More About Journeys Spelling

Last weekend and this week, I spent a lot of time working on the Spelling component of our Journeys curriculum.  Each week, there are twenty words associated with a specific rule that the kids are supposed to work with and learn.  However, there are no actual lists to copy and give to the kids and there is only one real activity to do with the words.  Earlier this week, I posted about the Spelling Choice Boards that I made to give the kids different choices about the activities they could do to practice the words.  You can read about that here.  

Then, I spent some time working on lists to copy and send home with the kids.  This seems like such a simple task, but in order to get the lists finished with the spelling rules written at the top, I had to go through all six (yes, that’s right, six) Teacher’s Guides to find the list and rule so I could type them.  I decided that there might be some of you out there who could benefit from my work, so I put the lists on Teachers Pay Teachers here.

If you are using Journeys, what do you do for the spelling component?  And (perhaps more importantly) are you completely overwhelmed by all of the components involved with this curriculum?!

Spelling Practice

This year we have adopted the Journeys program for our Reading and Language Arts curriculum.  The spelling included in this program has challenging lists of appropriate words that are great for fifth graders!  However, the accompanying activities are a little lacking.  I started a list of different activities that I have done in the past, but it was kind of “same old, same old,” so I went to Pinterest to find some new spelling ideas. 

One of my favorite finds was the Spelling Scribble.  You can see the pin here.  

 

I also found a great (free) list of ideas here.

After finding tons of new ideas to add to my own ideas, I decided to get to work creating.  I made five different spelling choice boards to use with my students.  The center square on every board is a mandatory “Definitions” assignment, but the kids get to choose two of the other eight squares to complete during the week.  I also added a rubric to the bottom of each page to make grading an easier process.  I put them in my Teachers Pay Teachers store today.  Thisis the link.