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Shared Spelling Strategies
Grades
6 - 8
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Lesson Plan
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Recurring Lesson
Shared Spelling Strategies
Students increase their spelling accuracy and retention, while preserving fluency, by using sound, sight recall, and analyzing strategies instead of memorizing words, as they deal with spelling during drafting.
Using a Word Journal to Create a Personal Dictionary
Grades
6 - 8
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Recurring Lesson
Using a Word Journal to Create a Personal Dictionary
Students will be the definition of vocabulary experts as they use the skills they learn in this lesson to track, define, and ultimately master unfamiliar words.

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