Sequential Spelling and Spelling Wisdom

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  • Shanna
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    Is there anyone who uses these together? If so, can you give me your thoughts, also how are you scheduling it in your family?

    Karen
    Participant

    We use Seq. Sp. every day.  We do Spelling Wisdom as prepared dictation once a week (or when I remember! Frown)

    I like the idea, the theory behind Spelling Wisdom.  But it just wasn’t sticking in my oldest girl’s head.  She’s a decent speller to begin with, however, she needed something a bit more “organized” than the seemingly random Spelling Wisdom quotes.

    My daughter also dislikes writing.  So to copy anything, even once, is annoying to her.  And really, I don’t think Spelling Wisdom will work well if the student isn’t copying it at least twice.  Since my daughter’s handwriting isn’t all that pretty, she still needs a handwriting book.  Add that to the writing she needs to do for other subjects, and having her copy the Spelling Wisdom dictation was just over-the-top in her mind.

    So, we still use Spelling Wisdom, but it’s only occasionally.  I like the idea of it, and my daughter loved it when an author she copied in Spelling Wisdom came up in a history or poetry lesson or in the newspaper or something, but it just didn’t seem to work for us.

    I do hope to eventually go back to it – maybe in high school?  OR maybe with one of my other daughters.

    Shanna
    Participant

    Thank you, Karen. I am wanting to use SW as prepared dictation, rather than as a spelling curriculum. So I was looking at once or twice a week. I appreciate your input.

    Benita
    Participant

    We use both. I use SS a few days a week in grades 4-6. I use SW for dictation once or twice a week depending on their age. It seems to be a good balance.

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