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Vocabulary Strategies To Work On At Home...
News Spell
Have your child cut out spelling words from newspaper and magazines. Then
have her glue words on colored paper in the same order as the spelling list.
If the words are difficult to find, have your child make them from individual
letters that they have cut out.
Envelope Sort
Label 4 envelopes with the vowels a, e, i, o, and u. Say each word and have
your child write it on a small piece of paper. Then have them put the word in
the envelope that is labeled with the vowel sound in the spelling word.
Vary the activity by labeling the envelopes with the spelling patters
presented in the units and having your child put each word into the
appropriately labeled envelope.
Daily Review
Have your child write about a typical day in her life. Explain that nothing
exciting happens in a typical day, but that by using the vivid and exciting
language, your child can make the day's activities sound interesting.
You might enjoy writing a description of your typical day, too, and then
comparing your day with your child's. Discuss the similarities and
differences in your days.
Treasure Box
Write the spelling words on slips of paper. Fold each slip and put it into a
box labeled Treasure Box. Have your child take out a slip and hand it to you.
Pronounce the word and have your child spell it. An incorrectly spelled word
should be returned to the box. The goal is to spell all the words in the box
correctly.
Alphabetical Order
Help your child write the words list in alphabetical order and number the
words. Then erase the odd-numbered ( or even numbered words) and have your
child fill in the missing word with a colored crayon, using the word list to
help them.
Say It Again
Point out to your child that there are many ways of saying the same thing.
Then provide them with two or three ways simple sentences and ask him to
rewrite them as many ways as possible.
Tom and I are going home from school on the bus.
We are riding the bus home from school.
The bus is bringing Tm and me home form school.
Rewrite each sentence as a question.
Will Tom and I ride the bus home from school?
Write the sentence as a command.
Ride the bus home form school.
Write the sentence as a exclamation.
Type a Word
The pleasure most child take in typing on a computer can led to especially
valuable spelling practice, since searching for and striking each letter key
focus attention on the order of the letters in a word. Pronounce each word
and have your child type it in. Another time, have your child type the list
of spelling words. Check the spellings of the words with your child.
Questions and Answers
Your child can practice asking and answering questions at he same time that
they are learning to spell words. Ask your child questions, using a spelling
word in each question.. Have them state the answer of the question in a
complete sentence using the same spelling word. Then have your child repeat
the spelling word and spell it out loud. Another time, reverse rolls and have
your child ask the questions.
Superstar
At one time or another, probably everyone longs to be famous. Ask your child
to thing about the best or the most important think they have done-a deed or
accomplishment that she would like to be remembered for. Have her write about
that deed or accomplishment (include the spelling words in the story) as
though it were going to be broadcast on the evening news.
Letter Cards
Write the letters le, en, er, and or on index cards. Say a spelling word and
have your child hold up the card that has the corresponding ending letters.
They should spell the word aloud. Finally, have them write the word and
circle the ending.
ENJOY!!! WORKING TOGETHER MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE!!
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