can I go about finding out placement assesssments
This review was incredibly helpful! Thank you! My son and daughter, who are both in second grade, are both struggling with spelling. They are excellent readers, like far beyond the second grade level. But my son especially has trouble spelling most words. I've decided to supplement this second semester with some extra spelling practice, and FOR NOW this helped confirm that I feel good about moving forward with Evan Moor at this time. Looking at the curriculum, I almost went down to level 1, because the struggle is so real. But I feel good about starting with second grade level now; after hearing this review. I will definitely keep the 180 days on my mind though for possible future curriculum when they are stronger spellers.
This is such a well done comparison and review video, thanks so much!!! I just got Evan-Moor's Spelling in for my 6 year old, which we'll start in the summer. ( We do year round homeschool.) I found your breakdown of the EM to be very helpful since I've never used any of the EM workbooks before. We're coming off of using Abeka and TGTB the year before that. Anyway, I wanted to throw this out there to any one that might be looking for extra activities to have their children do with spelling is to have them write their spelling words 5x's each every day before their test. My mom had me do that when I was in public school and I never once missed a spelling word in my life. I got word meaning from reading a lot in elementary and junior high. 😄
I've decided to go with Spelling Workout for my 3rd grader this coming school year. But I'm going to give this 180 Days a look over. I see why you like it.
We are using All About Spelling, but I will have to keep 180 Days Of Spelling in mind for the future. We are using 180 days for part of our social studies next year. They have great content.
I have heard great things about the 180 days of spelling! I have it on my list as a possibility for next year, I love that it gets to the meaning of the words too not just spelling them. You showing this made me realize it has so much more meat to it than I originally thought! :)
I like how 180 days seems to work, but I'm told by our hst with charter that it is considered a supplemental resource and not a primary source as it supposedly doesn't meet CA standards 🤷♀️
We settled on Spelling Dictation by Spelling Plus years ago and it was wonderful. We saved a lot of money over buying yearly workbooks and my son loved it.
Very nice review. We have Evan Moor but switched to something else because it was a bit redundant. I like the variety in 180 days. Will definitely check it out. Thanks!
Totally agree with Evan moor…it’s great, but you would need to level up unless you have a struggling speller. We used the 5th day as a spelling test. 180 days looks good too! I like the diversity of exercises!
I have been trying to decide between Evan Moor and Soaring with Spelling & Vocabulary. 180 of Spelling is new to me and seems to have a few similarities to SWS&V - I seem to be leaning towards one of these due to the varying activities. Thanks for the comparison!
On our spelling test day they write out one word in a sentence then they circle the part of speech I pick for them. Helps make sure they keep them in working memory.
I have a weak speller. I ordered 180 days today, but a level below, which sounds like I made the right choice there after your review. I’m hoping that the 5 activities per week will drive the lists home. The last one we used had fun activities, but my child absolutely memorized the words just enough to retain for the week, then brain dumped them instead of building on them.
I love all of your videos. I have watched all of them and they have tremendously helped in my 1st year as a homeschool stay at home mom. Could you do a video on your daily school schedule? I know you’ve done day in the life videos, but I’m not sure if I’ve seen a daily schedule video. If so, could you tag the video?
I am so happy to hear😊 that my videos have helped you along your homeschooling journey.I need to actually make an updated video on our schedule because it has changed. Honestly the toddlers run the house and they make the schedule lol.
Great video and comparison. We really loved 180 days of spelling. We really like the activities and the spelling words were just right for my son! Great video Brittany!
My boy started using 4th grade 180 days curriculum recently n he likes it pretty much, and ....science,grammar and spelling books r his favorite ones😅. He learned some interesting words, he is using his diccionary more, and synonymsn antonyms is a great idea.....really, really enjoying them...n he did no like much LA before this.
This was great. After a year in, which do you prefer? We have a struggling speller and have been using EM and started 180 days but find that he gets distracted with all the activities. I feel like his brain can’t process both learning to spell at the same time. I found out since by the end of a week, we tried implementing tests and he can hardly spell, sometimes isn’t even sure how to read some words. The word lists are pretty advanced for sure. Wondering how you find it. Maybe you have more recent videos on it. I’ll have to check. Thanks for all your fun, wonderful content by the way!
Hi, I know this review is from last year but do you still use 180 days for you daughter? Also do you use this as a supplement or your main spelling curriculum? Thanks for the review, your content is always great!
