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Literacy - Spelling

Canada Online - http://canadaonline.about.com/od/spelling/ Great list of ideas and strategies, however, you are locked within these frames. Open this site in a new window and navigate on its own. Some printables, wonderful ideas.

Catch the Spelling - http://www.manythings.org/cts/ Excellent online spelling games

Children Learning to Spell English - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/vivian.c/Children.htm Neat site with interesting charts and scores; graphs; research. Take a peek – you’ll be glad you did.

Cornerstone’s Canadian English Page - http://www.cornerstoneword.com/misc/cdneng/cdneng.htm What an interesting read, about Canadian spelling and words.

DaveVE7CNV’s Truly Canadian Dictionary of Canadian Spelling - http://www.luther.ca/~dave7cnv/cdnspelling/cdnspelling.html For Canadians, who use USA computer software and books, and have the UK influence, … We’re so confused!!! What an excellent reference for us! You’ll need to bookmark this site for sure.

Carol's Favorite - 2005

Dolch Word Practice - http://www.brentwood.k12.ca.us/brentwood/Links/DolchProject/index.html Child created sight word practice pages.

edHelper: Spelling Worksheet Lessons - http://www.edhelper.com/spelling.htm Printables to use for spelling.

Fun Brain: Spelling - http://www.funbrain.com/spell/ An online game

Garden of Praise: Musical Spelling Rules - http://gardenofpraise.com/spell1.htm A few songs that can be taught to help kids remember spelling rules; audio files.

Graphophonic Strategies: http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/ela/e_literacy/graph.html Excellent guide for those early spellers and writers.

Invented Spelling - http://www.naturalchild.com/guest/margaret_phinney2.html A parents’ journey

LD Online: 5 Guidelines for Learning to Spell - http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/teaching_techniques/spelling_studying.html Great advice for students, and possible charts for teachers.

Look Cover - http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/lookcover/lookcover.html An online resource for kids to practice spelling words

Mrs. Kelly’s Spelling Tips - http://www.setonschool.com/~rkelly/spellingtips.shtml Gr. 2 teacher

Scholastic Spelling Wizard - http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/spelling.htm Enter up to 10 words and they will be scrambled

Songs for Teaching - http://www.songsforteaching.com/grammarspelling.htm You may be able to scoop up some material here.

Spelling Ideas! - http://www.ilovethatteachingidea.com/ideas/subj_spelling.htm A great list of ideas and possibilities

Spelling it Right - http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/ Different principles that may help out for your unique situations.

Spelling Strategies - http://www.education.tas.gov.au/english/spellstrat.htm A great list with possible chart ideas.

Spelling Tips - http://www.capousd.org/gwes/hudelson/spelling.html 19 strategies and tips for kids to remember words.

Spice Up Your Spelling Words -http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/langarts/spellingwds040299.html  List of different activities to try with your spelling lists.

Study Guides (American) - http://www.studygs.net/spelling.htm Even though we are not all using American English spelling, this is a great reference site.

Teachers.Net: Spelling Words: Less is Best - http://www.teachers.net/4blocks/article24.html An article discussing the 4 Blocks spelling implementation.

Teaching Spelling - http://homepage.tinet.ie/~seaghan/spellings/spellinfo.htm This is really difficult to read, but if you copy and paste it into a word document, it is excellent reading material. Lots of links in the left column as well.

Word Work and Spelling - http://www.glenview34.org/wb/Language_arts/online_langarts.htm Language arts games.

 

Online Spelling Games for Kids

Alien Scavenger Letter Hunt - http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/alien/ash.html    Students need to find the letters they need for a word they hear.

EduPlace Spelling Match - http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsv/smg/index.html Choose a grade level for online spelling fun

Fun Brain: SpellaRoo - http://www.funbrain.com/spellroo/ Interactive site where children have to recognize when word is spelled incorrectly; beginner and intermediate levels.

Leo the Letter Loving Lobster - http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/leo/index.htm   You have to find letters that belong in words.

Quiz Hub: Spelling - http://quizhub.com/quiz/f-spelling.cfm Interactive site for kids to fill in missing letters – good for one session only (8 items that rearrange.)

Sandcastle Quiz - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/sandcastle/ Online game with phonemes

See ‘N Spell at Primary Games - http://www.primarygames.com/see-n-spell/see-n-spell.htm Online interactive game - great for gr. 1 and 2.

Spelling - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/index.shtml    UK online spelling games.

Spelling Games - http://www.gamequarium.com/spelling.html Online spelling games

Word Find - http://eduplace.com/kids/hmsv/ Different levels for online word searches

List Serve Mailing - September 17, 2005

 

 


 

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