Well, it's official- the kids did great on our first WTW spelling test! I was so impressed with how well they remembered the sorts and spelling all the words correctly. Since we have only a week until Break, most of the kids will do a sort using contractions because we briefly started talking about them this past week. The new spelling homework menu that will come home on Monday reflects the shorter time frame as there are 3 things to be done instead of 5.
I was impressed to see that many kids chose the email the words option on the menu! I mentioned it to Mrs. Strock and so she taught the kids in Library yesterday how to create a Google Doc using their spelling words. Today I , with Finn Mahoney as our resident expert, showed them how to get into their Spelling words Google Doc and then Finn showed everyone how to "Share" or email that document to me. It was so exciting for the kids to see their email to me pop up into my gmail account!
Now I want to let you know some ground rules I have set regarding use of their email account:
I was impressed to see that many kids chose the email the words option on the menu! I mentioned it to Mrs. Strock and so she taught the kids in Library yesterday how to create a Google Doc using their spelling words. Today I , with Finn Mahoney as our resident expert, showed them how to get into their Spelling words Google Doc and then Finn showed everyone how to "Share" or email that document to me. It was so exciting for the kids to see their email to me pop up into my gmail account!
Now I want to let you know some ground rules I have set regarding use of their email account: