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You can find spelling lists online for each grade level that your child is comprehending- that's a perk of homeschooling, to move your child up or down according to their individual readiness. Maren is in 1st grade, reading at a 3rd grade level, so for a challenge of learning new words I took ideas from 4th grade spelling lists.
Using Microsoft Word, I made a weekly list consisting of 9-10 words for Maren, 6-8 words for my kindergarten age son Kellan.
Both of them have a folder they call their "Dictionary". Each Monday, I put their new list for the week on the left side. The middle section has pages from A-Z for them to add in their new words alphabetically as they learn them. The right side has a column for each week to make a record of their testing.
So this is how we use this subject: Mondays they receive their new list. 1st Grader writes her words in cursive practicing handwriting, and looks words up in a dictionary. Kindergartener writes spelling words 3 times each in manuscript, focusing on handwriting for both.
Tuesday: 1st Grader uses dictionary for vocabulary and deciphering if the word is a noun/verb/adjective, etc, and writes it in a sentence. Kindergartener writes rhyming words for his list.
Wednesday: 1st grader focuses on grammar and usage of words (past or present tense, pluralizing, or conjugating verbs.) Kindergartener writes/traces/or copies from a writing board sentences containing his spelling words- focusing on punctuation and handwriting for both kids.
Thursday: 1st grader has creative, free writing time in journal, and reviews spelling and vocabulary for the list of words, alphabetizes them on a worksheet. Kindergartener has phonics lessons of combined sounds like TH, SH, CH, OU, EE, OO etc, and review of list words that might reflect those.
Friday is testing on spelling and knowledge of proper use of words, then they add them to their "Dictionary" to indicate that they have shown they have learned it. The date is noted on the right column of their folder, and a gold star just because I'm cool like that!
Also, the folder is record at the completion of their learning each week, so all of their papers of writing gets thrown away- this will go in their end of the year binder documenting their progress for our legal records. VERY easy and compact!
Other ways I supplement learning vocabulary and grammar for them are these worksheets I made. My first grader will have a sentence written incorrectly with mistakes like spelling, punctuation, capitalization, or incorrectly conjugated verbs, and she must critically think and correct the sentences. My kindergartener will be given a sound such as "-ing" and makes a list of words containing that combined sound of letters.
For further language and grammar for my 1st Grader, we are using Shurley English, and it fits us perfectly!
