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Spelling Wisdom Question
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Hey there!
I had a question about Spelling Wisdom levels. All of the sudden this year, my thirteen year old, who used to struggle with spelling has taken a huge leap in her spelling ability. Last year she was still working in level one. This year level 2 is too easy and after looking at level 3 online, it seems that level is too easy as well. I am wondering is I am using the correct method for determining placement. Here is what I do- if there are about two or three words that she cannot spell in a passage then I consider it to be on her level……..honestly, I looked at level 4 and did not see it fitting her either. Should I just stick with level 3 and just focus on punctuation?
What should I do? move on to level 5?
TIA!
I would probably go with Book 3. Even if the spelling is not a challenge for her, she will be getting other benefits from doing dictation.
- As you mentioned, she will have practice reinforcing the mechanics of capitalization and punctuation (especially if you from time to time ask her why a particular punctuation mark or capital letter is in that particular place in the passage).
- She will be looking closely at good sentence structure and writing styles, and she will be internalizing good ideas from the selected passages.
- You can also use the passages to review/reinforce grammar concepts that she has learned (e.g., find five nouns in the passage; what kind of verb is this and how do you know?; is this word an adjective or adverb? what word is it modifying?).
- If she is learning typing, she can type the passages for further practice.
And she will most likely encounter some words she does not know how to spell along the way. 🙂
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