spelling curriculum

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  • February 13, 2015 at 4:19 pm
    Karen
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    My 2nd daughter, 3rd grade,  is working her way through the Barton Reading and Spelling program – and it’s working fabulously!

    Now I’m thinking about my other daughters.  For next year, they will be in 6th grade, 2nd grade, and 1st grade.  What spelling curriculum can I use that will introduce the rules of spelling ?

    For example, I recently learned from Barton (I have no memory of learning spelling rules, but I’m a very good speller) that if a word ends in [k], you spell it ‘ck’ if the [k] is immediately preceded by a vowel.  You spell it ‘k’ if the [k] is preceded by another consonant.  That’s why “kick” is not spelled “kik”.  Who knew???

    So, I’m LOVING all these spelling rules.  What curriculum out there will do that?

    February 13, 2015 at 4:40 pm
    retrofam
    Participant

    All About Spelling does this.

    I am anxious to see what else is recommended by others.

    February 13, 2015 at 6:39 pm
    HSMAMA
    Participant

    I’ll second AAS. We use it and really like it. 🙂

    February 13, 2015 at 7:12 pm
    missceegee
    Participant

    The ck, two letter /k/ is used only after a short vowel that says /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, or /u/.

    jack, peck, lick, knock, duck

    All About Spelling, Writing Road to Reading, Spalding, or Spell to Write and Read, Logic of English all use OG phonograms and this methodology.  AAS is the easiest to implement, but moves the slowest.  The others are a bigger time investment.

    February 13, 2015 at 8:13 pm
    nebby
    Participant

    For your own benefit I recommend reading the Logic of English. I found it a very interesting book.

    Nebby

    http://www.letttersfromnebby.wordpress.com

    February 14, 2015 at 6:57 am
    Karen
    Participant

    Thank you for the recommendations!  I’m excited to start thinking about next year! *L*

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