This was an excellent review! We are going from an all in one Language Arts to seperate like you explained in your other video. Do you have a link for the master list of grades for 180 days of spelling? I have searched and cannot find it.
Hello Brittany. I know that you have toddlers. Have you thought about what math you are going to start with when your toddler becomes an kindergarten? My grandson goes to public school. I'm always working with him at home. I want to invest in a math curriculum. But it's overwhelming trying to decide on a math curriculum. What would you suggest? Since this school year is almost over, I want to start with 1st grade math curriculum. I've been looking at Saxon, Math with Confidence and Singapore. Any advice?
I have narrowed it down to my top 3 choices for my preschoolers for math. I am considering Math-u-see, Abeka k-3, and Saxon Math. When my daughter was in public school for k-2 I always worked with her with math during the summer. My favorite books were BrainQuest and Scholastics Math Workbooks. Best of luck with everything! Hopefully this helps. 😍
Hi Brittany, thank you so much for taking the time to review the 180 Days of Spelling and Word Study series. As the creator of these books, I want you to know I appreciate all your kind words and take your feedback seriously. I'm very excited to announce that I've started creating "kick-off" lessons for each unit and am publishing them for free on my UA-cam Channel: 180 Days of Spelling & Word Study w/ Mrs. Rhoades. Each interactive lesson introduces the new word list, draws the viewer's attention to important spelling patterns, rules, and affixes, and provides kid-friendly definitions for the vocabulary. The videos are great for homeschoolers, parents looking to provide their children with a little extra support or enrichment, and classroom teachers. I hope you and your viewers enjoy the videos as much as my students do!
Wow!! Your lessons are so thorough. My child would greatly benefit from your videos! Thanks so much for sharing. Also, how can I go about finding out placement assesssments
This review was incredibly helpful! Thank you! My son and daughter, who are both in second grade, are both struggling with spelling. They are excellent readers, like far beyond the second grade level. But my son especially has trouble spelling most words. I've decided to supplement this second semester with some extra spelling practice, and FOR NOW this helped confirm that I feel good about moving forward with Evan Moor at this time. Looking at the curriculum, I almost went down to level 1, because the struggle is so real. But I feel good about starting with second grade level now; after hearing this review. I will definitely keep the 180 days on my mind though for possible future curriculum when they are stronger spellers.
This is such a well done comparison and review video, thanks so much!!! I just got Evan-Moor's Spelling in for my 6 year old, which we'll start in the summer. ( We do year round homeschool.) I found your breakdown of the EM to be very helpful since I've never used any of the EM workbooks before. We're coming off of using Abeka and TGTB the year before that. Anyway, I wanted to throw this out there to any one that might be looking for extra activities to have their children do with spelling is to have them write their spelling words 5x's each every day before their test. My mom had me do that when I was in public school and I never once missed a spelling word in my life. I got word meaning from reading a lot in elementary and junior high. 😄
Amber, great tips! Thank you!
@@miriansp1020 I hope it helps! 🙂
I've decided to go with Spelling Workout for my 3rd grader this coming school year. But I'm going to give this 180 Days a look over. I see why you like it.
We are using All About Spelling, but I will have to keep 180 Days Of Spelling in mind for the future. We are using 180 days for part of our social studies next year. They have great content.
I have heard great things about the 180 days of spelling! I have it on my list as a possibility for next year, I love that it gets to the meaning of the words too not just spelling them. You showing this made me realize it has so much more meat to it than I originally thought! :)
Aww yes! We really have been enjoying 180 days of spelling. It a very affordable, and through spelling curriculum. 😊
I like how 180 days seems to work, but I'm told by our hst with charter that it is considered a supplemental resource and not a primary source as it supposedly doesn't meet CA standards 🤷♀️
We settled on Spelling Dictation by Spelling Plus years ago and it was wonderful. We saved a lot of money over buying yearly workbooks and my son loved it.
Very nice review. We have Evan Moor but switched to something else because it was a bit redundant. I like the variety in 180 days. Will definitely check it out. Thanks!
Really helpful review thank you. I love that you do pretests with your kids we do that for my child's spelling as well.
I was literally debating between these two for next year! This was really helpful! I feel way more confident on choosing 180 days now.
I am so happy this video was able to help. 😊
Totally agree with Evan moor…it’s great, but you would need to level up unless you have a struggling speller. We used the 5th day as a spelling test. 180 days looks good too! I like the diversity of exercises!
