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Spelling is a very important part of our First Grade writing program. Our society expects well-educated, literate people to know how to spell correctly. I want my students to understand that spelling is NOT for a spelling test on Friday, it is for improving their writing! I use 2 methods of teaching spelling to my young students.A Phonetic Method:
This method is used from the first week of school to the end in June. I use the phonics method to enable them to write on their own, getting their thoughts down on paper. If we expect developing writers to spell every word correctly in their rough drafts, we would find they would be writing much less! I have found that by teaching them how to write by sounding out words...many students transfer that ability over to reading and are thrilled when they've made that connection..
A Power Word Method
I usually start this method around January but then continue it through to the end of the year along with the phonics program. I use a program developed by Dennis J. Kear and Marsha A. Gladhart in which they use
202 of the most frequently used words. These words must be memorized by my students. Once the words have been added to our spelling chart, EVERY student MUST spell them correctly in ALL writing that they do.
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