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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 4
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How does Sitton Spelling and Word Skills differ from a traditional spelling program?• Spelling for life• Flexible time for lessons• Meets students’ needs• Integrated with other content areas• Teaches how words work• No weekly spelling list• “no excuses” list
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How do I begin organizing for instruction?• Start with p. 331 – 376• View grade level CD• Tab manual
– Personal posters, page 380 + 411– Word cards--Copy Masters, page 385– Achievement tests, 360– Word lists for priority/core words, page 377– Teaching posters, page 411– Teaching notes (after last lesson), page 331
• Remember – don’t try to teach everything!
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What are the components of a typical unit?• Word Preview• Write/Rewrite• Concepts• Word/Cloze Test• Skills Test• Dictation• Chart/Notebooks/Homework/Skill Groups
– Stretch It– Fix It – Sort It – Add It– Finish It– Find It
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Basics & Electives [as listed in the Sitton manual]
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What is the focus of the “Build Skills and Word Experiences” part of the lesson?
• Introduce concepts• Background knowledge• Sound/letter patterns
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What is the Word Preview?
• Visual warm-up activity of core words• Not spelling words for the week
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What is the focus of the “Assess Words and Skills” part of the lesson?
• Word test assesses how students use spelling in context
• Skill Test assesses how students use the skills that they have acquired through content activities
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How do I effectively use the posters?• Copy for students to keep in their folders or
notebooks• Large teacher posted may be hung with rings on a
big science board.
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What materials need to be prepared in advance of the lesson?
• Parent homework activity• Cloze/skills test paper• Personal poster• Words to learn• Achievement test
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How could students organize their materials?
• Folders or notebooks to contain– Personal poster– Core word list– Priority words– Exercise Express– Concepts
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How do I know which concepts/activities are the most important for my students to learn?
• Use the language arts curriculum map for a guide.• Evaluate unit test to determine re-teaching needs.
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Should I create a spelling list in addition to the cloze, skill, and dictation tests in the program?
• No!
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What is the best way to incorporate the writing skills activities?
• Integrate with writing workshop• Electives
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How I determine spelling grades?
• Options for grades include– Word/cloze– Random checking of “no excuse” words– Exercise Express activities
• Skill test• Dictation
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What information should I share with parents?
• Open House information• Philosophy of program• Parent letters from Sitton• Study procedure
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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.