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Can you ladies explain how the dictation is instructed in Bigger? Are there sentences with the spelling words that you read to the student and then they write the sentence without looking? I'm not familiar with it. We finished our first week yesterday using Beyond and it went great! I think homescho...

The words on the spelling lists are the same in Beyond and Bigger. You would need the Bigger guide if you want to move into dictation :) My kids are awesome spellers and have never done spelling other than HOD spelling (word lists and dictation) This is good to know! Thank you :D I feel better abou...

If they can spell the words on the lists already, they are ready to start dictation 1. Thank you, I think this is where we should be starting. This is our first year homeschooling. I feel great about the curriculum but I am questioning the placement for my 7yr old/3rd grader. I think I'll get the B...

Thank you for your input, ladies. I'm going to start with the lists in Beyond and see how he does.

I am a brand new homeschooling mom using Beyond for my would be 3rd and 1st grader. The program seems to fit well for both with exception of the spelling words. Is there a more challenging spelling word list that would be more fit for a 3rd grader? Or would just finding one online with the same lett...