![]() We use review activities and games to stimulate interest while providing worthwhile practice. Interactive lessons provide opportunities for the students to actively participate in the learning process. Spelling skills are presented in a variety of interesting ways. Our Worktext pages have age-appropriate art, photo, and page design features that are not distracting. The BJU Press Spelling program includes colorful Worktexts with enjoyable themes. Love for Learning Making Spelling Enjoyable and Encouraging Success This reinforces our goal that students view spelling as a tool to be used to honor God and to love and serve others. Many of the proofreading passages and writing activities portray real-life situations in which Christians use writing. Students grow in their awareness of their own spelling and increase their skill in finding their own spelling errors. Proofreading and writing experiences transfer the responsibility for accurate spelling to the students and promote a desire to spell correctly. Many activities involve using words spelled correctly in a proper context for meaning and usage. Our Spelling materials provide opportunities for students to apply the spelling skills and strategies they are learning. Also, spelling is an effective indicator of what students know about words and about language. Spelling skills give teachers insight into how well students hear sounds and how well they are connecting those sounds to reliable patterns. Each weekly list includes review words taken from the previous week's list. Review features help students develop spelling mastery. These skills are tied to the spelling generalizations being taught and are used to support learning to spell the words. ![]() ![]() Vocabulary skills are presented throughout our program. Lists progress to include various syllable patterns, derivation formed by adding suffixes, and words with Greek or Latin word parts. In the intermediate grades students discover that spelling also represents meaning. Lists also contain the most common words with irregular spellings as memory or challenge words. Word lists contain high-frequency words with reliable phonics and structural generalizations. In the primary grades, students learn that spelling represents the sounds in words. Dictionary skill lessons support learning to spell the words and help students effectively use the information in a dictionary entry. Word sorts help students organize what they know about words and learn generalizations they can apply to unfamiliar words. In word sorting activities the students investigate words by identifying, comparing, contrasting, and drawing conclusions about spelling patterns and rules. The use of the word study approach strengthens critical thinking so that students understand, retain, and apply spelling skills. The teacher uses demonstrations, questions, and discussion to guide students in identifying and applying spelling generalizations. Through a balance of direct instruction and interactive learning, the teacher models the thinking process students need to develop. Our product line incorporates key elements of the word study approach. This is accomplished through the development of critical thinking rather than rote memorization. It also equips the students to use a dictionary to check or correct spelling and to proofread effectively. The BJU Press Elementary Spelling product line is designed to equip students with the ability to spell correctly a bank of known words and to apply spelling generalizations to unknown words. Learning to spell is an essential part of learning to communicate accurately in writing. Whether using writing to participate in worship, to minister to the needs of others, to provide information, or to complete routine tasks, a Christian realizes accurate spelling is essential for clear written communication. Throughout the BJU Press Spelling program, proofreading and writing activities portray real-life situations in which Christians use writing. A biblical worldview sees spelling as a vital tool in the production of God-honoring written communication. Spelling is one of the skills needed for effective writing. In order to do this, we must develop our two types of language skills: receptive language (listening and reading) and expressive language (speaking and writing). God has created people with the ability to use language to glorify Him and to show love to others. The Bible is His Word, and in it He communicates to man His truth and His love. God's attributes are reflected in the characteristics and usefulness of language. One way we imitate God is in the use of language. He has made each of us in His image and has called us to imitate His deeds. God created mankind to declare His glory through being like Him.
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