FREE SPELLING CURRICULUM ANYONE? Not only are the printable Spelling Tasks Packs free, but they are practical and effective. The 1st Grade Spelling Tasks Pack lays out a general weekly schedule for you and your child to follow. It can be used with any spelling list; however, it is meant to be used with the free printable spelling lists from K12 . The daily tasks will prepare your child for the expectations facing them in 2nd grade and beyond. Your student will have repetition in sight words, learn common phonetic patterns, and develop writing skills through sentence building. For us, the 1st Grade Spelling Tasks Pack provides our family with a consistent and practical spelling curriculum.
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Some of you may be curious as to what the daily tasks are. So, without further ado, take a look at the general weekly tasks.
Monday: Write Spelling Words 3x
Tuesday: Word Scrambler
Wednesday: Sentences
Thursday: Spelling Game or Stamp & Spell
Friday: Test or Not
To set up your Spelling Notebook, buy a 3-ring binder that has the clear front to display the cover sheet. If your kids are like mine, they will appreciate the cover page.
Now, this is how we arrange the inside of the Spelling Notebook. First, goes the Weekly Spelling Tasks sheet, which lays out what activity is dedicated to each day. For those of you who do not follow a typical Mon-Fri schedule, you may prefer the Weekly Spelling Tasks sheet that does not specify days.
Next, put in the 1st Grade Master Spelling list that can be printed out from the K12 website. The 1st grade word list focuses on 8 words weekly. Some of the words are sight words, word family sets, and or special phonetic sounds. The spelling list coincides seamlessly with our other learning goals.
For convenience, we keep the spelling lists that we are currently working on in the inside front flap. At this age, since my student is still learning to write correctly, I find it important to write the words in larger print on a separate sheet of paper and keep it handy in the front pocket also.
The first task goes in next: Write the words 3x’s each sheet. Writing the words three times each is excellent practice in letter writing. For me, this activity is more about writing the letters correctly than the actual spelling of words. Oftentimes, I write the words correctly on the top line to show my student how to write the letters and as an example for them to copy.
This is also an appropriate time to phonetically sound out words, discuss word patterns, and special sounds.
Next, comes the Word Scrambler activity sheet. The Word Scrambler will likely be a new concept for your 1st grader. As their teacher, you will take each of your child’s spelling words and write a scrambled version on the top line for each #1-#8. For example, the word, “that,” you may write the letters, “ttah.” Your child would then use his spelling list to figure out what set of scrambled letters match his word. You may need to help them until they grasp the idea. They will eventually do this on their own.
The third task asks the student to use each of the spelling words in a sentence. This activity pushes your child to write eight sentences. I encourage you to walk your child through this process until they feel comfortable tackling this task independently. Ask your child, “How could you use, ‘the’ in a sentence?” Once they tell me their sentence, I write the sentence on the top line for them to copy onto the second line. This enables them to see the words and letters written correctly. We are really focusing on writing capital letters and adding punctuation too.
Task 4 is all about SPELLING GAMES! There isn’t necessarily a sheet or activity put into your notebook for this task. This is a task that requires some sort of game involving the spelling words.
One printable activity to try is the Stamp & Spell. This activity sheet is the perfect opportunity to use letter stamps or even scrabble letters to build spelling words. I usually write the words in the column to the left for my student. On the right side, my student uses a set of letter stamps and ink pad to recreate the spelling word. My artistic kids always loved this one.
Another favorite activity is this homemade matching game. You can make a matching game with the spelling words using index cards. Cut 8 index cards in half, write each spelling word on two different cards so that in the end, you have 2 cards for each word. This should give you a total of 16 cards. Play a quick matching game with your child. Every time a card is turned over, the player is to say the word out loud. Fun & Frugal!
One way to practice and study spelling words is to use the free games provided by Spelling Training. When you go to the home page, insert your spelling list. Once you have saved your spelling list, your student can play a number of spelling games. This site made a huge difference in one of my son’s spelling success.
Lastly, the test or word scrambler assessment is placed next. There are two styles of assessment included. The first assessment is a traditional spelling test. In this method, the teacher calls out the word and the student writes the word on the paper. The second assessment option is what I like to call, “Word Scrambler Style.” This option affords the student all the letters needed to spell the word without looking at the word. At this point, the Word Scrambler Assessment is a more appropriate test for my 1st grader.
Truthfully, I do not test my 1st grader right away. It is something we work towards. For us, 1st grade is more about learning how to complete the tasks so that they can tackle spelling in 2nd grade independently.
If your student continues to use the Spelling Tasks Packs throughout elementary school, your child will advance to learning how to put words in alphabetical order and use a dictionary. There are many developmental skills addressed in these Spelling Tasks Packs. They have worked wonders for us. Hope it works for you and yours! Happy spelling!
Even though the Spelling Tasks Packs work great for us, they may not work for you. If you are interested in looking into other spelling curriculum options, click on the link below. HAPPY SPELLING!
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