Dictation

Dictation is a regular routine that is part of our Fundations phonics program. I say a sound or a word featuring the skills we have been practicing, students repeat it, and then they write in on their own dry-erase board or paper. You'll see "check-up" papers coming home from dictation periodically.

When I dictate a whole sentence, it involves looking up "trick words," tapping out other words, and remembering capital letters and punctuation. One student gets to frame out the sentence on the board.

We all like getting a turn to write under the document camera.