Weekly Words I got this idea from Beth Newingham. She can probably explain it better than I can, so go check out her Scholastic Blog! I do a variation on Words Their Way (I lovee this program). I have four different spelling groups; Cupcakes, Crayons, Strawberries … [Read more...] about Word Work
Spelling
Writing Meaningful Sentences
A few weeks ago, I passed out my students first set of spelling words. {we use Ladybugs Teacher Files Morphology Dictionary, which is awesome!} For homework, they were to look up the definitions of their words and write a meaningful sentence. I really stressed that meaningful sentence part. On … [Read more...] about Writing Meaningful Sentences