Does Your Child’s Spelling List Make Sense?

Submitted by Judy Hanning on Thu, 2017-05-04 18:00
There are many different ways to teach our children correct spelling and grammar. However, the way we have it today can be very confusing and difficult. When we give our children a list of words for the week, are they really learning it or are they just taking it as another test to be forgotten the following week?
Nowadays, the lists our children get have no relevance to each other and are not always ages appropriate resulting in a jumble of words that they have a hard time recognizing with. A more stimulating way to teach words, involves showing the relevance of a meaning of one word to a different word. Also, the way words sound alike and are spelled.
You’re probably familiar with the “list on Monday, test on Friday” approach, which is the most common way to teach spelling. With this method, children receive a list of words at the beginning of the week and practice writing them three to five times. The children are tested on the words at the end of the week, and teacher involvement is minimal.
~ Marie Rippel

Key Takeaways:

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Spelling lists might not be the best way to teach children to spell.
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The “list on Monday, test on Friday” approach does not work.
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Many spelling lists are developmentally inappropriate for the students’ level.
Read the full article here:
https://blog.allaboutlearningpress.com/spelling-lists