That's an interesting suggestion and it has been added to the list for consideration.

I'm doing some planning for SpellingCity and I'd like to better understand the issues around individual student lists.

I'm trying to understand two issues that have been discussed on the forum.

One is teacher-organized differentiated spelling lists in which each week, each student takes a pretest to find words that they have not yet mastered. So each student gets a totally customized list to work on each week. This is being discussed on this thread:
www.spellingcity.com/13-spellingcity-fea...generated-lists.html

I'm not sure if your question has to do with this idea or whether it's something different. Can you clarify it?

I spent some time talking to a teacher who used differentiated spelling lists at the second grade level. Here is what she actually did (best I can remember. Now that I try to write it down I realize that I didn't really understand some of the aspects about motivating students and recording keeping and logistics).

1. Each week, there is a spelling topic. Usually a spelling rule (es on plural, long vowel etc) but sometimes a group of words on a topic.

2. She starts with a list of words about 50 deep for each topic. On Monday, she gives a spelling test with about 20 words. These are the easiest words on the list for that topic. After 20, the students exchange papers and grade them.

3. For students who got 10 wrong on that list, their list for the week is done. They spend the rest of that week working on those words and they get tested on them at the end.

4. For the other students, the spelling test continues until they get 10 words to work on. The lists are built in such a way that the last batch of 15 are really really hard so there's always a list of 10 words to work on.

The benefits of this system is that each student has a list of custom words which they actually need to learn that week.

I have many questions about the cons of the system including how the kids are motivated, how it ties in with other subjects (vocabulary & reading), how the logistics work, where the lists come from, and what about the need for reinforcement on words that they did manage to get right?

I am a first grade teacher and my students have individualized lists. I use my account and type up a list for each child. After a child takes the test on spellingcity, I check which words were missed and keep them on the list. Then I add new words. It really only takes about 15-20 minutes to make lists for the entire class. I have only done this for about a month, but it is working well for me.

I am very new to Spelling City and I would love to be able to have kids personalise their own spelling lists based on individual need.

Deborah

Hello and Welcome DebDavidson. I hope you like it here at VocabSpellingCity.

The teacher or parent can set up different lists for different students. Premium Members can put these lists in folder.

Looking forward, we would like to have a way that students can input lists themselves but we still in the design phase with no dates yet for development or delivery. In fact, it's one of many competing priorities.

It would help us with design if you could be specific about what you want and why you want it. Thanks.