Yes ! I really do love both of these spelling programs they are both simple and independent, 😍
I have been trying to decide between Evan Moor and Soaring with Spelling & Vocabulary. 180 of Spelling is new to me and seems to have a few similarities to SWS&V - I seem to be leaning towards one of these due to the varying activities. Thanks for the comparison!
I used 180 days for my son ATLIN. Great video
Thank you for sharing
Ordering 180 Days now.
Hope you enjoy it!
On our spelling test day they write out one word in a sentence then they circle the part of speech I pick for them. Helps make sure they keep them in working memory.
I have a weak speller. I ordered 180 days today, but a level below, which sounds like I made the right choice there after your review. I’m hoping that the 5 activities per week will drive the lists home. The last one we used had fun activities, but my child absolutely memorized the words just enough to retain for the week, then brain dumped them instead of building on them.
Olga! From Hey Arnold, Helga's sister, I knew your name reminded me of something.
I loved Hey Arnold growing up. I used to watch it everyday after school lol 😂
@@brittanyolga Me too! My daughter definitely watch 90s cartoons.
We are starting 180 days of spelling after watching your review with your daughter. I think it will be a great fit for us.
Aww that is awesome. I hope it works out for your all. ☺️
Ohhh you are making me want to get 180 days of spelling. 🤔 we use Evan more but. I do find it too easy. We just do 2 days out of it though.
I love all of your videos. I have watched all of them and they have tremendously helped in my 1st year as a homeschool stay at home mom. Could you do a video on your daily school schedule? I know you’ve done day in the life videos, but I’m not sure if I’ve seen a daily schedule video. If so, could you tag the video?
I am so happy to hear😊 that my videos have helped you along your homeschooling journey.I need to actually make an updated video on our schedule because it has changed. Honestly the toddlers run the house and they make the schedule lol.
Great video and comparison. We really loved 180 days of spelling. We really like the activities and the spelling words were just right for my son! Great video Brittany!
Thank you so much Gina ☺️. This was my first comparison video. We really love 180 days of spelling too.
Well Done, again! I use both for my two sweeties for the same reasons 🧡.
My boy started using 4th grade 180 days curriculum recently n he likes it pretty much, and ....science,grammar and spelling books r his favorite ones😅. He learned some interesting words, he is using his diccionary more, and synonymsn antonyms is a great idea.....really, really enjoying them...n he did no like much LA before this.
This was great. After a year in, which do you prefer? We have a struggling speller and have been using EM and started 180 days but find that he gets distracted with all the activities. I feel like his brain can’t process both learning to spell at the same time. I found out since by the end of a week, we tried implementing tests and he can hardly spell, sometimes isn’t even sure how to read some words. The word lists are pretty advanced for sure. Wondering how you find it. Maybe you have more recent videos on it. I’ll have to check. Thanks for all your fun, wonderful content by the way!
Hi, I know this review is from last year but do you still use 180 days for you daughter? Also do you use this as a supplement or your main spelling curriculum? Thanks for the review, your content is always great!
So helpful. Thank you!
Very helpful!
Thank you!
This was an excellent review! We are going from an all in one Language Arts to seperate like you explained in your other video. Do you have a link for the master list of grades for 180 days of spelling? I have searched and cannot find it.
thanks for this video
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We picked 180 days of spelling over evan Moore
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Do you know if 180 Days of Spelling has a placement test?
Hello Brittany. I know that you have toddlers. Have you thought about what math you are going to start with when your toddler becomes an kindergarten? My grandson goes to public school. I'm always working with him at home. I want to invest in a math curriculum. But it's overwhelming trying to decide on a math curriculum. What would you suggest? Since this school year is almost over, I want to start with 1st grade math curriculum. I've been looking at Saxon, Math with Confidence and Singapore. Any advice?
I have narrowed it down to my top 3 choices for my preschoolers for math. I am considering Math-u-see, Abeka k-3, and Saxon Math. When my daughter was in public school for k-2 I always worked with her with math during the summer. My favorite books were BrainQuest and Scholastics Math Workbooks. Best of luck with everything! Hopefully this helps. 😍
@@brittanyolga Thank you. I will keep these in mind.
A few other math suggestions: Math Mammoth is great for mastery. Horizons is great for spiral.
You amazing mom
Can you please show us writing books
Hi. Does the 180 days books have perforated pages? Thanks for the review.
Yes it is perforated pages 🥰
Hey, have you tried Rod and Staff spelling and math?
No I have not tried them. I had my eyes in the Rod and Staff spelling it looks awesome too.