Individualized Spelling Tests

Confession: Spelling is NOT my favorite. And now thanks to modern technology, my students are even worse at spelling than I was growing up. We have weekly spelling tests and now that we are almost halfway through the year, students are

writing their words in cursive for the test. This has been a major speed bump for some of my students. They are terrified of cursive. Some of them press down so hard that their hand hurts after one word. I've now started using Flipgrid to record their spelling words so that students can take their tests at their own pace. This way they can hear a word repeated as many times as they need, and students can also use as much time as they need to work on their cursive hand writing. My kids love this because now they are sitting wherever they want in my room, just taking care of business. Game changer!!!!

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