What's This Spell?
Lesson Six of this unit, What's It Say?, focuses on teaching spelling.

Word Wall & On the Back Activities
Several activities to develop and use word walls.

Spelling Basic Sight Words
This lesson is developed for students who have difficulty remembering spelling words.
 

Spelling Sight Words:  Here is a tool for homework help with sight words.

Everyday Spelling for First Grade

Look, Cover, Write, Check:  This game is a good way for students to practice spelling words from several different lists.

Harcourt Brace Spelling Word Builder:  Unscramble the words from particular spelling lists.

Stellar Speller:  First graders will enjoy this spelling game.

Suggestions for English Language Learners: 
(E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding)  

(E/B) Students copy sentences correctly from text. Students check to see if they are the same as the original.
(E/B) Students point to words that represent nouns or verbs.
(E/B, D) Students repeat and rehearse nouns and verbs after the teacher pronounces them.
(E/B, D, E) Students punctuate sentences with commas, periods and question marks as needed.
(D, E) Students help maintain the classroom “word wall," and help generate a "word bank" for each assigned writing activity.
(D, E) Students capitalize proper nouns, titles of people, and the first word in a sentence.
(D, E) Students identify and circle all the nouns in a short reading passage.
(D, E) Students identify verbs by underlining all the verbs found in a short reading passage.
 

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