Question about All About Spelling…

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  • July 1, 2011 at 3:37 am
    MamaSnow
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    Quick Question for you AAS users – is each level designed to be used over 1 school year?  I am having to plan and buy resources for the next 2 years at once and am wondering if 2 levels will be sufficient for us.  (My dd will be in first and second grade for those two years – so I am thinking to buy levels 1 and 2.)

    Thanks,

    Jen

    July 1, 2011 at 5:45 am
    Michaela
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    They aren’t really set up to go by grade levels, just a progression of difficulty.  How well is your dd reading?  I started Level 1 with my 1st grade dd (great reader) and she flew through it in a couple of months.  We are more than half way through level 2 at the end of her first grade year and we only do it once or twice a week.  

     

    July 1, 2011 at 1:29 pm
    MamaSnow
    Participant

    Thanks.  I kind of wondered if it was more of a “level of proficiency” thing rather than a set number of lessons thing.  She also reads fairly well already.  So maybe I should get the first 3 levels to take us through the next 2 years…I’ll have to go online and look at the Tables of Contents for everything again….

    Jen

    July 1, 2011 at 6:09 pm
    Michaela
    Participant

    Looking at the TOC is a good idea.  With my dd, I think she COULD keep going at a faster pace, but I only do the lessons a couple of times a week so that what she is learning has time to sink in.  This is a tough curriculum to have to plan out for 2 years in advance.  If money is tight, I think you would be fine doing just the first two levels, and just slowing down the pace a bit if you have to.  It’s obviously totally your decision, I just thought I would throw that out there 🙂

    July 6, 2011 at 1:08 am
    kerby
    Participant

    Do you have a friend who could help by accepting it and shipping it to you if you needed another level?  As pp said, it is hard to plan out that way because it’s mastery-based.  (thinking along similar lines to RS math)

    K

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