Kinesthetic Spelling Practice

Date: June 21, 2016

Teacher: Lillian Marshall

School: School of Awesome

Class: KIN 355

Equipment Used: Chalkboard, chalk, spelling list
nd
Grade Level: 2 grade
Time: 10:20 am
Targeted NASPE Standard(s): Combines locomotor skills in general space to a
rhythm. (S2.E1.2)
Specific Objective: Students will learn to safely use the space around them to
engage in movement.
Concomitant Objective: Students will use exercise in the classroom to engage in
a review of spelling test words
Time
Procedures Followed
Materials
Warm Up: Stand up, put your helicopter arms out so
1
that you have enough room. Do 10 jumping jacks to get
Minute
our bodies moving. Then stand with your body calm;
arms at your sides and feet shoulder width apart.
Transition: For this activity, you will be taking place in
30
practicing your spelling words! We will be using our
Seconds
bodies to help us remember how to spell our words. The
goal of this activity is for you to be able to safely use the
space around you to engage in a physical activity while
learning a helpful way to do your spelling word review.
This activity will help bring a kinesthetic identification to
parts of words to help you remember how to spell them.
30
Seconds

1
Minute

2
Minutes

Set Induction: Who can remind me what letters are

vowels?
Wait for answer, or call on someone if necessary
Learnable Piece: Words are made up of consonants
and vowels. One way that we can remember how to
spell the words on our spelling list is to use different
body movements for consonants and vowels while we
spell our words out loud together.
Presentation of New Material/Directions: Whenever
we have a consonant, we are going to do one squat
Demonstrate
Everyone does a squat with me
Whenever we have a vowel, we are going to do one
jumping jack
Demonstrate (with clap at the top)
Everyone does one with me
We will spell the word correctly together. Say the
consonant letter name when your knees bend to 90
degrees in the squat and say the vowel letter name
when your hands make the clap at the top of the jumping

jack.

1
Minute

3
Minutes

2
Minutes

Transition: Turn to your partner and practice this

method by spelling your name.
Remember to keep your space so that everyone
stays safe
Activity: Display word list and everyone engages in
spelling the words together.
Cannot
Pancake
Maybe
Baseball
Someone
Myself
Sunshine
Outside
Upon
Nothing

Possible Modifications:
Change the activity associated with vowels and
consonants, based on motor skills of students
o Stomps
o Claps
o Jumps
Do one part of the list one day and another part of
the list another day

Word list
Chalk
Board

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Minute

Notes:

Lesson Review: What motion did we use to indicate

vowels? Who can tell me a helpful way to help you
remember how to spell words? Why might this activity
help you?