Spelling Wisdom ? and Placement?

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  • December 28, 2015 at 5:40 pm
    kellywright006
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    Hi Everyone:
    We have been doing SW for 2 years now. I am realized my oldest DD (8th grade) is mostly doing passages where there aren’t many words she doesn’t know. She is on the end of book 2. (Started SCM late and started SW at the beginning). Should I start doing E/O? I remember at one time reading a child should not know/or was it, know a certain number of words in a passage to figure out where they should be? I am thinking bc she is *techniacally* behind what SCM recommends for an 8th grader, and she knows most of the words she is doing now, I would like to get her to a more challenging level? What do you all think?

    Thank you for listening.

    Kelly Wright

     

    December 29, 2015 at 1:57 pm
    lettucepatchkids
    Participant

    how far “behind” is she?

    you could always just keep progressing through SW but do a 3rd passage a week until she is being more challenged/ gets up to recommended level.

    December 29, 2015 at 2:14 pm
    Sonya Shafer
    Moderator

    Knowing most of the words is good. We usually recommend that the “sweet spot” for placement is no more than three or four unknown words in a passage. If she’s near that sweet spot, I’d probably say just keep going and don’t worry about being “behind.”

    If she needs more challenge, you could incorporate some punctuation, capitalization, and grammar reviews using the passages; or if she is learning to type, she could be challenged to type the passages.

    December 29, 2015 at 5:01 pm
    Wings2fly
    Participant

    We are in the middle of book 1 in grade 6 now.  He does well with it.  I skip some passages that look easier and I think he could spell correctly.  But I test him orally first by saying the word in a sentence I make up and asking him to spell it.  This confirms if it is okay to skip that passage or not.

    January 1, 2016 at 9:56 pm
    kellywright006
    Participant

    @Sonya Shafer, I like the idea of having her type them! Great suggestion. And thank you for clarifying the ‘sweet spot.’ Very helpful as I place all of the children!

    @Wings2fly I like the idea of skipping the ones that look easier and testing orally. I’ve been doing that…..and I guess I’ve been ok to do so. Sometimes I second guess myself. Nice to know, there is someone else out there who is doing that too!

    Thank you!  🙂

     

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