Spelling Rusthall St. Paul’s CE School

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True or False? Reading will help children with spelling.. Learning to spell will help reading… Handwriting is important when learning to spell… When children are writing they should stop at every word they cannot spell and use a dictionary…

The sound of a word is a good guide to how it is spelt… Good spellers have a store of word pictures in their mind, which they refer to when they want to spell a word… If a child looks at a word long enough he/she will learn how to spell it…

Writing a word helps children to learn how to spell it… Looking for words within words can help spelling… Copying a word over and over again is a good way to learn it…

 Reading will help children with spelling… T  Learning to spell will help reading…T  Handwriting is important when learning to spell…T  When children are writing they should stop at every word they cannot spell and use a dictionary…F True or False?....Answers!

 The sound of a word is a good guide to how it is spelt…T (to a degree)  Good spellers have a store of word pictures in their mind, which they refer to when they want to spell a word…T  If a child looks at a word long enough he/she will learn how to spell it…F

 Writing a word helps children to learn how to spell it…T  Looking for words within words can help spelling…T  Copying a word over and over again is a good way to learn it…Only if copied correctly!!!

Children who struggle with spelling usually have no strategies up their sleeve when they get stuck on a word. Ask any weak spellers the question, ‘what do you do when you cannot spell a word’. They will have, at best, one strategy. But it is most likely that they guess. To help them become better spellers they need to acquire a range of different approaches to help them. Pie Corbett Weak spellers…..

 Spellings need to be explicitly taught;  Rules, patterns and etymology should be investigated using a multi-sensory approach;  The spellings on weekly lists are rarely applied to independent writing unless they have been thoroughly taught and investigated. The Teaching of Spelling

Benefits of Investigations They appeal to problem-solving instincts Children have to be more active in deconstructing words They model a self-help strategy An interesting way to learn They aid memory They are more likely to lead to children applying correct spellings to their work than learning lists.

Some Spelling Strategies Roots Mnemonics Handwriting Syllables and Phonemes Homophones

Some words are really hard to spell. The trick is to remember a word that is spelled the same, then use it to help spell others! One tricky word is could. could A good way to remember this spelling is: O U Lucky Duck

Big Elephants Can Always Understand Small Elephants = Because because… You wouldn’t want to FRI the END of your friend! = Friend We went TO GET HER = Together

WE Do Not Eat Soup DAY = Wednesday Rhythm Helps Your Two Hips Move = Rhythm You hear with your EAR = Hear

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 Phonics  Words within words  Grammatical knowledge  Memory and experience  Existing knowledge  Synonyms Good Spellers Apply:

Spelling Tests Limitations: Written work does not reflect spelling test results. Children become passive learners, receiving delivered knowledge and are not actively involved in the learning process. The teaching of spelling is removed from the process of writing and is taught as a discrete skill. Look Cover Write Check helps with these faults.

Which one?  Encourage the children to draw a picture that relates to the meaning… Sea See Spelling activities Speed write Write up a word on the board that is of interest or causing concern. Discuss ways to remember. Ask children to write down as many times in 30 seconds. Apdapted from Pie Corbett)

c Spelling activities Apdapted from Pie Corbett) Finish it Encourages children who struggle with spelling, as it provides them with a scaffold in the form of letters already in place. Give the children a set time to come up with the word e.g. St_p Stamp, stop, stoop, steep, step Word ladders banana aeroplane energy yellow

c Spelling activities Apdapted from Pie Corbett) Countdown Give the children a selection of letters and ask them to make as many words as possible. AEIOUSFBDRNMLHT AntDeer SnailMeasure HairFossil BananaLion BreadFern Visualisation Charades Act out the word. Partner guesses then spells. Pictionary Repeatedly write the word and draw a picture to match the word Taboo Describe the word without saying it. Partner guesses then spells.

Colour me magic Write the word as many times as you can on the page using a different colour for each letter said Spelling activities Have you posted it? Identify focus words in a text e.g. words ending in able

c Spelling activities Spelling Detectives Spellings on board – One minute to look at them. Teacher Change! Score! Spelling aerobics When spelling a word they reach their hands over their head for a tall letter that when written extends above the line: (b, d, f, h, k, l, t), put hands on hips for middle letters written in between the lines: (a, c, e, i, m, n, o, r, s, u, v, w, x, z), and stretch toward their toes for letters that fall below the lines when written: (g, j, p, q, y).

Compound Staircases: The last small word in the compound word becomes the first small word in the next compound, such as:  sunlight lighthouse housework workshop. Spelling activities Pass the Rhyme Say a word, throw beanbag to one child who has to say a word that rhymes with the first word, they throw it to another child who has to give another rhyme and so on. Words can be repeated if child is stuck.

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