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Schoolrmacres
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Posted: Feb 10 2009 at 6:36am \| IP Logged

My dd is in 4th grade. We have been doing spelling but for more as a "filler" or because we should be doing it. She is an excellent speller,reads a ton and when I have given her words from the McGuffey's Progressive Speller she has gotten them right away(she gets words above her grade level). When we do dictation or I have her write little reports she seldom if ever gets any spelling errors.
My question is this,should I just ditch spelling as a seperate subject and just do it with the dictation, grammar, and narration or should I keep on having spelling? I would lean towards not having it any more, at least not this year, but feel like I need to hear that it is or is not o.k.

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Posted: Feb 10 2009 at 8:02am \| IP Logged

Darlene,
My oldest is an excellent speller and what I finally decided to do was just switch to vocabulary study using the series Vocabulary from Classical Roots.

We started this last year in 7th grade. I also started my 6th grader in this series this school year. I felt like he was just going through the motions w/spelling...you know, just learning it for the test and not retaining much.

Personally I feel it's OK not to have spelling (that's what you want to hear, right?). If I were one who did dictation and narrations on a regular basis, I probably wouldn't do the vocabulary either. However, I'm really strapped for time most days, and I do like that they can do the vocabulary on their own. But, yeah, a more natural approach to spelling w/a good, "natural" speller is just fine.

Valerie

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Schoolrmacres
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Posted: Feb 10 2009 at 5:43pm \| IP Logged

I was thinking of this too as far as the vocabulary. What I had been doing was write out a list of spelling words. The words that she did not know became vocabulary words which she looked up and used in a sentence and then Fridays was a quiz. I will just do this and diregard what I was doing as far as the spelling part.
Yes, I wanted to hear that it was o.k. not to have spelling,LOL. Like you said I felt as though I was just going through the motions of it.

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Posted: Feb 16 2009 at 1:15pm \| IP Logged

I've been thinking the same thing with my 6th grader. I came across this site today. I like it because there are 3 worksheets for each week's words. Although it is a vocab lesson, I will be quizing him on the spelling and meanings on Fridays.

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