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30 Non-Boring Ways to Practice Spelling Words

December 20, 2016 By Jimmie Quick 31 Comments

30 Non-Boring Ways to Practice Spelling Words

Spelling is not one of the most exciting of subjects, but it can be fun by using a variety of these thirty ways to practice your words. (This post contains affiliate links.) WRITE IN 1.  write in sand, salt,  sugar, or flour (best with a bold background beneath) 2.  write in shaving cream 3.  write in […]

Filed Under: language arts Tagged With: hands-on, practice, spelling

Day 4: Spelling {10 Days of Language Arts}

November 10, 2011 By Jimmie Quick 8 Comments

Spelling takes center stage today in the 10 Days of Language Arts series. Spelling Rules We sometimes joke about how spelling is not necessary in our modern, computer-driven world, but deep down, it is embarrassing not to be able to spell well. Charlotte Mason felt that children would pick up good spelling by repeatedly seeing words in […]

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Ransom Letter Word Studies

February 4, 2011 By Jimmie Quick 9 Comments

No, we’ve not kidnapped any vocabulary words, but Sprite did use the stereotypical style of a ransom note to create some language arts notebooking pages. In our spelling lessons, there were a few words that Sprite kept misspelling over and over. When that happens, I know to stop repeating the same teaching methods and instead choose […]

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Spelling Creatively

April 5, 2008 By Jimmie Quick Leave a Comment

My wonderfully creative Sprite is not a strong speller. We have lots of family jokes about her spelling fiascos such as “You are the beast dad.” She takes it in stride. She realizes she has other strengths. Now that she’s in 3rd grade, I thought I should get a bit more serious about spelling though, […]

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