Spelling Strategies for Fourth Grade
1. Word Searches:
Description: Base word searches on stories the student has read or on words that trouble them.
Purpose: The goal in a word search is to find as many words as possible by reading up, down, backward, and diagonally.
Directions: Here is an example of a word search of Harry Potter:
Description: Base word searches on stories the student has read or on words that trouble them.
Purpose: The goal in a word search is to find as many words as possible by reading up, down, backward, and diagonally.
Directions: Here is an example of a word search of Harry Potter:
2. Anagrams:
Description: This strategy can be done using the student's first and last name.
Purpose: Finding words in other words and rearranging letters from one word to form a new word is fun for most students, especially if performed in a risk-free environment with a teacher.
Directions: For example: After reading Word Wizard (1998) by Cathryn Falwell, write the student's first and last names and have them make as many words out of their name as possible.
Description: This strategy can be done using the student's first and last name.
Purpose: Finding words in other words and rearranging letters from one word to form a new word is fun for most students, especially if performed in a risk-free environment with a teacher.
Directions: For example: After reading Word Wizard (1998) by Cathryn Falwell, write the student's first and last names and have them make as many words out of their name as possible.