Exploring Spelling Trees

What did Miss Baker use to help students understand English spelling?

• Spelling books

• Spelling trees

• Spelling songs

• Spelling games

What does the trunk of the spelling tree represent?

• A letter

• A word

• A sound

• A sentence

Which sound is represented by the trunk in Gail's example?

• /ai/ as in train

• /ae/ as in cake

• /ee/ as in tree

• /oo/ as in moon

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3B

What does each branch of the spelling tree represent?

• A different sound

• A different word

• A different spelling for the sound

• A different sentence

Which word would go on the branch for the ‘a_e’ spelling?

• Play

• Pain

• Flame

• Stay

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3A

Which word would go on the branch for the ‘ay’ spelling?

• Train

• Cake

• Stake

• Stay

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3B

Which word would go on the branch for the ‘ai’ spelling?

• Train

• Play

• Flame

• Cake

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3B

What did the students do when they found words with the sound in them?

• Wrote them in a notebook

• Stuck them on the branches of the tree

• Memorized them

• Drew pictures of them

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.W.2.8

Who was the spelling champ mentioned in the story?

• Miss Baker

• Gail Day

• The narrator

• A student

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

What was the purpose of the spelling trees?

• To decorate the classroom

• To help students learn different spellings for sounds

• To make a forest

• To teach students how to draw

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.6