EDITOR NOTE:
Kind of a funny article -protestors want to make spelling easier so people who can’t spell can fill out job applications. If you get a job application with the “new spelling” all over it, are you really going to even consider hiring that person? Are they going to mandate that people who can’t [...]
Entries from April 2007
April 23, 2007
Spelling bee protesters: “Enuf is enuf!”
April 19, 2007
Spelling Bee – Arizona Spelling Bee
WHAT IS IT?
Source: http://www.azedfoundation.org/asb-about.html
The Spelling Bee is an event that challenges children K-8 to utilize their spelling and phonetic skills in a competitive environment. The top 27 spellers in the state compete in the State Spelling Bee to determine who will represent Arizona in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. The winner and [...]
April 19, 2007
Arizona Spelling Bee 2007
Arizona Spelling Bee 2007
Wednesday, Apr. 18 at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m.
Sunday, Apr. 29 at 2 p.m.
Eight/KAET-TV hosts the Arizona Educational Foundation’s Spelling Bee finals in the Eight studios on the campus of Arizona State University. Scheduled for taping on Saturday, Mar. 31, 2007, the bee will bring together the state’s best spellers in grades [...]
April 16, 2007
Word-Making Activities for the Primary Grades
Rebecca Sitton Spelling and Word Skills Newsletter
Word-Making Activities for the Primary Grades
It’s true—when students routinely engage in word making and word analysis, the result is measurable
growth in essential language skills.
Here are activities of various difficulties to enrich your word work. Begin by writing each letter of
Thanksgiving on large autumn-colored letter cards and place them in [...]
April 16, 2007
Rebecca Sitton SOURCEBOOK Series – Ask Rebecca
Ask Rebecca
Rebecca,
I went to your seminar in Wisconsin
with two staff members in February
and wish more of my district teachers
could have attended. I looked at your
website for another seminar in our
location, and there are none. Can you
come to our school district for
a seminar?
Ellen Windsong
Language Arts Coordinator
Dear Ellen,
We do seminars, such as the one you attended, that [...]
April 16, 2007
Learning Resources for Students, Teachers and Parents
Hurley Public School Taps IBM Search Software to Unleash Learning Resources for Students, Teachers and Parents
Apr 16, 2007 — Hurley Public School in South Dakota today announced that it has selected IBM (NYSE:IBM – News) search software to help students, parents and the local community find and access educational information, homework assignments, board meeting minutes, [...]
April 11, 2007
Rebecca Sitton High Frequency Words
Rebecca Sitton High Frequency Words
These are the Rebecca Sitton High Frequency Words 1 – 100
First Graders are expected to learn words 1-35 by the end of the school year.
By the end of second grade, students should know words 1-100.
Parents can give their pre-schooler a headstart by teaching the spelling of these words prior to first [...]
April 11, 2007
Rebecca Sitton High Frequency Words List
Top 500 most frequently used words.
Rebecca Sitton High Frequency Words List
