4 Alternatives to Boring Spelling Drills
When students get to move, play, and be creative while learning to spell, the lessons are more engaging鈥攁nd memorable.
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Go to My Saved Content.Educator Shawna Kay Williams-Pinnock found that when she integrated her elementary students鈥� spelling practice with compelling tasks like creative writing, physical activities like jump rope and hopscotch, and brain-teasing games like word search puzzles and Wheel of Fortune, her students had more fun鈥攁nd retained the skills better. Learn many more of the strategies Williams-Pinnock uses to motivate her students in her 麻豆传媒入口 article 鈥�11 Ways to Boost Elementary Students鈥� Spelling Skills.鈥�
Want to know more about adding games to your lessons? Discover more with Hoa P. Nguyen鈥檚 article 鈥�How to Use Gameplay to Enhance Classroom Learning鈥� and Hannah Bradley鈥檚 article 鈥�5 Vocabulary Games That Build Content Knowledge.鈥�
Curious about the research on how movement benefits learners? Check out Shapiro and Stolz鈥檚 ; Kosmas, Ioannou, and Zaphiris鈥檚 ; and Madan and Singhal's .