Thursday, September 17, 2009

Spelling test tricks

A good way to manage spelling tests is to organize the spelling words into categories. For example: All the long "i" words are in one category and all the "ee" words are in another category.

Once you get all the categories for the words, create a spelling paper that is a grid with a box for each category. Label the top of the box with the category type.

Read the spelling word to your student and have them think about what category it goes into (ie which box should it go in). Once they have the logic they think - "oh that is an "ee" word", it greatly increases their success!

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