Friday, September 30, 2011 Roll & Write (with a DIY Dry-Erase
Die) It’s happening – homework! Soon after my son began first
grade, he started toting home a list of five words each week.
I’ll admit, I wasn’t sure what to do with them. After all, my
son could read them without any difficulty and so I just tossed
the lists in our mail/bills/household paperwork pile (please
tell me we’re not the only family with one of those). Then a
friend whose boy is my son’s best friend enlightened me. Just
because my son could read those word-wall words, doesn’t mean he
could spell them. Yikes! After mentally beating myself up for a
few days, I came up with this little “reusable” activity so
those weekly words could get practiced. First, I made a dry-
erase die. To do this, I created a template with squares the
same width (2 inches) as Scotch brand packaging tape. I printed
it on sticker paper. Then I used post-it notes to mask off the
flaps where I’d be gluing the little box together (I didn't
think the glue would stay adher