64 of 64 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent program!, September 10, 2008
This review is from: SPELLING WORKOUT LEVEL B PUPIL EDITION (Paperback)
I purchased this for my 7 year old who is in second grade (homeschool). He really loves the workbook and wants to do all the activities for the week in one sitting. The words are not too hard. I can easily see him finishing and moving on to the third grade level before finishing second grade.
Each week has a spelling tip/rule which the words fall under. For those who would like to know. . . the words in the first lesson are fox, cut hill, wind, put, all moon, saw, tell, new (which seem very easy for 2nd grade). Week thirty-five's words are hole, whole, no, know, not, knot, ate eight, to, too, two, right, write, one, won. I think our local public schools did these type of words in 1st grade. My son did not have "formal" spelling last year so I don't mind starting him off with easier words. I've found it is better to start easy and build confidence than to ruin a child's self-esteem with something too hard. I do believe; however, that if your child has already had formal spelling it would be easy to move on to level C and skip level B.
I have tried many spelling programs over the years (with my oldest son) and my children rate this one as the best. It has interesting activities such as crossword puzzles, find the missing letters, proofreading, etc. My favorite part is that each week the child has a short story to read that uses all of the week's spelling words. The stories are usually educational too! If your child enjoys short activities to reinforce what he/she is learning, I believe you will find this program a perfect fit.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
great resource, September 22, 2009
This review is from: SPELLING WORKOUT LEVEL B PUPIL EDITION (Paperback)
We just started using level B for our second grader. Our boy is an excellent reader. He reads a variety of items from Berenstain Bears books (picture and chapter books) to technical explanations (in grown-up books) of how aircraft, trains, and submarines were developed and how they work. I had hoped that spelling would come easily from all that reading. It hasn't.
My boy enjoys the Spelling Workout lessons. They are short and entertaining. He really enjoys the proofreading exercises, which reinforce not only spelling but also punctuation and capitalization rules. The words may seem simple to us as grown-ups, but I have been surprised at some of the words that he has missed on his pre-tests. We are zipping through level B and will probably start level C next semester. We like it so much that we have ordered level A for our five-year-old.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great supplement to Spelling!!, June 5, 2010
This review is from: SPELLING WORKOUT LEVEL B PUPIL EDITION (Paperback)
I saw mixed reviews for Spelling Workout A, but decided to go for it anyways. We started with his book because my daughter is 7 yrs old and does very well with Spelling. When it arrived she had this look on her face like "oh great, another textbook". But, I sat down and did the first Level with her and she was soooo excited! She loves the proofreading section! I think it makes her feel like a teacher grading =) I actually had to make her stop after Level 1 because she wanted to keep going through the next few pages. She even asked if we could continue tomorrow! The next day I asked if she wanted to start with Math or Spelling for the day (Math is her favorite subject and we always start with that, so I figured I knew what was coming), and believe it or not she said Spelling! She was so excited to start and smiling through the whole thing. Activities are short, which is great because they're not so long that the child gets frustrated and bored. It's long enough that they get excited and have fun, but short enough to keep their interest. We currently work with Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading by Jessie Wise and I use the words in that book as her Spelling words. This book is a great supplement for that. I highly recommend this book!
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