All About Spelling Level 2 Successfully Completed!!

Not a secret at all that I do love the All About Spelling Curriculum, this was our second year using it and yes we will use it again for next year - 2nd grade!
It's an easy curriculum to prepare for teaching, they basically help you out with all the explanation. Very important to use the app also, so you can hear the proper pronunciation of the phonograms.

You first learn how to spell words with the phonograms taught in each step, then some steps they have more words to spell. We usually do first spelling with the tiles, the next day we spell the same words on paper, if there are new words she spells them on paper, then phrases and  finally sentences.

If during spelling pracrice, she's writing a word wrong, I wait to see if she will figure out by herself before pointing it out, most of the times she figures out on her own that the word doesn't sound right, so she tries again, and if she's struggling we sound it out and she gets it and feels so proud of herself.

There's always a reviewing section before start a new step/lesson, which is great to keep things fresh in mind.

Last year, as soon as we finished Level 1 we started level 2, but this year we won't do it. We had to review all the steps we had started while still on Kindergarten, so I decided to use these last days of school to review some of the steps and keep practicing what she already learned.

Above, is Little V holding her Certification of Completion of Level 2. I'm so proud of my little student, she's so dedicated and love learning. I couldn't have asked for a better student!

If you would like to check more about the Spelling curriculum we use, please feel free to check their website at All About Leaning Press. There free downloads, the Phonogram app I mentioned above is free to download as well, and there are free lesson samples too. You can also follow their blog which includes many useful tips to make learning a great experience. 

Spelling is such an important skill to be mastered, and we do love All About Spelling because it does takes the struggle out of spelling just as they promise. 

If you have any questions, please feel free to use the contact form or leave a comment below and as soon as I have a chance I will get back to you. 

Hope you have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Vanessa Z. Pawlicki

Counting Syllables Made Easy!

When I saw that the curriculum included lessons on counting syllables, I must confess I felt uneasy. All my memories about it aren't the best ones, all I could think about was my dreadful 4th grade teacher and how much she made me hate grammar lessons. All changed many years later when I finally had a nice and awesome teacher.
That being said, I prayed about it because I felt I needed to put my bad experience aside if I was to be of any help to my daughter.
I first asked little V to underline the vowels of the word, then we worked on the fact that each syllable has a vowel. Quite simple, right?

But what about those words with two vowels together? Well, those two vowels work together to make one long vowel sound!

That simple and little V quickly and easily got it! Thanks to All About Spelling. If you want to learn a few more hints about spelling click here.

Hope you have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by.

Vanessa Z. Pawlicki

Spelling 4 letter words! - Video

Little V and I wanted to do something different for the blog today, so we decided to show how we are using our Alphabet tiles from the All About Spelling curriculum!
This week she started spelling words with 4 letters, so watch the video to see how is she doing it!

You can also watch the video here! In case the picture quality isn't the best, adjust the setting of the video to 480p or even HD.

Hope you like it!

Vanessa Z. Pawlicki