[LM_NET] OT: Scrabble Dictionary (more)

[Barbara Braxton <barbara@AUSTARMETRO.COM.AU>]

Already I am getting lots of feedback from you - thank you.  Please keep it
coming.

I thought you might like to try one of the short tasks I set daily.

Put 7 letters (usually 4 consonants and 3 vowels, but increasingly more
difficult each day) on the rack  and the students have to make the
highest-scoring word they can (it has to be in a particular dictionary I
have supplied) and then submit this. The playing board has double and triple
letter and word score squares as well as the bonus 50 points for using all
the letters. There are daily and weekly prizes and they love it.

Just another way of encouraging spelling.
Barbara

Barbara  Braxton
Teacher-Librarian
Palmerston District Primary School
PALMERSTON ACT 2913
AUSTRALIA

T. 02 6205 6162
F. 02 6205 7242
E. barbara@austarmetro.com.au
W. http://www.palmdps.act.edu.au
"Together, we learn from each other."

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