We're using this list, which I think has reasonable words. I like the way they're grouped, and that the choices are spelled out--ou or ow make the "ow" sound for this week.
Last year, I made an effort to make spelling interesting and fun. We'd do something different with her words every day: crossword puzzles, word searches, Scrabble tiles, secrete codes, etc.
Not this year. This year, I write the words on Monday and she has to copy them twice for handwriting practice. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, she writes them on the white board, and I help her if she has trouble. If she has a lot of trouble, she then copies them five times on a separate piece of paper. If she has a little trouble, it's only two or three times.
Spelling is easily her most difficult area. She really has a hard time with it. I don't know that this year's boring, repetitive approach is better--she's still barely getting a 7/10 average. It frustrates me a bit because I'm generally a pretty good speller. We'll see how the rest of the year goes.
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Hi. Can I offer a little advice? If not then ignore :o)
Forget spellling for a little while. Spellig was hard for ds too and to save us from the aggravation, we quit with the lessons. I read somewhere that if a child can read well, then they can spell well too. Don't know how much truth is in that, but ds has always been an awesome reader, well above grade level, and his spelling has improved tremendously!
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