Spelling
Oh, spelling! I have changed my spelling program almost every year since I started teaching, trying to find a way to meet each child's needs and actually improve their spelling in their daily written work.
In your child's backpack is a list of 5 words. These five words are unique to your child. They were spelling incorrectly in your child's work, and so they are going to practice them this week. Each Friday (or Thursday on a short week) we will "test" the kids on these words and they will receive 5 new words. This program is likely similar to last year.
The hope is that after some practice with these individual lists, students will improve their spelling in their daily work. I will not be marking these tests for their report card, but instead looking to their spelling habits in their daily work.
If your child did not have 5 incorrect words in their work, I will choose synonyms for basic words to expand their vocabulary.
This program is in addition to whole class mini-lessons on word families and sounds, prefixes and suffixes, and individual coaching that your child receives in guided reading sessions.
If you have any questions about spelling, please do not hesitate to contact me!
[email protected]
Have a good weekend!
Best,
Mrs. Maronese
Oh, spelling! I have changed my spelling program almost every year since I started teaching, trying to find a way to meet each child's needs and actually improve their spelling in their daily written work.
In your child's backpack is a list of 5 words. These five words are unique to your child. They were spelling incorrectly in your child's work, and so they are going to practice them this week. Each Friday (or Thursday on a short week) we will "test" the kids on these words and they will receive 5 new words. This program is likely similar to last year.
The hope is that after some practice with these individual lists, students will improve their spelling in their daily work. I will not be marking these tests for their report card, but instead looking to their spelling habits in their daily work.
If your child did not have 5 incorrect words in their work, I will choose synonyms for basic words to expand their vocabulary.
This program is in addition to whole class mini-lessons on word families and sounds, prefixes and suffixes, and individual coaching that your child receives in guided reading sessions.
If you have any questions about spelling, please do not hesitate to contact me!
[email protected]
Have a good weekend!
Best,
Mrs. Maronese