Second Grade, Spelling, Set Six

At the end of this week I gave K. her spelling test in sentences, using three or four words in each sentence. She seemed to like this better than just writing a list of words.

Examples: (spelling words are underlined)

• The other zipper is better.
• I found another letter under the banner.

This week's lesson in the spelling book was reviewing words from the last five lessons. The last time we had a review lesson, K. didn't like having to review. I know that review is important, but since we are dealing with words that she can already spell (she spells them correctly on the pretest), I decided to go with an alternate plan this week.

• Monday I gave her the children's dictionary and had her pick ten words that interested her and she didn't know how to spell. (Her words were: chaps, delphinium, estuary, delta, bison, birch, chameleon, chandelier, chimpanzee, circus)
• She wrote the words in her spelling notebook and wrote them again putting a dot between the syllables.
• Tuesday I gave her a sheet of paper with a picture of each word. She wrote the words underneath the correct picture.
• Thursday I gave her a blank graph and had her fill it in for a word search. Then I found the words.