{"id":1254,"date":"2024-11-16T16:51:57","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T00:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/kwoka\/?p=1254"},"modified":"2024-11-16T16:51:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T00:51:57","slug":"spelling-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/kwoka\/2024\/11\/16\/spelling-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Spelling Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feel free to choose from these spelling activities to practice the weekly word list sent home each week!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pictures:<\/strong> Ask your child to draw a picture for each spelling word. This will help them grasp the meaning behind the word, ensuring they aren&#8217;t just memorizing it but also understanding its definition.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Count the sounds:<\/strong> Say each word to your child and have them count the sounds they hear. Have your child draw a line for each sound or use sound boxes. Then, have them spell each sound on the line or in the box.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Word Work Chains<\/strong>: Using the sample word work chain provided, guide your child\u2019s practice by asking them to spell or read a new word. The Sample Word Work Chain Script shows how to alternate between reading and spelling practice. You can do this activity on a whiteboard with a dry-erase marker, or use the digital word work mat provided: <a href=\"https:\/\/ufli.education.ufl.edu\/foundations\/apps\/\">click here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Write:<\/strong> Say each word to your child and have them spell it on paper, a dry-erase board, with paint, or by building the word with Play-Doh.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Build their own sentences:<\/strong> To help build understanding, ask your child to write sentences using their spelling words.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dictate sentences:<\/strong> Read a sentence aloud that contains the spelling word, and have your child write the sentence to the best of their ability.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reallygreatreading.com\/heart-word-magic\">Heart word<\/a> practice:<\/strong> Practice sounding out &#8220;heart words,&#8221; and place a heart over the part of the word they need to memorize by heart.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Word Hunt:<\/strong> Read a book (or use the readers sent home) and ask your child to find as many words as they can with the same phonics pattern. For example, if the focus for the week is the digraph &#8220;ch,&#8221; they can search for and write down words with &#8220;ch.&#8221; You can also do this activity while driving or on a walk, looking for words on signs!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feel free to choose from these spelling activities to practice the weekly word list sent home each week! Pictures: Ask your child to draw a picture for each spelling word. This will help them grasp the meaning behind the word, ensuring they aren&#8217;t just memorizing it but also understanding its definition. Count the sounds: Say [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/kwoka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/kwoka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/kwoka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/kwoka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/kwoka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1254"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/kwoka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1307,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/kwoka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254\/revisions\/1307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/kwoka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/kwoka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/kwoka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}