di: Seeking help with Spelling

[Midge Spencer]

Hello John,

I applaud your compassion (or dementia) to help this child.

I have Spelling Mastery A, Presentation Book, User's Guide CD and one
workbook (Copyright 2007 ) around here somewhere. Since you've already
tested him into Spelling Mastery, and If you'd like to use these as a
stepping stone, you are more than welcome. You are free to borrow, pay what
you'd like or any combination of the two.

If you are still in need and/or want, I'd be thrilled to help.

Please do reach out If I can help in any way.

All the Best,
Midge

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On Wed, Jul 19, 2023 at 2:12 PM <john at jbnoell.org> wrote:

> I am looking for advice on what to use for spelling and how to get it.
>
> I have been teaching a nine-year-old “neglected” boy in Fiji who went into
> Class 3 (3rd grade), not knowing the names or sounds of any letters and
> unable to count to 10 in English. (No parents, covid school closures, etc.)
> I have taken him through RM1 and RM2, outside of public school. He is now
> in the middle of Class 4. (The school year in Fiji is January to December.)
> Because the school has continued to punish him for being “dumb”, I pulled
> him out of the public school three weeks ago and now have him 8-2:30 M-F.
> In addition to Reading Mastery, I have also started him on Corrective Math
> Addition and he is racing through it. After Lesson 45 in Addition we
> started Subtraction. However, I have yet to do anything for spelling. I see
> that my RM3 (the version with the lion on the cover) says, “Now do the
> spelling lesson.” I have been frantically trying to figure out what
> spelling materials to use and where to get them. (My budget is set by
> social security and McGraw Hill prices are out of my league.)
>
> I have been able to get used copies of almost everything so far for
> reading (i.e., RM1, RM2 and RM3 materials). Now, I have ordered Reading
> Mastery 2 Spelling Book (Rainbow Edition, ISBN 9780026863506), Spelling
> Presentation Book Grade 3 (ISBN 9780076125807), and Reading Mastery:
> Spelling Presentation Book, Grade 2 (ISBN 9780076125401). Because I am in
> Fiji, getting things here is slow. I use a re-shipper in Portland OR to
> batch stuff and send it over. My kid took the placement test and should go
> into Level A. (He was close to criterion, but I think B might be too
> challenging for him.)
>
> Should I start him on what I have ordered (and are there workbooks or
> other material I need with them?), or should I go for Spelling Mastery
> Level A et cetera? I can get the Level A workbook for <$20 but the
> presentation book is VERY expensive (>$300). I cannot find a used copy. For
> just one student and with a limited budget, I really do not want to pay
> $300+ it unless it really is the only option. Maybe I could borrow copy
> from someone?
>
> Advice would be greatly appreciated!
>
> As an aside, I am 76, and have retired to Fiji. I worked for Zig at the
> Corp for four years on the videodisc series (mostly as content guy for
> Chemistry and Biology). I am not new to DI but most of my teaching was at
> the university level and none at the primary level. I started out as a
> biologist, but much later went through the U of O Mildly Handicapped
> program under Doug Carnine. There may even be some old-timers on this list
> who remember me. :)  My dementia level may be even greater than my
> compassion to be trying to salvage this kid. However, he is really a
> delightful kid, despite a dreadful home environment.
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