Other Ways to Teach Spelling

This was shared to me. It's one teacher's method of teaching her students their spelling words. Although a couple of them are a bit advanced, I think they're great ideas overall! And Fun!

 

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Teacher Hack

Homemade Flash Cards for Sight Words

 Every week, hand out a few blank index cards to each student (or have them count out - even better!) 

In the beginning, start with 5 sight words they need to learn, and as the year progresses, up the count until you reach 10.

One at a time, introduce the word, write it for them to see, then have THEM write it on their card. Have the students raise their cards for you to see to make sure they wrote it correctly (or as close to). 

Have them place the cards in a plastic sandwich bag to take home and practice with.

(Note: I found it better NOT to place them on a ring. The students tended to memorize the order of the words, not the word itself. And if the cards were removed from the ring, there was some confusion.)

Teaching Tip: Remove Permanent Marker with a Dry-Erase Marker

 

A teacher hack every teacher needs to know is that you can remove permanent marker by writing over the writer with a dry-erase marker. When you wipe over the words again, it should go in an instant. 

This is Such a Great Idea!

Wholesome and Hilarious Parenting Tips

 

1. When I was really young my mom used to tell me a red dot (only visible to moms) would appear on my forehead when I lied. I used to cover my forehead when lying. Well played mom.. well played.

2. When I was a kid my parents told me and my brother about the candy witch. She was a nice witch who came on Halloween night when you were sleeping and took most of your candy, but left a present in return. So my brother and I got to keep 10 pieces of candy and the rest went to the candy witch, and when we woke up we had awesome presents waiting for us. And that’s how my parents got to eat all our candy and prevented us from eating a s**t ton. Super smart and will be using on my own kids.

3. My mom always told my brother and I that the car couldn’t work if we didn’t latch our seatbelts. She even faked a break down and pulled over on the side of the road when she caught us trying to sneakily unlatch to test her claim lol

4. When I was little (think six or seven) I was terrified of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland. It just so happened to be one of my dad's favorites. So, to help my sister and I get over our fears, he used some positive reinforcement. Every time we got on the ride, we would find a silver dollar next to us. Dad said the pirates had given us some of their treasure. It took me an embarrassingly long time to put two and two together. I thought every kid got treasure.

5. My mom used to say: If I didn't cover my mouth while yawning, a bug would crawl into it. As stupid as that sounds, I still cover my mouth to this day.

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