Spelling
Spelling City
Spelling City Check out Spelling City and become great spellers! I am sure you will enjoy this free website!
Your child can access our weekly spelling lists by going to https://www.spellingcity.com/kbrightman/
The practice words will be available during the week and the test will be available on Friday. I trust that you will work hard to see the spelling patterns that your sort is using. It will help you spell many more words accurately and with confidence.
Words Their Way
The Words Their Way approach to spelling allows for students to learn words at their individual level of instruction and teaches students how words work. We will be calling this portion of our day Word Work.
What is Word Work?
Word Work is just what it sounds like – working with words. Students are assessed through out the year and place into small groups based on their current spelling ability. Students move through weekly word patterns and activities during the week. Students lists will be on a word PATTERN (example – all long a words, words with CH, CVCe words, or vowels in multi-syllable words). The quiz will be on the word PATTERN they have been studying, NOT necessarily on that set list of words.
Why Word Work instead of traditional spelling?
Research studies clearly indicate that memorization of lists of "spelling words" does not promote the development of spelling skills. In the past when we’ve used this traditional approach of "everyone gets the same weekly list and test on Friday", many students who got a 100% on their spelling test could not spell most of the words in their writing! Memorizing a list of words and getting 100% on weekly tests does not necessarily mean your child is a good speller. It may just mean they are good at memorizing words for a test.
Words Their Way Video
This video explains the process of WTW quite well. I may not do everything that this American teacher does, but the premise is the same.
Spelling City Check out Spelling City and become great spellers! I am sure you will enjoy this free website!
Your child can access our weekly spelling lists by going to https://www.spellingcity.com/kbrightman/
The practice words will be available during the week and the test will be available on Friday. I trust that you will work hard to see the spelling patterns that your sort is using. It will help you spell many more words accurately and with confidence.
Words Their Way
The Words Their Way approach to spelling allows for students to learn words at their individual level of instruction and teaches students how words work. We will be calling this portion of our day Word Work.
What is Word Work?
Word Work is just what it sounds like – working with words. Students are assessed through out the year and place into small groups based on their current spelling ability. Students move through weekly word patterns and activities during the week. Students lists will be on a word PATTERN (example – all long a words, words with CH, CVCe words, or vowels in multi-syllable words). The quiz will be on the word PATTERN they have been studying, NOT necessarily on that set list of words.
Why Word Work instead of traditional spelling?
Research studies clearly indicate that memorization of lists of "spelling words" does not promote the development of spelling skills. In the past when we’ve used this traditional approach of "everyone gets the same weekly list and test on Friday", many students who got a 100% on their spelling test could not spell most of the words in their writing! Memorizing a list of words and getting 100% on weekly tests does not necessarily mean your child is a good speller. It may just mean they are good at memorizing words for a test.
Words Their Way Video
This video explains the process of WTW quite well. I may not do everything that this American teacher does, but the premise is the same.