HELP! my 9 year od has had two years of sp ed (not so great)- we took him to Lindamood Bell last summer- i think those folks hung the moon and stars- we saw (as measured by both Lindamood Bell and the school) gains of YEARS in word attack and comprehension. however, spelling is still a bear (however, it is a lot more likely to be kind of phonetic now compared to before) as is LetterWord Identification.. Any suggestions (you see- we- the parents- need to suggest materials, strategies, and techniques for the IEP)? Also- any experience out there with Franklin homework wiz or the ilk?
many thanks!
Franklin TALKING homework wiz
We have been happy with the Franklin Talking Homework Wiz. When confronted with a list of possible choices for his misspelled choice, my son can have the words read aloud so he can find the word he is lookin for.
Re: Franklin TALKING homework wiz
You might also want to take a look at the developmental nature of the acquisition of spelling skills (http://www.spellangtree.org/Levels.htm). It’s very possible that your child is still in the “green” or “blue” areas. Short vowel words are mastered first and we move gradually into longer and more difficult vowel patterns along with affixing words. Of course, there is also a group of words that must be learned by rote. I think the chart on the website will help you understand where your child is in the developmental sequence. Grace
Re: Franklin TALKING homework wiz
hmm- he can spell reorganization, platitudes, etc, etc for weekly spelling lists (we do a fair amount of symbol imagery exercises). But his “regular wrtting’ should could be sound, shound,slhood, whtever- it seems to be the easier words!
Re: spelling, letter word identification
Check out Looking Glass Spelling at www.gwhizresources.com. You can see a sample on the website. It’s easy-to-use for students and teachers. Kids can work fairly independently and succeed. It teaches strategies for spelling that dovetail well with what Lindamood teaches. Teachers at my school and I have used it with Lindamood “graduates” with great success. Lindamood focuses on individual sounds (vowels in isolation), so spelling is sometimes hard if the child can’t discriminate the vowel sounds when he says them. Looking Glass Spelling teaches about clusters of sounds (like Orton and Wilson) based on the clusters taught in Glass Analysis (another decoding technique). It pairs vowels with consonants, so it helps with blending of phomemes into words and breaking words into phonemic clusters for spelling, which are easier to hear and spell than single vowels.
Hope you like it.
Fern
Sequential Spelling (http://www.avko.org). This is a very incremental program that can be done at home on a daily basis. I know one child who had great difficulty with spelling after learning to read, but has improved steadily about one grade level per book with this program.
Nancy