Can we talk about spelling?

[chai]

I thought that my dd is a natural speller and have done very little spelling work with her. We talk about spelling rules when we come across them in other work. When we do a spelling test, she generally gets them all correct. However, when she writes for herself--reports, invitations--she has lots of spelling errors. She makes mistakes on words that she should know. I think that some of it is laziness, but I wonder if I need to do more teaching.

Any suggestions? Would the Calvert Spelling CD be of any help here? I've heard both good and bad reviews on that program for "natural" spellers.

[Diane]

We don't use a spelling curriculum yet, but we are continuing with the ETC series, and it has helped my son immensely.

[GreenKitty]

We have used Natural Speller and the Calvert Spelling cd (which I find very good), also SWO and various other items...

You can also just pick up some other spelling games, like DK Spelling, for the computer.