A Test in Spelling

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Jan 18, 1906

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 3.

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A Test in Spelling

OCCASIONALLY, instead of the regular lesson, we use this device: Pupils are required to take a certain letter of the alphabet and see how many words they can make with this initial letter. All pupils contend as to who will lead the class.
After a given time, fifteen or twenty minutes, papers are taken up. Corrections follow, and pupils given credit for properly spelled words.
It is well to make a note of misspelled words, and drill orally on these afterward.
Similar to the preceding, is, from a long word, as consanguinity, or, Constantinople, form as many words as possible, using only such letters as are found in the same.—Selected.