Spelling Tutorial

Note: This tutorial requires that you have installed IntelliTalk 3. Authoring features necessary to complete this tutorial are not available when using IntelliTalk 3 Player.

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Spelling Tutorial

Introduction
Instant-Activity Kits
Classroom Suite includes 30 instant-activity kits. Each kit includes an Activity ready for students to use, a Template ready for teachers to create additional similar activities quickly, and a PDF file of this tutorial.

Create a Folder for Your New Activities

When you use this template, you will be creating new activities for your students to use. To organize these activities, you will want to create your own folder in the Activities area of Classroom Suite. 1. At the Navigation Screen, click the Activities button. Click the New Folder button on the right side of the screen. A dialog box will ask you to name the folder. Give it the name of one of your classes (e.g., Mrs. Smiths Class).

Spelling
The Spelling instant-activity kit includes the Spelling Practice activity, the Spelling Template, and a PDF file of this tutorial. You can find these components by opening the Language Arts Templates folder and then the Spelling folder in the New area of Classroom Suite. The Spelling Template provides spelling practice for students at a variety of grade levels. Students use the provided spelling lists to practice. The text is read aloud by the computer as students make selections. Five spelling lists (Primer Dolch, 1st Dolch, 2nd Dolch, 3rd Dolch, Often Misspelled) are ready for you to use. You will also learn how to create your own spelling list. In this tutorial, you will start by exploring the Spelling Practice activity. Later in the tutorial, you will learn to create customized spelling activities, using the Spelling Template.

2. Open the Spelling Template (see page 3). 3. When you complete your work with the template and click the Finish Activity button, the Save As Activity dialog box appears. Name your new activity, select the folder in which you want to place your work, and click OK. Your new activity will now be available for you to assign to students.

Universal Design
The activities you create using the Spelling Template and Classroom Suite are designed for all students, including those with physical or cognitive disabilities.

This tutorial requires that you have installed Note IntelliTalk 3. Authoring features necessary to complete this tutorial are not available when using the IntelliTalk 3 Player.

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Part 1: Exploring the Spelling Practice Activity

Using the Spelling Practice activity, students practice spelling a selection of words and phrases drawn from the Pre-primer Dolch list.

Opening Spelling Practice

1. Sign in to Classroom Suite as a Teacher (see Getting Started in the Classroom Suite binder). The Navigation Screen displays. 2. Click the New button, if it is not already selected. 3. Open the Language Arts Templates folder. 4. Open the Spelling folder and choose Spelling Practice. The Spelling Practice activity displays.

Exploring Spelling Practice

1. This spelling activity uses words drawn from the Dolch Preprimer list. 2. Click the green Directions button to hear the directions for completing the activity. 3. Click the yellow Spelling button to begin the activity. 4. A picture, with blue text under it, displays on the screen, along with an auditory prompt that reads the text aloud. 5. Using the keyboard, spell the text. 6. Notice that the text you enter appears beside the picture, in black text. 7. Close this activity without saving. You can use this Spelling Practice activity immediately with students. In the next part of this tutorial, you will learn to use the Spelling Template to create additional spelling activities for your students. Spelling Sports, in the Sports Mania Thematic Note Unit, is a ready-to-use activity like Spelling Practice, using the theme of Sports.

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Part 2: Using the Spelling Template

The Spelling Template allows you to review and then choose a spelling list for student practice. The template provides five different levels. The first four levels are drawn from the Dolch spelling list. The last level contains words that are often confused or misspelled by students. Later in this tutorial, you will learn how to create your own custom spelling list. You will also learn how to use the Spelling Template for assessment.

Opening the Spelling Template

1. From the Navigation Screen, click the New button. 2. Open the Language Arts Templates folder. 3. Open the Spelling folder and choose the Spelling Template. The Spelling Template displays. 4. See the instructions on page 1 of this tutorial to learn how to create a special folder to store the new activities you make with this and other templates in Classroom Suite. 5. From the File menu, select Save As Activity. Save your activity with a unique name. It will now be saved into the Activities folder.

