Literacy: Spelling

* Students need awareness of spelling based on experiences and explicit teaching
* ideas

• give individualized spelling tests
• use post-it notes to gather what words students need
• make spelling mini lessons bases on students needs (from above)

Notes from Reading Essentials (Regie Routman)

• Matters so the reader can make sense of the written message
• Set up the environment for teaching spelling, see pg 162
• Invented spelling leads to students understanding the spelling system versus becoming rote spellers
• Have high expectations, see spelling strategies chart, pg 163
• Use a word-wall effectively (make it yourself, make it flexible, hold students accountable), see 165-168