15 Minutes a Day Spelling Practice

The 15 Minutes a Day Spelling Practice is an all-in-one resource pack to help your students improve their spelling skills and their vocabulary knowledge and usage.

In total there are 50 words to be learned, 5 words a week. For ten weeks, every day, you administer one 15-minute spelling lesson which includes a 5 minute presentation and a spelling activity. The activities are brief, varied and engaging, exposing students to repeated application in different forms. The spelling activities include syllable spelling drills, spelling drills in full, synonym word search, synonym matching, sentence composition and a final assessment every fifth day of each week.

The lessons and lesson presentations are holistic and include the word definitions, model sentences and emphasis on tricky letters and their positioning.

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Accompanying these worksheets are full lesson plans, full lesson presentations and a comprehensive teacher’s file. The resources are both printable and digital (interactive), giving you the freedom to choose how to conduct your lessons. You will love using these resources in your ELA secondary classroom!

In this volume, you will get the following resources:

Lesson presentations for each lesson. There are a total of 330 slides, to guide your students throughout the lessons. The links for google slides are in the teacher’s file.
A lesson plan applicable to all the weeks. The lesson plans are found in the teacher’s file.
Student Worksheet pack containing a total of 92 worksheets, as pdf and digital (google slides). The digital links are in the teacher’s file.
The Teacher’s File containing all the information you need to guide you, including the digital links, the core standards, lesson plans, a blank lesson plan template and answer keys.

Duration: 10 weeks, 1 activity per day of approximately 15 minutes.

All the lesson presentations contain the answers for the synonym activities and the final weekly assessment.

Please note that you can add slides to the presentation but you may not alter the existing slides.

By implementing these resources in your classroom, your students will experience a significant and remarkable improvement in their spelling proficiency and skills.

Methodology

All the ten weekly presentations have a similar set-up.

Day 1 introduces the five target words with their respective definitions. Connecting a word’s meaning with its spelling reinforces the students’ memory and word retention. At the end of this presentation, students are asked to complete their first spelling activity consisting of syllable spelling. Syllable spelling, often overlooked, offers significant benefits for young spellers. It enhances phonemic awareness, improves word decoding skills, and fosters a deeper understanding of word structure.

On day 2, students are encouraged to go over the five words and decide which letter positioning or tricky letters in each of the words they need to remember. This promotes visual discrimination, critical thinking skills and self-correction skills. This short activity is followed by a full-word spelling practice of the five words.

Day 3 adds a further layer of learning by incorporating the synonyms for each target word. This aims at holistic learning and enhancement of word relationships. Additionally, associating a word with its meaning and synonyms often leads to better retention of both the word’s spelling and its usage. Model sentences are provided and students are first asked to find a synonym for the target word. This is followed by two brief activities: (i) a synonym word search puzzle and a synonym match activity.

On day 4, students are requested to compose sentences for each of the target word. Some of the sentences written by students may be discussed during class.

Day 5 is assessment day. A multiple-choice test is provided and students are to indicate the correct spelling of the word. The clues in the test consist of the word’s definition, for further reinforcement.

Total Number of Pages: 457

Price: $33.25

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The 15 Minutes a Day Spelling Practice is an all-in-one resource pack to help your students improve their spelling skills and their vocabulary knowledge and usage.

The lessons and lesson presentations are holistic and include the word definitions, model sentences and emphasis on tricky letters and their positioning.

Buy now.

By implementing these resources in your classroom, your students will experience a significant and remarkable improvement in their spelling proficiency and skills.

Methodology

Buy now.

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