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Sequential Spelling Sample

Don't just take AVKO's word for it:

Try the Sequential Spelling approach on your students

Follow these directions carefully:

  1. Ask your class to spell: beginning. Let's start at the beginning. beginning. Tell your students that all they have to do is put down some of the letters they think might be in the word beginning. Collect the papers. You will want to compare these misspellings with the spellings you will get on the 5th and 6th days.
     
  2. Give the following tests on separate but consecutive class days. You say the word. Use it in a sentence. Give the word again. Every student must at least attempt to spell the word. After each student has tried and before going to the next word- give the correct spelling. Let each student correct his own paper.
1st day
1. in
2. pin
3. sin
4. spin
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
2nd day
1. in
2. pins
3. sins
4. spins
5. kin
6. skin
7. win
8. twin
 
3rd day
1. thin
2. pinned
3. sinned
4. an inn
5. shin
6. skins
7. wins
8. twins
9. be
10. begin
11. chin
 
4th day
1. thins
2. pinning
3. sinning
4. spinning
5. shins
6. skinned
7. winning
8. inner
9. be
10. begins
11. chins
5th day
1. thinned
2. thinner
3. sinner
4. spinner
5. fins
6. Mr.Skinner
7. winner
8. be
9. inning
10. beginning
11. chinned
6th day
1. thinning
2. thinnest
3. sinners
4. spinners
5. tin
6. Mr. Skinner's
7. winners
8. bee
9. innings
10. beginnings
11. chinning
7th day
1. thin
2. in
3. inn
4. spin
5. tins
6. skin
7. winning
8. bee
9. inner
10. beginner
11. shin
 
8th day
1. thinner
2. ins
3. inns
4. spinning
5. tin
6. skins
7. winner
8. be
9. being
10. beginners
11. shins

Nearly every student, no matter what grade or how badly learning disabled, will learn to read, write, and spell the word beginning. Note: Even the very gifted students can increase their vocabulary  because this program uses many words to teach a few simple patterns.