Emily

= ﻿H a l l o w e e n S p e l l i n <span style="color: #ff8900; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">g <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">W <span style="color: #ff8900; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">o <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">r <span style="color: #ff8900; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">d <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">s = __<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 320%;">Step & Spell﻿ __ <span style="color: #ff8900; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">﻿ <span style="color: #ff8900; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">﻿ <span style="color: #ff8900; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">Objective: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">﻿ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">﻿ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">To practice spelling words while having fun and getting exercise. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Reinforce their knowledge of the computer keyboard. <span style="color: #ff8900; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">﻿ <span style="color: #ff8900; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">﻿ <span style="color: #ff8900; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">Materials: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">﻿ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">﻿Tiered Halloween Spelling Word Lists, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">26 Pumpkin Cutouts with A,B,C's written on them, Tape (to tape the letters to the floor) <span style="color: #ff8900; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">﻿ <span style="color: #ff8900; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">Introduction / Initiation: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">﻿ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">﻿Prior to receiving their Halloween Spelling Lists, students will be introduced to some of these words through stories they have read as individuals or during whole group lessons. I might take some time and ask the students for words that they think might make good Halloween spelling words. We can write them on the board. From that list I would create at least two tiered lists of spelling words to fit the students needs in my classroom. The students will be given their Halloween spelling word list on a Monday, this activity can be done any day of the week after that. It is important that the students have had a chance to start to become familiar with these words prior to //**Step & Spell.**// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;"> // ﻿﻿Before jumping into our spelling activity, **Step & Spell, ** I will try to spark the students' prior knowledge of these words by having a "popcorn share," students can just shout out words that they know from their list. I will write as many of them as I hear on the board. I will leave the words on the board while I explain the rules of our **Step & Spell** activity. I will explain that I have placed the pumpkin letters on the floor in an order that represents that of a computer keyboard, and each student will have a chance to step out the words on their spelling list. At this point I will erase the words from the board. // <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">//<span style="color: #ff8900; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 26px; font-style: normal; line-height: 39px;">﻿ <span style="color: #ff8900; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 26px; font-style: normal; line-height: 39px;">﻿Lesson Development: // <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">// ﻿﻿I will choose a student to help demonstrate this activity. I will call out a spelling word - - SPOOKY, they student will step out the word using the pumpkin letters keyboard that has been taped to the classroom floor. Perhaps they will use their left foot to step on **S,** then their right foot for the **P,** left foot on the **O,** maybe even a double hop for the **OO,** and so on. . . // <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">// ﻿I might need to explain that the students should pay attention to their foot placement, they must go from on letter in the word to the next without placing feet on letters that are not in the word. It is okay to place both feet on the same letter, or to step backward off the keyboard to in order to move the the next letter, if needed. At this point I will ask if anyone has any questions. If there are questions, I will answer them, if not. . . // <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">// ﻿We will move on, making sure that all students have a chance to spell a word, or two, or even three. To add a level of challenge, this activity could be run similar to a spelling bee. The miss spelling of a word could result in the elimination that student. The end result being a //**Halloween, Step & Spell Champion.** //This lesson is a great fun and active way for students to practice their spelling words.// <span style="color: #ff8900; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">﻿ <span style="color: #ff8900; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">﻿Assessment: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; font-weight: normal;">﻿ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; font-weight: normal;">﻿Observation, did the students spell their spelling words correctly? Was there hesitation? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Was hesitation due to a spelling error, or letter placement? Were the students enjoying themselves? <span style="color: #2a7e2a; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 220%;">﻿ <span style="color: #2a7e2a; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 220%;">﻿ <span style="color: #2a7e2a; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Helpful Resources:



<span style="color: #2a7e2a; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">﻿ <span style="color: #2a7e2a; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">﻿﻿﻿The above pumpkin could be used <span style="color: #2a7e2a; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">to create the letter keys. <span style="color: #2a7e2a; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">﻿﻿ <span style="color: #2a7e2a; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Below is a video showing a spelling lesson at the <span style="color: #2a7e2a; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">direct instructional level. . . media type="youtube" key="35XtOOQdMTI?fs=1" height="317" width="400" align="center"