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50 Hands-On Spelling Activities

Has your spelling practice become dry or boring? Well, brush off the dust and try some of these hands-on spelling activities! Since readers need to have BOTH phonics and sight words understanding to become good readers, focusing on both phonics AND sight words during spelling instruction is a ... Read More about 50 Hands-On Spelling Activities

Correct Your Spelling: A Simple Editing Strategy {Week 9}

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Welcome back to Simple Writing Lessons for Primary Grades...a 12-week writing strategy series put together by The Measured Mom and myself. If you've missed any of the posts thus far, feel free to click HERE or on the image at the end of this post. Today, we're on Week 9 and moving into the editing ... Read More about Correct Your Spelling: A Simple Editing Strategy {Week 9}

Teaching Spelling Through Word Study

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*This post contains affiliate links. To read more, please see my full disclosure policy. For the next two weeks, I'm honored to be joining 39 other bloggers in iHomeschool Network's Hopscotch! I'll spend 10 days showing how effective Word Study is in teach spelling. I have used word study in the ... Read More about Teaching Spelling Through Word Study

Spelling Strategies and Resources to Encourage Independent Spellers

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It's writing time! For many, it's already a dreaded subject for kids {and moms alike}. Well into the first sentence, it begins: "Mom! How do you spell...?" *Sigh* Do you ever feel tied down? Like you must sit and spell every unknown word to your young speller? The good news is that you don't have ... Read More about Spelling Strategies and Resources to Encourage Independent Spellers

Teaching Kids to Spell

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Teaching Kids to Spell Enough said. Just reading those words may make your hair stand on end or send shivers up your spine. For some, teaching kids to spell ranks right up there with teaching kids to write or getting a root canal. Teaching kids to spell can also conjure up lots of questions, such ... Read More about Teaching Kids to Spell