Bigger's Spelling vs Dictation

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glperky
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Bigger's Spelling vs Dictation

Post by glperky » Fri Mar 07, 2014 12:07 pm

I am wondering how to know if we should do spelling or dictation when we start Bigger. We almost finished with the List 2 words in Beyond and my DS has no trouble with them. Thanks for the help.
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StephanieU
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Re: Bigger's Spelling vs Dictation

Post by StephanieU » Fri Mar 07, 2014 12:19 pm

If I remember right (and you should be able to check), list 2 in Beyond is the same as spelling in Bigger...
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DD16 (completed LHFHG-WH, parts of US1 and 2)
DS14 WG (completed LHFHG-MtMM plus some of LHTH)
DD13 MtMM (completed Rev2Rev)
DS8 Bigger (completed LHTH-Beyond)

glperky
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Re: Bigger's Spelling vs Dictation

Post by glperky » Fri Mar 07, 2014 12:20 pm

I don't have a Bigger guide yet and am just trying to do some planning.
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DS 12
DS 10
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StephanieU
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Re: Bigger's Spelling vs Dictation

Post by StephanieU » Fri Mar 07, 2014 12:42 pm

Here is the list from thei ntroduction. Does it match up to Beyond list 2?
1 - short ‘a’
2 - short ‘e’
3 - short ‘i’
4 - short ‘o’
5 - short ‘u’
6 - short vowel words ending in double consonants ‘ff’, ‘zz’, ‘ll’, ‘ss’
7 - review
8 - long ‘o’, ‘y’, and ‘e’ at the end of a word
9 - long ‘a’ formed by silent final ‘e’
10 - long ‘i’ formed by silent final ‘e’
11 - long ‘o’ formed by silent final ‘e’
12 - long ‘u’ formed by silent final ‘e’
13 - review
14 - ‘or’ as in ‘horn’
15 - ‘er’ as in ‘her’
16 - ‘ir’ as in ‘girl’
17 - ‘ar’ as in ‘farm’
18 - review
19 - long ‘a’ spelled ‘ay’ as in ‘day’
20 - long ‘a’ spelled ‘ai’ as in ‘sail’
21 - long ‘e’ spelled ‘ee’ as in ‘keep’
22 - long ‘e’ spelled ‘ea’ as in ‘eat’
23 - final ‘y’ that says long ‘e’ as in ‘baby’
24 - review
25 - long ‘o’ spelled ‘ow’ as in ‘grow’
26 - ‘ow’ as in ‘cow’
27 - ‘oo’ as in ‘moon’
28 - ‘oo’ as in ‘book’
29 - ‘aw’ as in ‘saw’
30 - ‘oi’ or ‘oy’ as in ‘boil’ or ‘boy’
31 - review
32 - color words
33 - number words
34 - days of the week
Extra: contractions
Mom to
DD16 (completed LHFHG-WH, parts of US1 and 2)
DS14 WG (completed LHFHG-MtMM plus some of LHTH)
DD13 MtMM (completed Rev2Rev)
DS8 Bigger (completed LHTH-Beyond)

glperky
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Re: Bigger's Spelling vs Dictation

Post by glperky » Fri Mar 07, 2014 12:47 pm

Yes it does match. Thank you very much for your help.
Married to my best friend since Oct. 1989
DS 25
DS 20
DS 12
DS 10
And one - waiting in Heaven

I am way outnumbered and loving it!

MelInKansas
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Re: Bigger's Spelling vs Dictation

Post by MelInKansas » Fri Mar 07, 2014 2:56 pm

After Spelling List 2 in Beyond you would move on to Dictation level 2 which is in the Bigger guide. You can really do that at any point, whenever list 2 is done. Dictation is almost quicker and easier than the spelling lists if that's possible.
Melissa
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DD12 - Rev to Rev + DITHOR 6/7/8
DD10 - CTC + DITHOR 2/3
DD7 - Bigger + ERs
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DD2 - ABC123
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glperky
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Re: Bigger's Spelling vs Dictation

Post by glperky » Sat Mar 08, 2014 2:10 pm

Thanks Melissa!
Married to my best friend since Oct. 1989
DS 25
DS 20
DS 12
DS 10
And one - waiting in Heaven

I am way outnumbered and loving it!

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