This year, our district is moving away from memorizing spelling words and more towards a word study approach that will be fully implemented next year. THIS year has been a transition of sorts....teachers in grades 1-5 give a spelling pretest that targets a specific pattern. If they receive a 90% or above, they can choose to be exempt from spelling homework and Friday's assessment. For students that did not receive 90% on the pretest, they are given a spelling menu/choice board and are responsible for completing 3 activities. I've created spelling menus and SB activities for each six weeks. Since we are in our last six weeks, I went ahead and created a BIG choice board and wanted to share it with you. I'd love to hear if any of your districts are transitioning from "spelling" (like we've all grown up with) to a word study approach....how's it going? What resources are you guys using? Have you seen improvement in writing/incorporation of concepts taught? Just curious.... Anyway, here is a spelling choice board you can use for grades 3-5. Use if you'd like! ~Erin