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It is so easy to fall into the trap of “write your spelling words 3 times each” or “write a sentence for each of your words” to practice spelling words during the week.  But spelling can be so much more fun than that!  Rather than being one [...]

See Spelling Part 1 here
Let’s have fun (and keep Mom sane!)
Ready to get outside, get moving and learn some spelling?  Here are a few ways that we take spelling out of the classroom and get moving all at the same time.
Spelling Hopscotch
Although it is not “hopscotch” in the true sense of the word, it is [...]

I love teaching spelling.  I think that overall, it is my favorite subject to teach.  There are so many activities that you can use to make spelling more than a “pencil and paper, sit in your chair, be quiet and learn” lesson.  More often that not my spelling lessons are tactile, if not kinesthetic.  A [...]