Every Monday, students take two copies of their word sort. They highlight their tops for each category and cut one sort apart. The other one is for home. Sometimes I go over each group's sort, but sometimes, like this week, students have to work together and communicate to figure out how their sort is done. As they talk about it, I meet with each group to listen to their conversations, their ideas, and their struggles. I offer hints, tips, and then make sure they understand it.
As they year progresses, we spend less time in class on speed sorting and writing out the sorts, so it is imparitive that students do their homework every night.
We are also using word study time to practice our cursive with our words. Right now, spelling tests are in both printing and cursive.