Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: High School Spelling Test? Mrs. Brookwest is a high school English/Language Arts teacher who notices that one of her 11th grade students has a significant deficit in his ability to spell words correctly. She feels that this could be a major problem for the student on all written exams. The students has an IEP but no condition which would directly link the student to an inability to spell. Mrs. Brookwest wants to help her student improve his spelling ability but all of the resources she comes across in research are written for a lower age group and she feels like worksheets intended for 4th grade students would be to condescending. What should she do in order to help improve his spelling? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Mrs. Brookwest should provide the student with a word wall with words on it and space to allow the student to add words in a resource journal. The teacher should also provides a sound assessment to see where the student is struggling and what strategies would the student most benefit from. The teacher should encourage the student to use the portable word wall in their own resource journal when writing. The teacher should assist the student in writing with using colored pencils to edit the paper and tell them the words that are incorrect if the student does not know and have them find the write word and write the correct spelling. This needs to be done on a consistent basis to see results.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: If I were in this situation, I would exactly do this. Rated On: October 17, 2014 8:00 pm Rated By: Doniesha                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I would definitely do this! A word wall is something they can refer to at any point when they have to write. Rated On: October 19, 2014 4:37 pm Rated By: amemuW                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I like the idea of using colored pencils, or even markers, to help show the student which words he misspelled and giving him another chance to find out how to correctly spell the words. Rated On: February 27, 2015 3:21 pm Rated By: LeqeHe