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School City of Mishawaka Spring 2007
Getting Started with
Sitton Spelling and Word Skills
A Q&A of Tips & Tricks to Facilitate Implementation
~Grade 1
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How does Sitton Spelling and Word Skills differ from a traditional spelling program?
• Designed in units rather than weeks – A unit can take 3 to 6 days
• Only 21 units (start after some basic print concepts are in place)
• Words reviewed in multiple assessments
• Word lists based on frequency of use rather than a particular pattern
• Focus on how words work
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How do I begin organizing for instruction?• Read the Teacher Notes section
• Send note home to parents
• Prepare blackline masters – Cloze tests/skill test– Home activity– Word Preview– Exercise Express
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What are the components of a typical unit?• Word preview
• 2-3 concepts with 2-3 activities for each– Whole group mini-lesson– Interactive lessons– Independent tasks
• After every 2 units there is an assessment unit
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Basics & Electives
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What is the focus of the “Build Skills and Word Experiences” part of the unit?
• Learning how words work
• Word patterns
• Vowel patterns
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What is the Word Preview?
• A 5 minute visual warm-up activity
• Introduces students to words to confirm and correct conceptions of the spelling
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What is the focus of the “Assess Words and Skills” part of the lesson?
• Apply skills from previous two units
• Assess knowledge of core words from previous and current units
• Skills application assessment
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How do I effectively use the posters?• Shared reading
• Display as anchor charts
• Reference during mini-lessons
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What materials need to be prepared in advance of the lesson?
• Copy Word Preview
• Copy assessment page
• Copy Take Home Task
• Copy Exercise Express pages, if any
• Create chart headings, etc. for Build Basic Concepts activities
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How could students organize their materials?
• Everything can go home or a folder can be kept for each group of three units.
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How do I know which concepts/activities are the most important for my students to learn?
• Curriculum maps
• Past performance on assessments
• Conferencing notes from reading and writing workshops
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Should I create a spelling list in addition to the cloze, skill, and dictation tests in the program?
• NO!
• Any gaps could be picked up in shared reading, word study, patterning lessons, etc.
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What is the best way to incorporate the reading and writing skills activities?
• Mini-lessons in Reading Workshop (alternate days of Making Meaning??)
• Shared Reading
• Mini-lessons in Writing Workshop
• Guided/Interactive Writing
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How I determine spelling grades?
• Cloze Story Assessment
• Dictation Sentences
• Skill Test
• Exercise Express (not graded heavily)
• Take Home Tasks (not graded heavily)
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What information should I share with parents?
• Letter
• Share at conferences because Sitton won’t start until after
• Send home Words to Learn after each assessment
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How do I subscribe to the Sitton newsletter?
Go to http://www.sittonspelling.com/ and click on the E-Newsletter link at the bottom of the page. You will come to this page where you may access the archived newsletters, as well as subscribe to future editions.