“My Kids Can’t Spell and I Don’t Want to Deal with It”: Spelling in Middle School

Teachers are so often caught in between the proverbial rock and hard place when it comes to spelling. Parents, administrators, and test-scorers all want to see accurate spelling, but no one wants you to spend much time on it. And you shouldn’t. Wilde offers here a treasure chest of specific lessons to use with whole classes or individual weaker spellers, all of which work to lay a foundation of strategies and confidence for long-term improvement.