Two Truths and a Lie
Two truths and a lie is a commonly used ice breaker, in which everyone says two truths and a lie about themselves and the other people guess which is the lie. The following is a modification of an idea suggested … Continued
Using Chat GPT to Explain Spelling Errors
An important component of teaching spelling is identifying why students have made an error. After reading this headline “OpenAI urges students to use AI for learning, not answers”, I was interested to see if Chat GPT might be a useful … Continued
Dictation as a Spelling Test
Dictation is a great tool for testing students’ retention of the spelling words they have been learning because if they can spell the words correctly in a situation of cognitive overload (remembering multiple words, forming and spacing letters and words … Continued
Text Difficulty and Comprehension
Lupo et al. (2019) examined whether easy or challenging versions of texts, when accompanied by different types of instructional support, improved adolescents’ reading comprehension. Two hundred and ninety-three ninth-grade students were provided with 12 weeks of intervention in which teachers … Continued
Classroom Spelling Games
Most ‘traditional’ spelling games are based on students remembering a word based on its visual appearance rather than on understanding how the word has been encoded. In addition, typically the worst spellers are removed from the game the quickest and … Continued