Literacy Strategy Spellings: Week 1 1. accommodation 2. beautiful 3. caught 4. daughter 5. embarrass 6. February (note the capital letter) 7. lovely 8. original 9. queue 10. Common homophones/confusions: affect + effect – do you know the difference?

Literacy Spelling Strategies 1 and 2 Use spelling rules: i before e except after c = receive Think about the origin of the word: eg bi + cycle two + wheels

Literacy Spelling Strategies 3 and 4 Make up rhymes or mnemonics to help you remember: bigger elephants can always understand smaller elephants = because Remember similar words: night, sight, bright, light, tight, right,

Literacy Spelling Strategies 5 and 6 Say the word in your head or out loud as it is written: Wed – nes - day Take a mental photograph of the word: “busy”

Literacy Spelling Strategies 7 and 8 Look for families of words: muscle/muscular Compare to similar words: Eleph ant Relev ant

Literacy Spelling Strategies 9 and 10 Say – or sing - the word out loud, letter by letter, as you write it down: d - i – s – c - o Look for a shorter word which will help you to remember it: “rat” in temperature

Literacy Spelling Strategies 11 and 12 Say the word clearly, syllable by syllable: re – mem - ber Practise the: Look – Say – Cover – Write – Check method