Spelling Homework Help

Spelling List

I give the same spelling homework each week, and I listed the day of the week next to each assignment here, so you will know what will be assigned on what night.

ABC Order (Monday) - put your spelling words (not sentences!) in alphabetical order.

  Example:       act
                          dog
                          hat
                          hot
                          pin
                          sat

   If your child is struggling with ABC order, put each letter of the alphabet on the side of the paper like this:

   A
   B
   C
   D
   E, etc.

   Start with the first letter, go through the spelling list to see if any spelling words start with that letter.  If any do, write them first. If not, cross off that letter and go to the next letter (B).  Continue doing this until you get to the bottom of the alphabet.  Remember, if any words start with the same letter, go to the second letter and put the second letters in ABC order.
 

3X Each (Tuesday) - write each of your spelling words 3 times.  Please do this neatly, going across the paper.  Skip lines!

        Example:   1. hop    hop    hop

                        2. fox   fox    fox
 

Rainbow Words (Wednesday)- choose 3 different colored crayons (I'll use green, purple, and pink for my example).  Write each word in one color (green). Trace over each word using the second crayon (purple).  Trace over each word using the third crayon (pink).  I scanned an example of what Rainbow Words should look like.  You don't have to squeeze your words in between the lines, it's pretty hard with crayons!  Please take as much room as you need.  Write them big enough so that I can read all of the letters!

   Example:

RAINBOW WORDS