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So many students have trouble with reading and spelling contractions. Do your students sometimes see don’t and read it aloud as do not? My students do too. How about spelling some of the two-syllable contractions adding extra vowels because they feel them?
Bundle of both Digital & PDF Versions of the Contractions Reading & Spelling Activities
Does your student have trouble spelling none or nothing? Many of my students do too.
Where, There, and Here are often misspelled. Why? Because we have various options to spell them. How do we practice spelling these without it being boring? A brief look at their histories, two spelling games, a correct-the-spelling activity, and a writing activity with our phrases.
A quick but interesting look at the spelling and etymology of neighbor with meaningful practice. How would you use neighborly neighbors in a sentence?
A spelling graphic to show the connection to spelling and meaning from the Old English roots of these two number words.
“…it is the courage to continue that counts.” Winston Churchill
When a student asked about the spelling of purchase, specifically why the <a> isn’t an <i>, we had to dig a little deeper. It turns out we were chasing an unstressed syllable. Read more about it at How to Find an Unstressed Syllable. This matrix gives your students an opportunity to work with this word…
Usually words with the same spelling and meaning are related. Does a grate on a grill, grate as in grating cheese, and the grate in grateful have anything in common besides their spelling? Are they related?
Reading, Spelling, and Writing Activities with the <aw> and <au> vowel digraphs. Ready for you to print and use!
Do your students have trouble reading or spelling any of these words?
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A spooky Structured Word Inquiry and practice with the OO vowel digraph.
Student questions lead to LEARNING. Here’s a snapshot of the learning from a student’s question about the spelling of demonstrate that led us to a monster.
What’s the point of spelling? Well it’s not memorize, memorize, memorize. It’s about recognizing words and their relationships and word families. At least that’s what makes it easier for my students!
Student questions lead to LEARNING. Here’s a snapshot of the learning from a student’s question about the <t> in elections.
Lots of students misspell “toward” when they’re spelling without seeing the structure of this direction word.
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