Sixth grade--spelling
Sixth grade is the time when your child branches out, learning more than just the basic spelling lists. Your sixth grader is going to need to take what they have learned to this point, and expand their knowledge. Important in this school year will be more concentration in learning root words. And then taking those root words and adding suffixes or prefixes to those roots, to create more complex words. As teachers to our children, this is one of those years where we will have to help them remember the words they have learned. There are several ways to help your child improve on and retain their spelling words, which method you choose to help your child will depend on your child’s own individual learning abilities and strengths. At our house we love games of all sorts. Sometimes a game is a board game like Scrabble, and other times it is online spelling games. We also use things like word ladders to reinforce spelling families. There is plenty of pressure on your sixth grader from many directions. Try to make spelling fun and you might be surprised when your child is willing to play along.
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