Spelling Club: Classroom Management

Saturday

Learners meet weekly to hold a spelling bee. Here is the recommended plan for classroom management.

Weekly Preparation

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Prepare flash cards for the words from the past week using the do-flash worksheet. Alternatively, assign this task to a student and let the student lead the spelling bee for the coming week.
Optionally, review the worksheets for the following week. Select and print 5 required worksheets for distribution to the learners.
Review the progress of the learners.

In-Class Management

Sign-In - Use the blackboard (or a piece of paper taped to the blackboard) to have each attendee sign in. This list will also be used to mark the number of correct words spelled by each attendee.
Start Spelling Bee - This can be student led. Call attendee to the front of the room. Select a flash card and ask the attendee to spell the work. Optionally, require a sentence using the word. If spelled correctly, allow the learner to place a checkmark next to their name on the sign-in list. Ask the learner to sit down.
Ending Class - Distribute optional worksheets. Select drill master for the coming week.