Back Writing

5 minutes At least 3 Practice spelling words by writing them on the backs of other students

Instructions for older students:

1. Have students sit in team lines
2. Teach these actions: tap own shoulder for ‘repeat’ and nod for ‘OK, I understood’
3. Agree on using capital or lower-case letters, or a combination for names, etc.
4. Show different word card to last person in each group
5. Students
   pass the message to the front of the line by tracing the message (word
   or sentence) of the word card on the back of the person in front of them
6. When the messages reaches the first person in line, they write it on a piece of paper
7. When the round is finished have the first person go to the end of the line to change writers

Instructions for younger students:

1. Have students sit in a circle for a smaller class or make team lines for a larger class
2. Choose a letter or word from current study and have children trace it in the air together
3. Next, have students trace the letter onto the back of the person in front of them
4. Observe the students and correct where necessary
5. Repeat using new letters
6. Use words or sentences for higher levels