(Developed by Fieldcrest Elementary School teachers)
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Ideas for Studying Spelling Words
1. Type your list of words on the computer and print the list.
2. Hold two different colored markers, crayons, pens, or pencils in your hand to write the words.
3. Write the words in ABC order.
4. Use alphabet cereal to spell words, then eat your spelling words.
5. Write your words and then make at least two new words from the letters of each word.
6. Write a sentence for 5 of your spelling words. Write sentences for the other 5 words the next day.
7. Write the words end to end with no spaces as one long word, using different colors.
8. Make and complete an answer key for a word search puzzle on www.puzzlemaker.com.
9. Make and complete an answer key for a crossword puzzle on www.puzzlemaker.com.
10 Write your words in shapes to create a picture.
11. Write a story using the spelling words. Underline your spelling words.
12. Make flash cards to study.
13. Design a pretty bookmark with spelling words on it.
14. Take a practice test at home.
15. Scramble your words and then unscramble them.
16. Write your spelling words on two cards and play a matching game with them.
17. Cut out letters or the words from a magazine or newspaper and make a collage.
18. Write a friendly letter to a friend or family member using your spelling words.
19. Design a spelling game such as Sparkle or Spell-it.
20 Writ the words and circle the vowels and underline the consonants.
21. Sort the words by vowel sounds.
22. Write a Poem using at least 5 of the spelling words.
23. Write your letters in glue and sprinkle jell-o over the words. It smells yummy!
24. Write a homophone, synonym or antonym for five of the words.
25. Make spelling pyramids. Write the first letter. On the next line write the 1st letter and the 2nd letter. On the third line write the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd letters. Continue this pattern until you have written the whole word.
C
Ca
Cat
26. Write your words in grits, rice, or sand. Our one of the ingredients on a cookie sheet and use your finger to make the words.
27. Write the words with shaving cream on the bathroom wall while taking a bath.
28. Use letter magnets to make the words on the refrigerator.
29. Use a dry erase marker to write the words on the window.
30. Make up a song and sing the letters of your spelling words.
11. Write a story using the spelling words. Underline your spelling words.
12. Make flash cards to study.
13. Design a pretty bookmark with spelling words on it.
14. Take a practice test at home.
15. Scramble your words and then unscramble them.
16. Write your spelling words on two cards and play a matching game with them.
17. Cut out letters or the words from a magazine or newspaper and make a collage.
18. Write a friendly letter to a friend or family member using your spelling words.
19. Design a spelling game such as Sparkle or Spell-it.
20 Writ the words and circle the vowels and underline the consonants.
21. Sort the words by vowel sounds.
22. Write a Poem using at least 5 of the spelling words.
23. Write your letters in glue and sprinkle jell-o over the words. It smells yummy!
24. Write a homophone, synonym or antonym for five of the words.
25. Make spelling pyramids. Write the first letter. On the next line write the 1st letter and the 2nd letter. On the third line write the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd letters. Continue this pattern until you have written the whole word.
C
Ca
Cat
26. Write your words in grits, rice, or sand. Our one of the ingredients on a cookie sheet and use your finger to make the words.
27. Write the words with shaving cream on the bathroom wall while taking a bath.
28. Use letter magnets to make the words on the refrigerator.
29. Use a dry erase marker to write the words on the window.
30. Make up a song and sing the letters of your spelling words.
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Quotes to Think About
Quotes to Think About
"If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies." ~unknown
"Everybody is a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." ~Albert Einstein
"Children don't need more things. The best toys a child can have is a parent who gets down on the floor and plays with them." ~Bruce Perry
"Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." ~Albert Einstein
"It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings," ~Ann Landers
"The mind that opens to a new idea never returns to its original size." ~Albert Einstein
"The difference in winning and losing is most often...not quitting." ~Walt Disney
"You are always responsible for how you act, no matter how you feel." ~Robert Tew
"Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work." ~C.S. Lewis
"It's not that I'm so smart; it's just that I stay with problems longer." ~Albert Einstein
"Everybody is a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." ~Albert Einstein
"Children don't need more things. The best toys a child can have is a parent who gets down on the floor and plays with them." ~Bruce Perry
"Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." ~Albert Einstein
"It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings," ~Ann Landers
"The mind that opens to a new idea never returns to its original size." ~Albert Einstein
"The difference in winning and losing is most often...not quitting." ~Walt Disney
"You are always responsible for how you act, no matter how you feel." ~Robert Tew
"Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work." ~C.S. Lewis
"It's not that I'm so smart; it's just that I stay with problems longer." ~Albert Einstein
"No one is born a winner or a loser, but each one is born a chooser." ~Author Unknown
"All things are difficult before they are easy." ~Thomas Fuller
"Sometime you win. Sometimes you learn." ~Author Unknown
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Illustrated poster
This is my illustrated poster (task 016/018). It is a poster to help first graders understand the contribution Martin Luther King, Jr. made to our country. This can be used to teach South Carolina first grade social studies standard 1-4.3, recall the contributions made by historic and political figures to democracy in the United States.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
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