Each student keeps cards in an envelope and reads each card to the teacher every day. Words that the student cannot remember are discarded since they are not important enough to the student. The teacher models how to save documents as stationary. The students save their lists as stationary. This enables them to use the list in the activities below without losing any words due to accidental deletions.
Students can read the word, have the computer read it and check their accuracy.
Students print their word list and read it. Students begin to use the words on their file as a word bank. By opening their stationary document and using Copy and Paste they begin to write simple stories with the words.