Fun with Words

What is the purpose of a weekly spelling test if the child is only memorizing the material and not understanding the patterns of words? One of the reasons I decided to pull my son out of PS and HS was due to the fact that he struggled in spelling and writing. My son is super inquisitive, loves to read, but can not spell! I slowly was seeing "fall through the cracks" as they like to say in PS. My sweet boy was lacking fundaments phonics rules! He doesn't understand word patterns. What is a mom to do? Make learning fun!!! We have been practicing beginning blends(two consonants that blend together to make one sound). The first day we talked about the pattern and came up with words together that fit the pattern. Throughout the week, he has several opportunities to manipulate the word patterns through word work activities. Check out some Word Work ideas

2nd grade Word Work

Pre-K Word Work