Dec. 14, 2008 - Great Spelling Website
I just ran across a really great site called SpellingCity.com and I am really impressed! Right away when you hit their homepage it lets you enter in your child's spelling words and from there you can let it test them. The program actually 'says' the word out loud for them and there is also the option of having the word used in a sentence. Once the test is complete they then have the option to have it teach them any misspelled words or use all of them in some fun learning games :) The beauty of this site is that it is completely FREE and you can create a free teacher's account where you can create your own word lists and save them so that each time you use the site your word lists are ready to go. There is also the option of printing out your child's spelling test results which is great if you are putting together portfolio's for DL requirements! If you don't have lists that you are using for spelling already there is also a handy page just chock full of spelling lists for grades 1-7 that you can use and there's even a forum if you want to ask for spelling help :)
It's a hit with my son so far and he seems to really enjoy doing it because he can type instead of print by hand. Anything that doesn't require him to do the writing seems to be a big go for him *grin*.
Go check it out! You won't be disappointed.
