Reading

I’m a bit confused. Is your daughter having trouble reading those endings or spelling them?

If she is having trouble spelling them, that is okay at this age because learning how to spell is not formally introduced in a Charlotte Mason education until about grade 4. At her level of reading she should be learning how to form her letters, then writing a word or two from her reading lesson. If you are not using it, Delightful Handwriting pairs with Delightful Reading Kit 3. Otherwise, just choose a word or two from her reading lessons to have her copy. When she is ready to copy full sentences, then you can choose a word from her copywork to ask her to spell after she finishes copying the sentence. If she is unsure of the spelling, let her look at the word and spell it. No guessing allowed! 🙂

There are several articles in our Learning Library you can read to learn more about spelling in a CM education.

Copywork, Transcription, Dictation is part 7 of a 9 part series on Language Arts in the Charlotte Mason Method.

Teaching Spelling is part 14 of an 18 part Subject by Subject series on how to teach with Charlotte Mason’s methods in each subject.

The Natural Progression of Language Arts is a video that will give you the big picture of when different parts of language arts are introduced in a Charlotte Mason education.

She only needs to be able to read the words, not spell them. In a Charlotte Mason education, formal spelling is introduced around grade 4 with prepared dictation. Younger students do spelling more informally by being asked to orally spell a word or two from their copywork after they have completed the copying. If the student is unsure how to spell a word just copied, then she is allowed to look at the word as she spells it so that she is not guessing.

The links I provided above will help you understand spelling in a CM education. It might be a good idea to read all of the articles in the Language Arts in the Charlotte Mason Method series to get the big picture of language arts in CM.