SPELLING PRACTICE AT HOME
Students should be spending time each day studying their words for their
weekly list. This is not only to prepare for the Friday test, but also to
learn the phonetic patterns and structural patterns that words have in
common - so that they remember how to spell their words beyond the weekly
test! You might have some ways that you help or encourage your child to
study their words already, but perhaps some of these ways are getting old.
For fresh ideas on spelling practice, please see my DOWNLOADS page. You can
see a list of suggested activities for word study and download and print any
documents that support these activities.
WEBSITES for LEARNING!
As you know, I have a page on this site on which I post websites that can be
useful for certain projects or beneficial to the students to enhance their
learning. If you have found any good sites suited for either of these
purposes, please send the link to me and I will add it to my webpage
entitled LINKS. Below are listed some curriculum areas for which websites
would be useful:
-MATH: basic multiplication and division facts, geometry, fractions,
multiplying by 2 digit numbers, long division, finding averages, graphing &
probability, telling time and finding elapsed time, measurement, decimals
(10ths and 100ths)
-SOCIAL STUDIES: immigration to the United States, regions of the U.S.,
information on individual states, states & capitals, Native Americans.
-SCIENCE: cells and living things, classification of living things,
animals, electricity and magnetism, rocks and minerals, matter, chemical
compunds & mixtures.
-RELIGION: Beatitudes and Ten Commandments, seasons of the church year
(Advent & Lent in particular), Jesus' life, the Sacraments.
-LANGUAGE ARTS: fun activities or helpful sites for reading and writing
skills, including spelling and grammar.
Thanks for sharing! At some point, I will organize these websites by subject
area so they are easier to find!
Thanks!
teresa.gallagher@saintambroseofwoodbury.org
(651) 768-3050
