tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972012117266662255.post3516878952065043281..comments2023-10-18T00:19:52.455-07:00Comments on Simply Elementary!: What to do about spelling homework?Cindy Foremanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10785473141692142785noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972012117266662255.post-55804928589758663392011-08-29T17:56:59.497-07:002011-08-29T17:56:59.497-07:00I love Randi Whitney's stuff. Unfortunately I...I love Randi Whitney's stuff. Unfortunately I can't use those words for my spelling or I would. I have never given them the choice of an activity but I am doing that this year. I think for my kids they will enjoy it more. I am hoping they will take more ownership and study. I have noticed that the younger grades at my school aren't doing much in the way of playing with words. So I am hoping my spelling practice will help with this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972012117266662255.post-47168498984660642252011-08-29T17:38:49.162-07:002011-08-29T17:38:49.162-07:00My team and I have struggled with this concept as ...My team and I have struggled with this concept as well! You are certainly not alone. Last year (my first year in fourth grade) I felt like the students learned the words for the week, but didn't really retain them. This year we are trying a new (new to us) approach. We are going to assign our students 8-10 words per week. The words are coming from Randi Whitney's writing academy of commonly misspelled words. I would much rather focus on 8-10 words and have the kids remember them than give them a list of 25 and not. The students will be responsible for participating in a "spelling choice" type of activity throughout the week. Also if the child makes a 100 on the pre test then they aren't responsible for taking the test.Mrs. Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12133900961259417547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972012117266662255.post-14439941114062108092011-08-28T15:14:43.851-07:002011-08-28T15:14:43.851-07:00I am personally not a fan of spelling homework bec...I am personally not a fan of spelling homework because I don't think it has any impact on whether or not the children learn to spell. I usually have them do some kind of spelling activity in that classroom that they can choose to do at home as well but I don't really assign spelling homework.Rayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11188775899039031370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972012117266662255.post-4652484153709089882011-08-28T08:06:23.750-07:002011-08-28T08:06:23.750-07:00I don't like the activity every night kind of ...I don't like the activity every night kind of homework. At most, I like to focus on spelling homework either one or two nights a week. As a kid, I did not get anything out of ABC order or 5x each because I studied anyway on Thursday evenings. I am also giving sentence writing as morning work throughout the week, focusing on important skills to prepare them for Florida Writes. I am going to have them practice starting with a variety of words and give five sentences two mornings a week with skills to focus on, too, in grammar and just creativity in general. <br /><br />From there, I am still assigning a choice activity homework on Thursday evenings, opening up other evenings for silent reading and math homework (and one night of current events). I think out of all official homework, math will be the most important in the long run.Victoria https://www.blogger.com/profile/07387303612306473863noreply@blogger.com