My Spelling Dictionary
It has been an eternity since I've blogged or made a product for Teachers Pay Teachers. This morning I got up extremely early and just could not rest. My mind was racing about school in the middle of summer vacation. I am a first grade teacher and I starting thinking about teaching writing. The spelling dictionary I've been using needed to be updated and I decided to make my own using the Dolch High Frequency Words. I did add it one word "question" so there would be a word for the letter "q" and because it is an important word. Every year I use a spelling dictionary to reinforce alphabetical order. I also teach the children to use it while editing. I don't like for them to have it out during drafting as I have found some become too reliant on it and use safe writing. Every week we add our new sight words to the spelling dictionary. If they are already in the dictionary, I teach the children to highlight them. If not, t...