Spelling

In the grade 2 English curriculum there is a unit on spelling. Students are supposed to be able to spell specific words and understand their concepts. I have found a great site that will allow the students to work on their spelling and discover the spelling errors. The majority of the students that we will have in the future we have computers and do most of their work on that computer. We need to make sure that students don't depend on the spellcheck all the time in order to spell correctly. We need to make sure our students know how to spell and how to notice the errors in their spelling. This Spelling Check site that I found will allow the students to work on their spelling in a fun way. This site will give the students a group of four words and the students will have to discover which one is spelt wrong and make the corrections to that word by writing the correct spelling of the word on the computer themselves. The game keeps track of how many the students got right and how many they got wrong. It gives the students a lot of positive feedback and it makes them feel good about their spelling.

To use this website in the classroom, I would use it at the end of the semester. I would make it a fun game with the students getting ice cream for their prize of spelling well. The game gives them 10 questions, so if the students got 7 out of 10, they would get ice cream. 8 out 10 ice cream with chocolate sauce, 9 out of 10 ice cream with chocolate sauce and whip cream, 10 out of 10 ice cream with all that stuff and a cherry on top. I would tell the students this at the start of the spelling unit, so they could really practice up all year long. I would have the students go through all the questions and see what mark they get. If a student doesn't happen to get 7 out of 10, he or she is able to try until they get it. That way I will make sure everyone in the class will get an ice cream. I think the students would really want to do good on their spelling to get this treat. Having a site like this is also fun for the students cause it is a fun game that can allow the students to learn how to spell and how to discover specific spelling errors

I think that the students would really enjoy doing this game online. This site allows the students to see what spelling mistakes are made and it allows them to fix it on their own, without using the spell check of a computer. I think the students would learn a lot from this site as they can fix their mistakes and spelling errors in a hands on way.