Hi Everyone!
Since all three of us are specialists on our campus, we often have teachers ask us for ideas, activities and/or mini-lessons for their word-work time. Being the Word Nerds that we are, we are always happy to help our classroom teachers with spelling/reading/writing ideas for their students!!
All of our activities are based on skills included in our Spelling Lessons on TpT. The activities are geared toward grades K-3.
Since all three of us are specialists on our campus, we often have teachers ask us for ideas, activities and/or mini-lessons for their word-work time. Being the Word Nerds that we are, we are always happy to help our classroom teachers with spelling/reading/writing ideas for their students!!
All of our activities are based on skills included in our Spelling Lessons on TpT. The activities are geared toward grades K-3.
Our Spelling Pattern Puzzle Kids Activity Set is full of great word-work activities to engage your students all while they are learning to apply important spelling strategies and rules for spelling. This is a perfect activity to start the year off with because it provides the opportunity for students to be introduced to specific phonemes (small units of sound) which have multiple spellings. For example the sound of /k/ has 5 different spellings in initial (first), medial (middle) or final (last) positions of a word. This means the student must learn to be thoughtful when spelling with this sound because there are choices for the sound of /k/ in every position of a word. In order to learn to be thoughtful - or stopping to think when spelling with the sound of /k/ - students must learn the spelling rules for the sound of /k/.
We have included word cards with missing phonemes in different positions of a word. Students must use their auditory & visual memory to figure out which spelling they must use to spell each word correctly. To make this easier for your students, we've designed Spelling Rule Posters as a resource to for your students to refer to all year long when spelling, writing and reading.
Here's another activity I didn't mention last night:
I-Spy -students use the spelling pattern puzzle kids around the room/school "spying" words with that pattern. They could also do a word hunt using magazines, newspapers, etc. Keep track of the word in a word list to use for writing.
We have included word cards with missing phonemes in different positions of a word. Students must use their auditory & visual memory to figure out which spelling they must use to spell each word correctly. To make this easier for your students, we've designed Spelling Rule Posters as a resource to for your students to refer to all year long when spelling, writing and reading.
Here's another activity I didn't mention last night:
I-Spy -students use the spelling pattern puzzle kids around the room/school "spying" words with that pattern. They could also do a word hunt using magazines, newspapers, etc. Keep track of the word in a word list to use for writing.
Extension activities might be for students to collaborate about how/why a word is spelled with digraph ck, for instance. Students could take the word "sock" and discuss different meanings for the word. Students could also brainstorm other words with the same spelling pattern and then write a story, narrative or short paragraph using all their words.
All of the activities are hands on and can be used for independent and/or whole group activities.
Watch this video from last night's scope to see these activities in action:
All of the activities are hands on and can be used for independent and/or whole group activities.
Watch this video from last night's scope to see these activities in action:
Another great resource for helping your students make connections in spelling is our Spelling Rule Task Cards. These are FREE today at our TpT Store ~ Hurry over and grab your set today!!
These were designed to help our dyslexic students make connections more easily between their dyslexia therapy class and spelling, writing and reading in their classroom. Soon after seeing our students coming back and forth with these task cards, the teachers wanted them for ALL their students!!
I laminate the cards and put them on a ring as I introduce a new rule. Students have a hook on the side of their desks in their classroom (I use Command Hooks). I am a true believer in the saying, "out of sight, out of mind", so this way the task cards are visible and won't get lost in the "abyss" otherwise known as the inside of their desks :)
All of these activities and resources are on SALE today (Wednesday, Aug. 19th) at the Site-Wide TpT sale!!
Be sure to use the code "MORE15" when checking out to receive even more of a discount on your purchase!!
Hope this post was helpful to you!
We love spelling and want to make it easier for teachers to build that solid foundations for spelling, reading and writing for all their students!
Wishing all of you a FANTABULOUS start to your school year!!
~sherri
I laminate the cards and put them on a ring as I introduce a new rule. Students have a hook on the side of their desks in their classroom (I use Command Hooks). I am a true believer in the saying, "out of sight, out of mind", so this way the task cards are visible and won't get lost in the "abyss" otherwise known as the inside of their desks :)
All of these activities and resources are on SALE today (Wednesday, Aug. 19th) at the Site-Wide TpT sale!!
Be sure to use the code "MORE15" when checking out to receive even more of a discount on your purchase!!
Hope this post was helpful to you!
We love spelling and want to make it easier for teachers to build that solid foundations for spelling, reading and writing for all their students!
Wishing all of you a FANTABULOUS start to your school year!!
~sherri
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