Mon - Spelling Bee Prep! (3-5)

With these activities, we'll look at spelling as a building-block to vocabulary and literacy, not just something to be memorized. In doing this, students will learn word-roots and word-families, and how spelling fits into a larger picture. There will be an end-of-semester competition that the students can work towards, and there will be benefits for their overall vocabulary development as well. Once a student learns how words are put together, an overall picture starts to form, and spelling becomes far easier!

Week 1: Introduction to Improve your Spelling
Week 2: The Basic Rules of Spelling
Week 3: Plural Forms for Names; Compound Words
Week 4: Understanding "ei" vs "ie" and Other Dilemmas
Week 5: Prefix & Suffix Rules
Week 6: Homonyms - Words that Sound Alike
Week 7: Commonly Misspelled Words
Week 8: What's something we're struggling with?
Week 9: Begin end-of-term Tournament
Week 10: Finish end-of-term Tournament!
Week 11: End-of-term FUN

Instructor - John Morrissey