Blank Word Cards - fill in your own spelling words

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Permalink Reply by Bobbi on April 22, 2009 at 10:41am

Thank you so much for these little extras!

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Permalink Reply by Belle Branham on September 17, 2009 at 1:52pm

This program is great!
My 10 yr old continues to have trouble with want/what. Maybe these blank word cards would help keep those 2 words fresh in her mind.

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Permalink Reply by Merry on September 17, 2009 at 10:59pm

Hi Belle--This one can be tough! The easiest way to learn the WH words is to memorize which ones start with WH, because there are not many of them compared to the ones that start with W. I tell my kids to assume it's a W unless I've specifically taught them that it's WH.

Some other clues: The question words begin with wh, and many of the other WH words have a connection with whistling or whining sounds.

In some regions, the WH is pronounced like “hw,” but in others there is no difference in sound between the WH and the W words. However, you can pronounce for spelling when learning them to help cement when to use that WH.

Another thing I've done with tricky words is to have them make the word with letter tiles, then circle the tricky part and color it in to create a visual image (yellow is a nice bright color to use on the whiteboard).

Merry :-)

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Permalink Reply by Merry on September 17, 2009 at 11:02pm

BTW, You may not be to this point yet, but want is covered in Level 2 (card 200), and what is covered in level 3 (card 92).

Merry :-)

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