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Word Wall Snowball

by Kaye

Sep 24, 2010

Here's an idea my kids loved! You might need to do this in the gym or on the playgorund. We did it in the room too, but be careful. Call out a spelling test word/word wall word. They write it on a sheet of paper (they can have clipboards or not.) Then when everybody is finished they ball the paper up and you say...1...2...3....WORD WALL SNOWBALL! T...See More

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Root Words

by Julia

Sep 25, 2010

In what order to you teach Latin and Greek roots? Are there certain ones that make sense to teach first? Ideally, I'd like to find middle school recommendations broken down into sixth, seventh, and eighth grades.

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sk On 9/25/10, Julia wrote: > In what order to you teach Latin and Greek roots? Are there > certain ones that make sense to teach first? Ideally, I'd > like to find middle school recommendations broken down into > sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. Google English Vocabulary Quick Reference. This book lists all the words with common roots. ...See More

Sep 25, 2010

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60 Ways to Practice Spelling Words

by Your Teachers.Net

Sep 28, 2010

Gathered by member Michelle McCoy from the teachers on one of the Teachers.Net mailrings, dozens of unique ways students can practice and etch into their memories, the trickiest of spelling words. Just click on the link below to display the list.

If you have other great ideas to add, we hope you;ll post them on this thread to share with te...See More

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spelling program

by Sarah

Oct 1, 2010

My school is researching spelling programs. We don't have a lot of money. What are people using that works?

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Cara You're welcome!

On 10/13/10, Jessie- Thanks, Cara! NFM wrote: > On 10/08/10, Cara wrote: >> I supplement my spelling program with Spelling City. This is >> a free website that provides free games, printables, and >> resources. You can use their lists or create your own. Kids >> love the free games. >> >...See More

Oct 13, 2010

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Mrs. Wittman On 10/13/10, Cara wrote: > You're welcome! > > On 10/13/10, Jessie- Thanks, Cara! NFM wrote: >> On 10/08/10, Cara wrote: >>> I supplement my spelling program with Spelling City. This is >>> a free website that provides free games, printables, and >>> resources. You can use their lists or create your own. Ki...See More

Nov 12, 2010

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word study - not spelling

by Lisa

Oct 4, 2010

We are "not allowed" to teach spelling, only word study, but I have yet to truly understand what this is and how to do it in the short time frame we are given in our literacy block. I teach Grade 4. I have used Sitton Spelling and, while I think it is great, it takes a long time to do it. I have 15 minutes, 3 times a week, to make a significant imp...See More

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Krista Mark - what do you have on 1st grade differentiation? I'm experiencing difficulty in finding what works best for my kiddos while using the Dolch list as our spelling words. Argh..

Thanks

On 10/04/10, Mark Pennington wrote: > > > Email me and I will send you a free copy of my Differentiated > Spelling Instruction for fo...See More

Nov 15, 2010

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Mark Pennington Krista,

Great question. Let me first get you thinking a bit on your spelling source (the Dolch words) and then directly answer your (and, no doubt, others') question. Teachers often confuse these components of learning how to use our language: decoding (reading according to the patterns of English, i.e., phonics), sight words (irregular, ...See More

Nov 15, 2010

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spelling word lists

by Jessie

Oct 8, 2010

Hello! I am searching for word lists for first grade spelling (example: short a words, words ending with ck, etc...). Are there any good free ones you know of? Thank You

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Cara Try Spelling City. Under the "Teacher's Resources" tab, you will find lists of Dolch words, phonics based words, compound words, etc. Your students can play free games, or you can print worksheets.

On 10/08/10, Jessie wrote: > Hello! I am searching for word lists for first grade > spelling (example: short a words, words ending with ...See More

Oct 8, 2010

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teacher I am searching for word lists for first grade > spelling

Hi Jessie,

Try the ones on Super Teacher Worksheets. There are almost 40 lists, plus word scramble worksheets and alphabetical order activities for each list.

The link is: [link removed]

Also - check out the phonics word wheel section. There are some ba...See More

Oct 21, 2010

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vowel or consonant

by Julia

Oct 21, 2010

I have a student who has difficulty identifying whether a letter is a vowel or a consonant. I am looking for some good review games- preferably online- where he could practice identifying consonants and vowels. My goal is to get him to the point where he can identify the ending pattern for base words and eventually learn to add suffixes appropriate...See More

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arachgold While he's learning them, I would give him a strip of paper containing the vowels. Any letter not on the strip is a consonant. Below are some ideas to help him learn the vowels:

1. Have him say it in a rhythm a,e,i,o,u and sometimes y. He could do something gross motor while saying it: clap, stamp feet, jump, etc.

2. Here's a so...See MoreWhile he's learning them, I would give him a strip of paper containing the vowels. Any letter not on the strip is a consonant. Below are some ideas to help him learn the vowels:

1. Have him say it in a rhythm a,e,i,o,u and sometimes y. He could do something gross motor while saying it: clap, stamp feet, jump, etc.

2. Here's a song:

There was a class at ______________ School Who knew all their vowel letters, a, e, i, o, u and sometimes y.... a, e, i, o, u and sometimes y... a, e, i, o, u and sometimes y Those are the vowel letters.

**Then like with B-I-N-G-O, you clap for each letter as you go through the song.

3. What's Missing Game - Write one vowel on each Post-It note. Work with only two Post-It notes on Day 1.

-Put two Post-Its in front of your student and have your student say the letter names. - Have your student look away while you take away one of the Post- Its. - Have your student look toward you again and ask the student to guess which letter you took away. - Play the game several times. - At the end of the session ask the student to (without looking)write the two letters that are vowels.

