Well today my T4L went dormant…Three of my students will be returning and I let the other 2 accounts drop.

As I was printing out the records last night and looking at the average scores of their activities, I found myself so grateful that I did t4l, esp. for the neighbor’s grandson. Here was written proof of what he had accomplished.

And for my son with special needs, when I meet w/ professionals about his strengths, weaknesses and school performance, I know what grade level he is doing and what kind of “grades” he makes.

It is such a relief to have these measurements of this school year!

I already miss t4l even though it hasn’t been dormant for 24 hours yet! It is quite a motivation to have everything ready to go for school. No one has to hunt for books or pencils, I don’t have to prepare anything…

Actually, I am glad for the break. I think I will continue to do 3 months of T4L and then breaking for a month to do special things that don’t get done.

Today I had everybody make up some spelling words pertaining to their special projects on spellingcity.com.That is a great little site! Normally I use Sequential Spelling. I started making lists on spelling city w/ those words, too.Now that everyone won’t be on the computer doing t4l, we will have more time for it.

I’d like everyone to brush up on typing. I have a typing program and the kids found a great typing game that looks just like guitar hero!

Also on the agenda is math drill sheets.

I’m probably repeating myself, but t4l really did give me a much needed boost just when I needed it! It’s good to have something to fall back on.

Since we missed some weeks from dh’s broken ankle I am going to continue on for probably one more week. But pretty much, we are finished with the school year!

I am so pleased to end on such a good note. This has been my best year yet!

I’ve found a fantastic resource for spelling help. We’ve been using it every week to practice for spelling tests and my 11 yr old has gotten 100% every week, which was not the case before we started using Spelling City. I, for one, never knew that it could be so hard to teach spelling. It’s not even so much teaching spelling though, as teaching a child HOW TO STUDY for the weekly spelling test. Before using SpellingCity.com dd would just look at her weekly list and write the words as I called them out. Not fun… for either of us, and not very effective. Online games are a much more effective way of getting knowledge into my very e-oriented kid’s brain… and keeping it there.

They already had practice spelling tests and spelling games but they continue to add new fun features! New games, printable worksheets for handwriting practice, and more, more, more. I highly recommend it for any kid who has to take a weekly spelling test.

Have any of you tried it out? I’m still exploring the site and I keep finding new things. It’s one of those things like caller ID… once you have it, you just wonder how you got along in life without it.

Hope you all find Spelling City to be as useful as I have!

JK