Sitton Spelling

About the Program

Our classroom uses the research based Sitton Spelling program.  The Sitton Spelling philosophy is that words aren't really "mastered" until they are spelled correctly in everyday writing.  Many students can memorize words for a "Friday Test" but if there is no transfer to student writing, what's the point. Words are arranged on the list in the order of frequency of use in everyday writing.  

I will teach spelling lessons and strategies such as spelling rules, phonics, word patterns etc.  Students will have classroom assignments to practice their spelling skills in context. Visual skills are developed and practiced such as proofreading.  Each week for homework, students will work on five of the words on their "personal list" that need to be learned.  Students will add words to this personal list as the words are spelled incorrectly in their everyday work.  Parents can help by becoming their child's personal spelling editor and assisting with spelling.  While the core word list may look easy, remember that these words, they are also the words that might be misspelled or used incorrectly in everyday written work. 

How are students Assessed?

Students are assessed using their everyday writing. Random checks will be made to classroom assignments could be graded for spelling - science, social studies, language arts, math.  .In addition, a "cloze story" test is given in which students listen to a passage read by the teacher and fill in the missing words in the story.  These words come from the core word and priority word lists.   Sentence dictation tests are also given.  The teacher reads four sentences and the students write the sentences including using the correct punctuation.  Again, nearly every word in the sentence dictation comes from the core word or "no excuses" priority word list.

Core Words

Great site for spelling activities

Unit 1: music buy window mark heart spelling activities:	Unit 2: grew listen ask single clear spelling activities:	Unit 3: energy week explain lost spring spelling activities:	Unit 4: travel wrote farm circle whose spelling activities:
Unit 5: correct bed measure straight base spelling activities:	Unit 6: mountain caught hair bird wood spelling activities:	Unit 7: color war fly yourself seem spelling activities:	Unit 8: thus square moment teacher happy spelling activities:
Unit 9: bright sent present plan rather spelling activities:	Unit 10: length speed machine information except spelling activities:	Unit 11: figure you're free fell suppose spelling activities:	Unit 12: natural ocean government baby grass spelling activities:
Unit 13: plane street couldn't reason difference spelling activities:	Unit 14: maybe history mouth middle step spelling activities:	Unit 15: child strange wish soil human spelling activities:	Unit 16: trip women eye milk choose spelling activities:
Unit 17: north seven famous late pay spelling activities:	Unit 18: sleep iron trouble store beside spelling activities:	Unit 19: oil modern fun catch business spelling activities:	Unit 20: reach lot won't case speak spelling activities:
Unit 21: shape eight edge soft village spelling activities:	Unit 22: object age minute wall meet spelling activities:	Unit 23: record copy forest especially necessary spelling activities:	Unit 24: he's unit flat direction south spelling activities:
Unit 25: subject skin wasn't I've yellow spelling activities:	Unit 26: party force test bad temperature	Unit 27: pair ahead wrong practice sand	Unit 28: tail wait difficult general cover
Unit 29: material isn't thousand sign guess	Unit 30: forward huge ride region nor	Unit 31: period blood rich team corner	Unit 32: cat amount garden led note

Unit 33: various race bit result brother

Unit 34: addition doesn't dead weight thin

Unit 35: stone hit wife island we'll

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