Posted by Mrs. Barlow | Posted in Mrs. Barlow's Class | Posted on September 3, 2012
Hello! I will be posting new spelling words on our blog and the kids will be writing these words in their planner. We don’t have a set day that we take our Spelling Review on each week. I will post a day on the blog that we will have it and they will write a note in their planner. Sometimes we keep practicing the same words for almost two weeks. If your child doesn’t have new words in their planner then we are probably still working on the words from the previous week. Check the blog for updates on their spelling words. Their Spelling Review will be a story that I read to them and they will fill in the blanks with the correct spelling word. Words will spiral through on each review for a constant review of all words that they have learned. The other part of the Spelling Review will be dictation sentences. I will say a sentence with their spelling word in it and they will have to listen very good and write down what they hear. I will repeat the sentence slow and four times at the beginning of the year. I will check for all words spelled correctly in the sentence with a capital letter at the beginning and punctuation at the end. There will be additional words in the sentence that I will have written on the board for them to use as a resource. These will also be listed on the blog. We have a No – Excuse Word Wall in our room and it will not be taken down during our Review. I want them to constantly use resources. If they can read it, they can write it! I want them to be successful in all that they do. Practicing these words with your students and having them write a sentence each night with one of their words is an excellent way to practice. I also have a site on my blog under the words called Spelling City. It has interactive games the students can play to review their specific words. Please let me know if you have any questions.
We will also be sending home a book and reading log on Tuesday. They will have a book to read each night and at least one time on the weekend. I hope to have read a few pages if not the whole book with them before it goes home. I want this to be an exciting time to show off what a great reader they are becoming. You or your child can write down the book they read and the date, but I need your initials on the log each night. This is so important! This will help your child become responsible and practice becoming a fluent reader!
Thank you so much for all of your support!