Day 2 1. Ask the student if he/she remembers the two vowels on the Post- Its from yesterday. If the student remembers them, add one more Post-It note to the two from yesterday and play the What's Missing Game.If the student doesn't remember them, play the What's Missing Game with only the two from yesterday.

Day 3 and on Continue adding new Post-It notes until all are learned.

4.Create a slap the vowel game. -Write a letter on each index card. Create several of each vowel and one of each consonant. Only include cards containing the few vowels you are working on and a few of the consonants. (Once the student has learned all the vowels, use all the cards.) -Turn the cards upside down and place them in pile between you. Take turns flipping over the cards. If the card is a vowel, slap it. The person who slaps takes all the cards underneath the vowel. (Or, you could play the game by splitting the deck in half and then each of you throws down a card.)

Feb 5, 2011

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index card I have an index size card that I place on a student's desk. All of the consonants are blue, vowels red. No real reason for the color, except it's the colors that most manipulatives I've purchased use. Most of my students (all dyslexic) need it for a few weeks, and then it becomes automatic.

Mar 6, 2011

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Confession Time!

by Cara

Oct 28, 2010

Confession Time! What word can you just NOT seem to remember how to spell? No matter how hard I try, I never can get "separate" right the first time!

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arachgold2007 Here's a tip for separate: the r "separates" the two a's. I think the spelling of the word is difficult to remember because separate has two meanings and pronunciations. Also, desperate is spelled with an e before the r even though it rhymes with one pronunciation of separate.

On 1/03/11, Sara wrote: > On 10/28/10, Cara wrote: >>...See More

Jan 7, 2011

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Deanna Thomason Remember this: there is "a rat" in separate! Simple....always helps me in spelling it correctly!!!

On 1/07/11, arachgold2007 wrote: > Here's a tip for separate: the r "separates" the two a's. I > think the spelling of the word is difficult to remember because > separate has two meanings and pronunciations. Also, desperate is > ...See More

Jan 9, 2011

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Advice please

by teach

Oct 29, 2010

A student of mine is struggling with spelling tests. According to the parents, they work with their child almost every night practicing the spelling words for that week. They stated they use spelling city, oral recall, and written assessment. This student has average to above average reading and comprehension skills. I gave them some advise, but wo...See More

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John Pfeifer On 2/27/12, orbsy wrote: > On 1/28/12, John wrote: >> Over the years, I have found that people, not just kids, who >> cannot spell usually do not have a solid foundation in basic >> word attack skills. Understandingthe mechanics and >> contruction of the English language will garner a leg up to >> spelling skills. T...See More

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The Importance of Spelling

by Cara

Nov 4, 2010

This is a great, research based article on "The Importance of Spelling." What are your thought on it?

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Grace/IL On 11/06/10, Grace/IL wrote: > It's a good article -- very legitimate. I met and frequently > interacted with the author, Susan Jones, at several reading > conferences in the late '90s. In fact, she wrote an early > endorsement of my own first spelling manual, I'm very pleased to see > that she is now affiliated with spellingcity.com...See MoreOn 11/06/10, Grace/IL wrote: > It's a good article -- very legitimate. I met and frequently > interacted with the author, Susan Jones, at several reading > conferences in the late '90s. In fact, she wrote an early > endorsement of my own first spelling manual, I'm very pleased to see > that she is now affiliated with spellingcity.com. She cites the > work of Priscilla Vail who was an early proponent of > reading/spelling relationships and who had a really positive affect > on my teaching, especially in creative writing. > > Susan points out the two-way relationship between spelling and > reading but fails to emphasize that the effect is stronger from > spelling to reading than it is from reading to spelling. > > I momentarily forget the source but in the early days of computers, > research was done that showed that 85 percent of our language is > phonics based. That means that this percentage of English > vocabulary follows basic spelling rules. > > Susan has omitted citing the whole realm of spelling research, done > at the University of Virginia in the last quarter of the 20th > century, that verifies what was always believed by the predecessors > of the International Dyslexia Association. > > Yes, teaching children to spell is important. I'm going to add a > few references here (from my own research into the subject) to > verify what Susan has said. > > Findings from recent research indicate that specific methods of > teaching children to spell have positive implications in transfer to > word recognition skills (Ehri & Wilce, 1987). M. Henry (1988) > presents further evidence that once students learn the structure of > English spelling (including letter-sound correspondences, syllable > patterns, morpheme patterns, and word origins) and use this > structure to analyze unfamiliar words, both reading and spelling > improve. Marily Jager Adams (1990) concludes that "the growth of > young readers' visual vocabularies depends integrally on knowledge > of spelling-sound relations" and that "it is because of their deep > knowledge about orthography that skillful readers look and feel as > though they recognize words holistically." > > And, from "The Franklin Primer" (1830), comes this quote, "And if > you can't read, pray endeavour to spell, For by frequently spelling > you'll earn to read well." > > I'm sorry to be so wordy but this just happens to be my soapbox, too. > Yeah, Susan! > > Grace

Nov 6, 2010

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valid spelling instruction I'd add though that many spelling programs and many approaches to spelling aren't. Teachers don't always teach spelling but rather they have children memorizing the spelling of a list of words that are not in word families and behind which there is no shared phonic rule.

The newer method of randomly choosing words from a chapter and assign...See More

Nov 19, 2010

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