(bright upbeat music) - Hi friends, welcome back to Teaching in Room 9. Our regions are just classroom. My name is Julia, I'm one of the second grade teachers at The Soulard School. But here for ...

Second Grade teacher, Mrs. Vang, welcomes students back to Camp Discovery, a fun learning space packed with reading adventures & fun games!

The goal of spelling instruction is to heighten students' consciousness of sounds in words and frequently recurring patterns that spell those sounds. Reliable spelling patterns need to be taught.

Further, these “spelling components” teach bogus chunks such as CVVVC (Consonant-Vowel-Vowel-Vowel-Consonant) as a spelling pattern. (Can you guess what it is?) ...

Regardless of the reported "high scores" in the district, any fifth grader who has to study second grade spelling patterns is unlikely to be a proficient writer. "It's (word study) not memorizing.

news Education North Texas’ spelling bee finalists focus on patterns, strategy heading into the national finals Eleven finalists will head to Florida next week to compete for the top spot.