After the eighth day, the process is continued as established. In addition to the teaching process, a positive can-do attitude is modeled in these lessons. The first several days of lessons are laid out in detail - completely scripted. bare and bear) and heteronyms (same spelling, different word and different pronunciation i.e. Next follows the 180 word lists which include sentences for the homophones (same pronunciation, different spelling i.e. The Teacher Books (Revised) for each Level hold introductory teaching information, and an overview of the approach. If you feel compelled to give grades, written tests (reproducible) are available after the 40th, 80th, 120th, 160th, and 180th days. Tests are used as learning devices, not as a method of evaluation. Eager learners and definitive results are produced by utilizing the simple educational techniques of having students correct their own mistakes when they make them - not hours, days, or even weeks later - and creating a positive learning environment by maintaining that mistakes are opportunities to learn. Here's the process: a word is given verbally and used in a sentence (audio) the student attempts to spell the word (kinesthetic) the correct spelling is given using colored markers on a white board to differentiate between family and other letters (oral interaction & visual) students correct their own spelling (kinesthetic). In Sequential Spelling (Revised), the phonics necessary for decoding is being presented through the back door, so to speak.Įvery learning channel is employed with this program. As a result, word sequences are odd and incomplete. Traditional spelling programs introduce words "vocabularily" - in other words, when the child is likely to encounter the word in reading, or based on a chosen theme. By building from the easier words of a family to important power words, the program builds self-confidence.
b-e sh-e) family and even includes a crossover word (begin). Although the first day's word list includes only four words - in, pin, sin, spin by the third day, the "in" list has expanded to pinned, skins, twins (and other "in" words) and started on the "e" (i.e. Imagine lists of words that are organized by word families but that go well beyond a simple vowel family (i.e. This well-organized program that teaches spelling by word families has a very satisfying appeal.
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