All About Spelling

[Gretchen in NO. CA]

Hi,

I have never heard of this before reading the previous posts. Has anyone used this with an older child? My son is finishing 9th grade (he will be 16 this summer) and spells at aabout a 6th grade level (on a good day :glare:). Should he start at level 1? Can anyone tell me more about this? How much time does it take daily? Do I have to do it with him or can he do this independently?
Thanks,
Gretchen:bigear:

[Sarah CB]

AAS starts at the very beginning and, while it doesn't correspond exactly to grade levels, I think your son is past the levels that are currently available.

[Gretchen in NO. CA]

Thanks for the response. Does anyone know of a good spelling program for olders?
Gretchen

[LadyAberlin]

I haven't used i, but I think Spelling Power is supposed to go through Highschool.

[bairnmama]

If you go to their website www.allaboutspelling.com (http://www.allaboutspelling.com) they have info about using it to remediate older students with it and a simple quiz to determine what level to start with. They do their lists differently than others so the levels are not graded, but go with spelling patterns. I can tell you that words such as "clamshell" and "desktop" are included in Level One. The site also says that Level Four should be out sometime later this year.

You do have to do it with them, but so far we have only spent about 10 min at most on any lesson. Granted we are just about to start using the letter tiles so it may start to take a little longer. What takes the most time so far is cutting out all the letter tiles and cards to put in her personal spelling box!! I guess I should update my sig line so it shows we're using this... :blushing: Good luck!

[jabuford]

I think it would fit well.