Choosing a Spelling List

1. This template provides five word lists, drawn from the Dolch lists, and a place for you to enter your own custom spelling list. 2. Authoring instructions appear on the screen. You can see these instructions at any time by clicking the red Teacher Directions button. 3. Click one of the blue buttons in the toolbar at right. New directions appear on the page. 4. Notice that a toolbar showing spelling words or phrases appears at the bottom of the page. 5. Click the blue buttons to explore each level. Notice that the toolbar showing the spelling words or phrases changes at the bottom of the page each time you click a different word list. 6. Click Finish Activity. When prompted, replace the previous version of your spelling activity by clicking the Replace button. The activity will be ready for student study. You have created a new Spelling activity! The next part of the tutorial will show you how to customize the spelling lists and how to change the activity from spelling practice to spelling assessment.
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Part 3: Customizing the Spelling Template

Customizing a Spelling List
You may wish to simplify the phrases that appear in the provided spelling list. For example, you might wish to present single words rather than phrases, but you want to retain the supporting graphics. This is easy to do. 1. From the Navigation Screen, click the New button. Open the Language Arts Templates folder. 2. Open the Spelling folder and choose the Spelling Template. The Spelling Template displays. 3. Click one of the blue spelling list buttons in the toolbar at right. 4. You will be customizing the toolbar at the bottom of the page that shows the spelling words or phrases included in your chosen spelling list. 5. From the Edit menu, scroll down and select Custom Toolbars and Buttons. 6. The Selected Toolbar and Select Button dialog boxes display. 7. Click the first button you wish to edit. 8. In the blue Selected Button dialog box, click the Button Properties button. The Button Properties dialog box displays. 9. Change the button name to whatever text you want the student to spell. 10. Click any other button on the toolbar and repeat steps 89. The graphic will remain the same, but the oral Note prompt and the blue text under the picture will change to new name you have chosen. 11. Click the Done button to close the Custom Toolbars and Buttons dialog box. 12. Click Finish Activity and save your new version of the spelling list with a unique name. 13. Close the activity Congratulations! You have just customized a spelling activity. You can assign this to your students whenever you are ready. In the next section of the tutorial, you will create your own spelling list, if you wish to do so.

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Part 3: Customizing the Spelling Template

Creating Your Own Spelling List
You can create your own spelling list. 1. Open the Spelling Template (see page 3). 2. Click the Create Your Own List button at the bottom of the right toolbar. 3. You will be adding a picture and name to each of the white buttons in the Word List toolbar at the bottom of the page. There are two ways to edit each button on the word list. You can use either step 4 or step 5, and then continue with step 6. 4. a. From the Edit menu, scroll down and select Custom Toolbars and Buttons. b. Click the first button. c. In the blue Selected Button dialog box, click the Button Properties button. d. Then follow steps 69 below OR 5. a. Hold down the Control key and simultaneously click one of the white buttons in the toolbar at the bottom of the page ([Ctrl]+click). b. The Button Properties dialog box displays. c. Follow steps 69 below.

6. Change the button name to whatever spelling word you want the student to spell. 7. Click the Insert Picture From Library button. 8. When the Picture Library dialog box displays, use the Category drop down list to locate a picture that will support the spelling word you have chosen. 9. Click Insert when you have selected a picture. Then click OK. 10. Change each other button on the Word List toolbar using steps 49. 11. To remove an unneeded button, click the Trash Can icon in the Button Properties dialog box. 12. Click Finish Activity and save your new spelling list with a unique name. Congratulations! You have just created an activity with your own spelling list. You can assign this to your students whenever you are ready. In the next section of the tutorial, you will change the spelling practice activity to spelling assessment.
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Part 3: Customizing the Spelling Template

Changing from Practice to Assessment
The Spelling Template provides spelling practice by reading the word or phrase to be spelled aloud, while simultaneously showing the words in blue text under a supporting picture. For assessment purposes, you can have the same activity provide only the auditory and picture prompt, and remove the blue text. 1. From the Navigation Screen, click the Activities button. 2. Open any of the spelling activities you have created and saved in this tutorial. If you have not created your own activity, you Note can use the Spelling Practice activity, found in the Language Arts folder, for this part of the tutorial. 3. From the IntelliTalk menu, select Picture Options. 4. When the Picture Options dialog box displays, click the Appearance tab. Select Picture. The student will now have to spell using only the auditory prompt and the supporting picture. No blue text will show under the picture. 5. From the File menu, select Save As Activity. Save this activity with a new name, such as Spelling Quiz. Because the words are presented randomly each Note time a student uses the new Spelling Quiz you have created, it is not possible to capture answers or check work. To assess this quiz, have students print their work when they are finished.

Congratulations! You have just learned to modify the Spelling Template to provide an infinite number of Spelling activities and quizzes for your students.

Spelling Tutorial