Spelling

I have made some minor changes to our spelling routine now that we’ve actually tried it.  Here is what spelling will look like:

Monday:  I will give the students a pre-test on a list of words.  This list of words will be created by me with the lists centering around a spelling pattern or rule.  There will be one third-grade list and one fourth-grade list.  For now, we will stick to just a third- and fourth-grade list.  We will correct these pre-tests together.

Tuesday:  We will do our regular spelling workshop which I described in my last entry.  We will also create our spelling list for the week.  If students got any words wrong on their pre-test, those words will be on their spelling list for the week.  The rest of the words for the week will come from their spelling workshop (words from their own writing).  This way students are only studying words that they don’t already know.  For example, if a student got all their words right, Ms. Byrne didn’t pick a very good list, and all their words will come from their spelling workshop.  If a student got three of their words right, they will round out their list with three words from their spelling workshop. Students will make two copies of their spelling lists, one for their Language Arts folder and another one for home that you can post on the fridge or keep in the car or wherever your child will practice their spelling.  Spelling homework will include studying these words by doing Look, Say, Cover, Visualize, Write, Check, Rewrite, putting each word in their Personal Spelling Dictionary, and however else you find works for your child.

 
The spelling test will be the following Tuesday.

***I put the reading summary instruction sheet in our homework section.

Posted on September 14, 2007 6:58 AM | Permalink