Not Just a Worksheet

We like students to be kids, to move, talk, AND learn. One weekly learning activity is our Spelling "game". We called a game and there is a "game board" ... and often students can choose the location to "play", which is usually the floor ... It is our "Spelling Sort". You read words and sort them various ways according to the pattern. You are encouraged to talk sound it out, talk about the word, and why you sort it where you do. Once in awhile, as the teacher is actively engaged, walking around, monitoring, listening, there might need to redirect, but usually it was the discussion of the word, a connection to a real-life experience that pulls us "off track" ... Making connections, talking, reading and discussing words ... Learning.

Both classes participated, but it didn't occur to me to take pictures for one of the rounds.