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Posted by Taz & storm's mom on 8:39 Jul 28
In Reply to: Spelling Made Simple or Spelling the Easy Way? posted by TeresaTL
the program, written for adult learners, teaches spelling via five principles: see the word, think the word, feel the word, say the word, & build the word. Included are other techniques for learning proper spelling such as:
Use colored pencils to underline difficult parts, separate words into syllables, underline or circle the difficult. Writing a word's correct spelling quickly while looking at the *picture* of the word.
Using yellow poster board & index cards to make words stand out as you learn & or review them.
Taking dictation of passages which include spelling words
tracing words
correct pronounciation of words & how it affects spelling
syllabication
Phonics
Word associations
There are plenty of lessons, plus additional lists & dictation exercises found in the appendix for basic, average, advanced, & National Spelling Bee words--totaling over 2500 words ( including favorite).
Ds and I each spend about 10 minutes a day on our own lessons (I'm using the program, too).
We found a copy at a second-hand store & purchased another copy off Ebay for $3.00 ppd. I don't think the book retails for more than $10.00 new.
Your library may have the book for you to review for use with dd.