I am a member of edHelper.com and I just discovered a new way to work on my kids’ vocabulary and spelling. They have a feature where you can make a word wall using words that are preset or you can enter your own words. I have made them in the past, but not like I did this time! I used the words from the current book we are reading, The Sea of Monsters which is the second book in the Percy Jackson series. I made the font color blue and set it to “highlight” the vowels in red. Why? Because I use magnet letters that are color coded this way and it has really helped my visual learning child to SEE the spelling of the word. Anyway, when I printed out the word wall words, it matched the way our magnets look.
I hung the words on the door that leads out of our family room so now everytime one of us leaves that room, we say a word, what it means and use it in a sentence. The words are the keys to pass through the doorway. This has been a fun way to learn these words! .

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