Change can be good!
1) Make all three differentiated lists have the same spelling pattern. 2) Update the word study homework activity sheet.
3) Put all 93 lists (31 lists for A, B and C) on spellingcity.com.
4) Find activities to match each spelling pattern. Add these activities to ikeepbookmarks.com and our team's Google Drive word study folder.
5) Select 4 vocabulary words from each spelling list so the program is more integrated.
Word study words were selected from Hope King's Second Grade Word Work product. I made three lists out of her two. One big selling point for King's product is that she was inspired by Beth Newingham's word study tutorial. They both recommend calling out pattern words that students do not study at home. Like Words Their Way, we will be doing weekly word sorts. Word Work will continue to be a literacy station center. Big change: (most days) Students will choose between two activities instead of always having free choice. Everyone can understand that students have a favorite, but they should use other activities besides Play Doh :).
Organization idea - Number each word study list. When I find matching activities, I put the spelling list number before the link's or document's name. This should make weekly planning much easier!
Online links - Looking for online word study activities? I've started finding online activities for each list. Here's what I have found so far: ikeepbookmarks.com link. Students will be able to use these links at school and at home.
Updated Homework Activity Sheet (editable document link)
Old posts that have links to a few resources mentioned below: spelling/word study resources
Word Study Centers (editable document link)
1.
Dry erase
boards (3x each, sentences, bubble letters, dotty letters, spelling stairs)
2.
Cubes
3.
Magnets
4.
Dictionary
5.
Stamps
6.
Stencils
7.
Coin Code
8.
Sign
Language
9.
Pipe
Cleaners
10.
Scent Markers
11. Letter Beads
12.
Spelling Story
13.
Word Sort
14.
Type words
15.
Draw pictures, label
16.
Word Work Roll and Create sheet
17.
Rainbow
Roll-n-Write sheet
18.
Play
Doh
