Spotlight on Spelling
Especially
for the Kids
Spelling City--Great for
practicing weekly spelling words:
Spelling
City
Look, Cover, Spell, Check: This
activity will help improve your child's Spelling. Before spelling
the words, listen to your child read the list to make sure s/he can
read the words and knows what they mean. L-C-S-C is a strategy that
can be used with paper and pencil as well. This site allows you to
easily customize a list of words, making it a great place to
practice the weekly spelling words. You can also practice spelling
sight words and other high frequency & phonetic words on the
site.
Look,
Cover, Spell, Check
Area
to add your own words:
See 'N
Spell
Spelling--Spin &
Spell:
Spin &
Spell
Spelling Rules & Songs for
adding Suffixes:
Garden of
Praise
Sign
up and you're ready to go--requires a small fee, but has great
reviews:
Spelling
Time
 |
Good Luck on the test! |
Parents & Teachers
100 Most Often Misspelled Words in English
Spelling Q & A/Offers Great
Ideas, Tips, and Practical Information:
Washington
Post
Spelling Articles and Activities
from Family Education:
Spelling
at Family Education
Ed
by Design/Excellent--Start Here:
Ed by
Design
30 Ways to Practice Your Spelling Words
More Ways to Practice your Spelling
Research demonstrates that the strongest tie to learning spelling words in isolation is visualization. Having your child complete a guess and check method at home is MUCH more effective than having them write words repetitively or in a sentence. Also, helping your child practice words by their particular spelling patterns is beneficial. For example, if your child is learning to spell short a three letter words, there is no reason that s/he should not be able to spell all 3 letter short a words.
*Interestingly, spelling proficiency has no correlation with intelligence. The brain does not remember rules as well as patterns; our brain is a pattern seeking machine.
*Check out the pdf attachment
below for a response to
How
Can I Help my Child with Spelling?
The more they write, the better
they spell.
The more they read,
the better they spell.
"Be a good speller; see ya at the bee!"
 |
Play
Bump with your whole family or all your friends! |
Here's a
spelling game to get the family involved!
All
you need is some Paper, Pencil & Small
Bag
What
You Do:
Cut paper into
30-40 cards.
With your child,
write a word from her weekly spelling list on each card. Be sure to
include review words. On 5-7 separate cards, write the word
“BUMP”.
Place all cards
in the brown paper bag and shake it to shuffle. Players should sit
in a circle around a table or on the floor. The first player
reaches into the bag (without peeking!) and pulls a card. The
player reads the card, covers it and spells it out loud. If she
spells it correctly, she
keeps the card. If she spells
it incorrectly, the card goes back in the bag. Pass the bag to the
next player who repeats the process.
Once a player
has one or more cards and then pulls a BUMP card, all of her cards
(including the BUMP card) go back in the bag. If she doesn’t have
any cards and pulls a BUMP card, she simply puts the BUMP card back
in the bag.
Set a timer for
3-5 minutes. When time is up, the player with the most cards
wins!
Note: Use variations of this game to practice math facts & vocabulary.
