need advice on phonics/spelling 1st grade
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 6:20 am
I am using Abeka 1 phonics, spelling, and language. I ordered Little Hearts for His Glory. My son came out of school last year (K) using Abeka K. He is 6 years old. He is reading beautifully. Abeka spreads out their phonics program over a 2 year period. I believe the third year is review. I do not want to continue Abeka phonics in second grade. I really do not like the endless review now, but it works! I believe he will be strong enough to do Emergent Readers for second grade. I do not want any gaps in his phonics. I would love to jump ship and use TRL now, but I am too nervous. I have the Owl at Home reader and he read it no problem. He seems to have great recall when asked about what he read. He reads Easy Readers level 2 with no help from me.
He does wonderful with the ABeka phonics and seems to be a natural speller, but the worksheets are killing him. I am not experienced enough to switch things up in this area. Not even sure how TRL would work for a child who is not at the beginning of phonics. Any thoughts?
Also looking into possibly dropping Abeka Language/spelling worksheet. Just not sure if that will mess up his phonics. Do you recommend spelling in first grade if the child is still in a phonics program? My thoughts were to save grammar/spelling for 2nd grade Beyond. He is not thrilled with writing at all. When asked to spell a word he can spell it from memory without having to write it down. He is very bright, but is easily distracted and "zones out" quite a bit. Not sure where to go from here? Looking for more advice!
Blessings,
Renee
He does wonderful with the ABeka phonics and seems to be a natural speller, but the worksheets are killing him. I am not experienced enough to switch things up in this area. Not even sure how TRL would work for a child who is not at the beginning of phonics. Any thoughts?
Also looking into possibly dropping Abeka Language/spelling worksheet. Just not sure if that will mess up his phonics. Do you recommend spelling in first grade if the child is still in a phonics program? My thoughts were to save grammar/spelling for 2nd grade Beyond. He is not thrilled with writing at all. When asked to spell a word he can spell it from memory without having to write it down. He is very bright, but is easily distracted and "zones out" quite a bit. Not sure where to go from here? Looking for more advice!
Blessings,
Renee