Thanks for sharing, I am going to be looking into a new spelling for next year because the one is not working for us. This looks like a great choice, I will have to look at the upper levels.
Hi there! Thank you for this video. I have a question. I have bought Level D for my son who struggles very much with spelling! I see how it is laid out for 1 lesson taking 5 days and I am wondering what you do for 4-day weeks? Do you skip the last dictation or do you carry it over into the next week and get "off track". I am not sure what I will do about that, but would love your thought. Thanks!
@@CalmintheChaosHomeschool I really appreciate your response. I think I needed permission to do that! I have been homeschooling 4 children for 8 years and I still sometimes get bogged down in the idea of being behind 😕
I’m glad that helped :) I haven’t found much benefit in rushing along, especially with spelling. My oldest who is going into 8th is going into level E next year and that ok. Because anything beyond that would be too hard. But her spelling has improved over the 3 years that we have been doing this, so we keep coming back :)
My son had severe oral and verbal dyspraxia, and secondary selective mutism = he was completely nonverbal till 5.5 years old, still in speech and OT therapy at 9. This year he has made amazing progress since I've been combining Fitzroy word families A, explode the code, and for reading Decodable readers Australia. With his Fitzroy word families lists I say the words and he writes them on the blackboard so that if he makes any mistakes they are easily dealt with, he then writes them into his book, we figure out a sentance that has some of his list words in it that I write out, and he copies into his book - then he draws a picture to go along with it. I can't believe the amount of progress his made doing this.
I'm currently using Spell To Write And Read. It's harder to come by now and very confusing for the teacher to get started with. However the phonics and spelling method is the best I've found. It makes complete sense of spelling and the process of "thinking to spell" is very effective for the student to learn the words. And I've found the same method in the All About Spelling curriculum. If we ever end up switching, I'll be switching to All About Spelling. The reason I haven't switched yet is because Spell to Write and Read includes Grammer and writing exercises so that current spelling words are incorporated into writing and grammar. This way we don't have to do separate spelling practice because we practice spelling words, writing with them, reading them and doing grammer exercises with them. I often wish I could find something easier or do a combination of things that takes less lesson planning from me. But if I do ever figure that out I want to continue using the "thinking to spell" method and the Orton-Gillingham method because that's what makes the most sense to me.
How does the copywork book compliment the actual spelling words? I noticed in lesson 1 only one word from the spelling list is in the poem or nursery rhyme. Does it go in some kind of phonetic order or does it go by the whatever is in he poem?
So, as you progress into this program, there are no actual "spelling words". What your child is learning is to spell regular words within actual context of the sentences. So, the whole passage is the "spelling words". The copywork is to help them familiarize themselves with all the words in the passage. I hope that makes sense. At the beginning of level B, there is more of a focus on the "phonics" and their families, but even now in part B, he is just writing out the whole nursery rhyme at the end of the week.
Yes that makes perfect sense thanks. So it’s simply transitioning them from decodable type words to the phonetic context with the words in the nursery rhymes.
Thank you so much. I am considering purchasing this for my fourth grader and your review will help a lot!
Oh good! I’m glad this video helped you out!
As someone who doesn’t use curriculum’s I always fine these videos fascinating! Thank you for sharing what works for you xxx
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing, I am going to be looking into a new spelling for next year because the one is not working for us. This looks like a great choice, I will have to look at the upper levels.
Glad it was helpful!
This is what I need for my 6 years old. Perfect. We are doing copywork daily, this would work just perfect! THANK YOU 💖💖
It's the only spelling program I have stuck with for my struggling spellers.
How was it going with your daughter? I just got this for my 6 year old daughter, hope she will like this program. 😊
So, I’m using it with my son and is still going well. We take it really slowly though. Like 2-3 lessons a week.
Great video! I think I might try this with my son!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you! I have a 4th grader who is dyslexic and struggles. This was very helpful!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for stopping by!
This curriculum certainly looks different than what I have seen before, thanks for showing us the curriculum
You are welcome! Definitely not the word list approach :)
Hi there! Thank you for this video. I have a question. I have bought Level D for my son who struggles very much with spelling! I see how it is laid out for 1 lesson taking 5 days and I am wondering what you do for 4-day weeks? Do you skip the last dictation or do you carry it over into the next week and get "off track". I am not sure what I will do about that, but would love your thought. Thanks!
Honestly I do 2-3 days a week and we just do it longer than a year. For a struggling speller, that pace works for us.
@@CalmintheChaosHomeschool I really appreciate your response. I think I needed permission to do that! I have been homeschooling 4 children for 8 years and I still sometimes get bogged down in the idea of being behind 😕
I’m glad that helped :) I haven’t found much benefit in rushing along, especially with spelling. My oldest who is going into 8th is going into level E next year and that ok. Because anything beyond that would be too hard. But her spelling has improved over the 3 years that we have been doing this, so we keep coming back :)
Thank you! Very helpful.
You are welcome!
My son had severe oral and verbal dyspraxia, and secondary selective mutism = he was completely nonverbal till 5.5 years old, still in speech and OT therapy at 9.
This year he has made amazing progress since I've been combining Fitzroy word families A, explode the code, and for reading Decodable readers Australia.
With his Fitzroy word families lists I say the words and he writes them on the blackboard so that if he makes any mistakes they are easily dealt with, he then writes them into his book, we figure out a sentance that has some of his list words in it that I write out, and he copies into his book - then he draws a picture to go along with it.
I can't believe the amount of progress his made doing this.
That is so Great! Thanks for sharing what is working with us all!
I'm currently using Spell To Write And Read. It's harder to come by now and very confusing for the teacher to get started with. However the phonics and spelling method is the best I've found. It makes complete sense of spelling and the process of "thinking to spell" is very effective for the student to learn the words. And I've found the same method in the All About Spelling curriculum. If we ever end up switching, I'll be switching to All About Spelling.
The reason I haven't switched yet is because Spell to Write and Read includes Grammer and writing exercises so that current spelling words are incorporated into writing and grammar. This way we don't have to do separate spelling practice because we practice spelling words, writing with them, reading them and doing grammer exercises with them.
I often wish I could find something easier or do a combination of things that takes less lesson planning from me. But if I do ever figure that out I want to continue using the "thinking to spell" method and the Orton-Gillingham method because that's what makes the most sense to me.
Wow. I don't think I have heard of that one. Definitely sounds like a great program. Glad you have a spelling program that is working for you!
Logic of English is what you are looking for. Same philosophy and methods as Spell to Write and Read, but it’s open and go
What spelling programs have you used for your kids?
How does the copywork book compliment the actual spelling words? I noticed in lesson 1 only one word from the spelling list is in the poem or nursery rhyme. Does it go in some kind of phonetic order or does it go by the whatever is in he poem?
So, as you progress into this program, there are no actual "spelling words". What your child is learning is to spell regular words within actual context of the sentences. So, the whole passage is the "spelling words". The copywork is to help them familiarize themselves with all the words in the passage. I hope that makes sense. At the beginning of level B, there is more of a focus on the "phonics" and their families, but even now in part B, he is just writing out the whole nursery rhyme at the end of the week.
Yes that makes perfect sense thanks. So it’s simply transitioning them from decodable type words to the phonetic context with the words in the nursery rhymes.
@@audrichavez yes!
does this program address Shwa words like with the "o" in "some"?
I have not seen that in this particular level, Level C or D.