Shelby is working on her second spelling list this week, reading and phonics. Our spelling curriculum is a combination of 2 free spines I found online. One is Spell for Writing and the other is Spelling Conections. These programs go up to year 8! Right now we are working on short A sounds.
Our list this week is a combination of two lists.
bad
had
mad
sad
dad
and
am
has
an
man
ran
can
Each day we have an assigned spelling activity. Day one is read the words off the black board. Trace the words and write them by herself.
Day two is read the words off the blackboard and complete a crossword puzzle (I make these online at http://www.edhelper.com/crossword_free.htm).
Day three is create the words with our leapfrog word maker and do unscramble word puzzles.
Day four is create a story with our spelling words and draw a picture.
Day five is spelling test.
We also see how many of these words we can find in our books we read each day. We keep score and use these as "bonus" points.
Here are links to one of these programs you are interested in looking at it.
http://www.zaner-bloser.com/spellingconnections/practice-pages.html
Oma says that she is GLAD Shelby is going to be such a good speller!
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