Stand-Up, Sit-Down

1. STAND BESIDE CHAIR:  Direct students to stand beside their chair. 

2. PREP STUDENTS:  Tell students that they are going to spell a word representing a current topic. 

3. SAY WORD TO SPELL:  Say the word that will be used and spell it out loud. 

4. STAND AT CONSTONANT, SITE AT VOWEL:  Ask students to stand up when they hear a consonant and sit down when they hear a vowel. Practice slowly with the first few words. Examples include: 

   1. 1. 1. • Collaboration 

            • School 

            • AVID 

5. REPEAT:  Repeat the process for as many words as needed.

To adapt this lesson for primary classes:

• • • Post the words so that the students can see them, indicating the consonants with capital letters (when they stand) and the vowels with lowercase letters (when they sit). 

    • Instead of standing and sitting, allow students to raise their hands up for consonants and lower them for vowels. 

    • Have students go back and forth between standing and sitting, alternating with each letter of the word

• To increase rigor, divide the class into groups to do different actions (e.g., when they hear a consonant, one group sits and one group stands). Do not post the words for students to see.