Personal Writing
Journals
Spelling
Spelling Test
Learning To Spell
100
Journal Writing should begin
What is in Kindergarten
100
Students and teachers converse in writing when they use
What is Dialogue Journals
100
Research suggests that children make greater spelling progress when they:
What is take responsibility for developing their own spelling lists
100
Effective teachers encourage students to correct their own pretests because
What is immediate feedback helps learning
100
Instead of using a spelling textbook, a fourth grade teacher plans to customize the school’s spelling program. An individualized spelling program should focus on words:
What is the students need for their writing projects
200
The best way to help students write more meaningful responses would be for the teacher to
What is Model Appropriate Responses
200
Susan divided each page in her journal into two columns. She wrote predictions in the first column and actual events in the second. This student kept a:
What is double-entry journal
200
To help children make progress in spelling, the most effective technique is
What is teach minilessons and point out phonics generalizations as they occur when writing words on word walls
200
Weekly spelling tests, when they are used, should be
What is individualized to fit each student’s needs
200
When Tanya performed poorly on a spelling test, her teacher asked her to pronounce the words that she spelled incorrectly. It is helpful to ask students to pronounce the words they misspell because sometimes
What is pronunciation or dialect differences can contribute to spelling problems
300
Students usually record information they learn during content area instruction in:
What is Learning Logs
300
A fifth grader gathered information on the life of astronaut Sally Ride and then wrote a journal from the astronauts point of view. This student wrote a
What is Simulated Journal
300
Research suggests that spelling is best learned through:
What is Extensive reading and writing
300
A first grade student spelled the word said as sed. This showed that the student was trying to spell new words by using her knowledge of
What is phonics generalizations
300
During spelling instruction, third grade teacher Helen Bell often spent a few minutes helping her students form and join cursive letters correctly. This teacher wisely stated that she helped students with their handwriting because
What is poor handwriting can cause words to appear misspelled
400
When students receive responses to the letters they write, they develop a sense of
What is audience
400
Johny wrote about events from his personal life. He told about the recent trip his family just took to Colorado. Johny kept a
What is Personal Journal
400
The primary goal of spelling instruction should be to help children
What is spell words correctly in personal and academic writing
400
During spelling instruction, a sixth grade teacher focused upon Greek and Latin affixes and root words. This approach emphasized
What is morphemes
400
Second grade students in Jean Murphy’s class often interrupt writing conferences to ask for help in spelling high frequency words. The principal has wisely suggested that the teacher
What is post high frequency words on a classroom word wall
500
Of the following the most authentic writing activity is: completing graphic organizers writing pen-pal letters responding to teacher-generated questions on a worksheet
What is writing pen-pal letters
500
Becky took notes and drew diagrams, and wrote vocabulary words during a thematic unit. Becky is keeping a
What is Language Arts Notebook
500
In order to use a dictionary to find the correct spelling of a word, students must be able to
What is predict possible spellings of a word
500
Effective teachers help children understand that the primary reason to learn and use conventional spelling is to
What is provide a courtesy to readers
500
Proofreading should be introduced
What is Primary grades
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