Weekly Expectations for Word Work and SpellingDuring this Daily 5 Round students will be using words for Words Their Way. There are a number of activities that students can chose from during this round. Rainbow writing, magnetic letters, wiki spelling, dice writing, stamping words, word wall riddles, and web sites are just a few of the activities students can do. Students will receive their word sorts on Monday and follow the activities listed below. These activities are all found in the schoology course under word work.
Spelling Tests: We do not have the normal list of spelling words. Students will be tested on the spelling patterns of their word sort. Since these are individualized, they are just what the student needs. Their tests will be 20-25 words total. Five to seven of the words will be from their sorts and five to seven will be new words that follow the spelling pattern of their sort. Our hope is to teach students not to memorize certain words, but to apply the knowledge of their pattern to new words. That is why it is very important to practice the sorts many times during the week and to be word detectives and find the patterns as books are being read!
Spelling Tests: We do not have the normal list of spelling words. Students will be tested on the spelling patterns of their word sort. Since these are individualized, they are just what the student needs. Their tests will be 20-25 words total. Five to seven of the words will be from their sorts and five to seven will be new words that follow the spelling pattern of their sort. Our hope is to teach students not to memorize certain words, but to apply the knowledge of their pattern to new words. That is why it is very important to practice the sorts many times during the week and to be word detectives and find the patterns as books are being read!