![]() ![]() I also don't ask First Son to complete a Sequential Spelling list if he has a spelling list in Essentials that day. We do spelling four days a week, so we would never get through 180 lists in one year. There are 180 spelling lists provided in Sequential Spelling 1. Because I view every day as a test, I have a good idea how my children are faring. There are regular evaluations, but I've never used them. Then the student corrects his or her own work, immediately tracing the correct spelling while saying the letters, involving multiple senses. Then the teacher spells the word for the student, showing clearly the base of the word family (for example, end) and the prefixes or suffixes using different colors. (I do have to come up with my own sentences, which is sometimes annoying and often entertaining for the children.) First the student spells the word as best as he or she can. The teacher reads the word, uses it in a sentence, and reads it again. The method for presenting the spelling lists is an important part of the program. (Words like could, should, wasn't, doesn't, and weren't will appear intermittently throughout the year, giving students lots of practice on some common irregularly spelled words.) For day 68, the words are ending, bending, lending, blending, depending. For day 67, the words are ended, bent, lent, blended, depended. For day 66, the student would spell ends, bends, lends, blends, depends. For example, for day 65, the first five words are end, bend, lend, blend, depend. Over the course of four days, the words are modified with prefixes and suffixes. Sequential Spelling provides, at the most basic level, lists of 25 related words to be spelling in a single session. (This desire is based at least in part on my own lack of confidence in spelling.) I wanted to give him lots of practice and, subsequently, confidence when spelling. ![]() I think that might be sufficient for some children, but I was concerned about First Son who would tear up if I asked him to spell something he didn't think he knew how to spell. ![]() Many Charlotte Mason homeschooling families don't explicitly teach spelling at all, instead relying on copywork, dictation, and narration exercises, along with an extensive reading list, to provide the knowledge of spelling. We started using Sequential Spelling with First Son in third grade. Sequential Spelling 1 (workbook and teacher's guide) ![]()
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