Dictation in Bigger vs Preparing

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Blessed with seven
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Dictation in Bigger vs Preparing

Post by Blessed with seven » Tue Oct 05, 2010 5:27 pm

Hi,

What is the dictation like in Bigger and Preparing? I am still trying to decide where to put my son but....boy oh boy, this is getting more complicated.

Just curious about the amount of writing because he has not had a lot of writing at all.

Thanks a bunch,

Kim

pjdobro
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Re: Dictation in Bigger vs Preparing

Post by pjdobro » Wed Oct 06, 2010 3:33 pm

Bigger has the first level of dictation. level 2. Preparing, as I understand it, has 3 levels, level 2, level 3, and level 4. Here is a sample of a dictation passage from the beginning of level 2:

Sue has a bird.
It can call and sing.
king ring wing

Here is a sample from the middle of level 2:

Kate goes to the store.
She gets bread and butter.
bore more sore
core pore tore

Here is a sample from the end of level 2:

How much money do you have?
I have ten dollars, five cents, and a dime.
lime time honey

I don't have Preparing yet so I don't have examples of the higher levels of dictation. I think you can see the progression somewhat in level 2 and get an idea of how the other levels would progress. Hope that helps a little. :D
Patty in NC

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Re: Dictation in Bigger vs Preparing

Post by MomtoJGJE » Wed Oct 06, 2010 3:39 pm

Not that it matters for me since we are going with level 2 this year for Jayden and my others haven't started spelling at all yet, but...

does level 3 start at the end of level 2 or somewhere in the middle? Is there a bit of "review" in difficulty at the beginning of the next one or is it brand new.

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Re: Dictation in Bigger vs Preparing

Post by my3sons » Sun Oct 10, 2010 1:13 pm

Here are some links with some more samples:

Dictation Samples:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1221

CTC Level 5 Dictation Sample:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5068&p=37153#p37153

The passages build upon each other with new words noted in bold. Some review is inherent, but passages do get progressively harder in each level. :D

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