TEACHING SPELLING Best Practices in Teaching Spelling Model Spelling Lesson

OBJECTIVE  Review 5 linguistic principles of spelling  Review the Words their Way Stages of spelling development  Review the best practices of spelling instruction  Model a Within Word Spelling Lesson  Long A vowel team spellings  C when followed by E, I or Y

LINGUISTIC PRINCIPLES OF SPELLING

HATCHET English Orthography We spell by language of origin. We spell by phoneme- grapheme correspondence. We spell position of phoneme or grapheme in a word. We spell by letter order and sequence patterns, or orthographic conventions. We spell by meaning (morphology) and part of speech.

CYGNET English Orthography We spell by language of origin. We spell by phoneme- grapheme correspondence. We spell position of phoneme or grapheme in a word. We spell by letter order and sequence patterns, or orthographic conventions. We spell by meaning (morphology) and part of speech.

CHLOROPHYLL English Orthography We spell by language of origin. We spell by phoneme- grapheme correspondence. We spell position of phoneme or grapheme in a word. We spell by letter order and sequence patterns, or orthographic conventions. We spell by meaning (morphology) and part of speech.

DOUBT English Orthography We spell by language of origin. We spell by phoneme- grapheme correspondence. We spell position of phoneme or grapheme in a word. We spell by letter order and sequence patterns, or orthographic conventions. We spell by meaning (morphology) and part of speech.

WORDS THEIR WAY SPELLING STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT

EmergentLetter NamingWithin WordSyllables & AffixesDerivational Relations

EMERGENT- PRE K TO FIRST GRADE

LETTER NAMING PRE K TO SECOND GRADE

WITHIN WORD FIRST TO FOURTH GRADE

SYLLABLE AND AFFIX THIRD – EIGHTH GRADE

DERIVATIONAL RELATIONS FIFTH – TWELFTH GRADE

BEST PRACTICES IN SPELLING INSTRUCTION

Phoneme Grapheme Spelling 96% of words have a regular or mostly regular spelling Morphemic Spelling Roots and Affixes Whole Word Memorization Reserved only for truly irregular words

Word Work Spelling Patterns and Orthographic conventions Vocabulary Meaning Sight Words Instant recognition

Monday Introduce Spelling Words Tuesday Homework Packet- no instruction Wednesday Homework Packet – no instruction Thursday Reminder of a Spelling Test – no instruction Friday Spelling Test Monday Introduce half Spelling Words – teach orthographic pattern Tuesday Introduce other Spelling Words- teach orthographic conventions Wednesday Practice spelling through sorts, dictations and spelling activities Thursday Practice spelling through dictations and spelling activities Friday Review and conduct the Spelling Test Old Way Consider a New Approach

Old Way Consider a New Approach Whole Word Memorization Write the word 5 times Whole Word Memorization /Vocabulary Word Search Cross- word Vocabulary Use in a sentence Vocabulary 4 square Whole Word Memorization ABC order Word of Origin Sort by Word of Origin Phoneme Grapheme Elkonian Boxes Position of Phoneme Word Analysis Orthographic Conventions Syllable Sorts Analysis Explana- tion of spelling

SYNTHETIC VS ANALYTICAL SyntheticAnalytical -direct instruction of the sounds -taught in a systematic manner -each one building on the next -discovery based instruction of the sounds -taught in the context of meaningful tasks -each one building on the next Analytical Synthetic Instruction Sandwich

MODEL SPELLING LESSONS

ā Spellings Open Syllable A Cve Cake Bake Lake Take

SPELLING WORDS aim today gray mayor away brain grain stray explain drain make sure they have meaning around the words

LISTEN AND LOOK FOR THE PATTERN aim today gray mayor away brain grain stray explain drain aim today gray mayor away brain grain stray explain drain What is the one sound that all these words have? I am going to circle 5 of these words. What do all five of these words have in common? What is the position of the ai spelling in the words? beginning, middle or end?

PHONEME AND GRAPHEME MAPPING

ai m br n gr n e p l n dr n x

LINE SPELLING ai m n b r n g r n e xpl n d r

SPELLING WORDS case cast coast cold cube celery cement cinder mercy ounce make sure they have meaning around the words

/S/ WORD SORT- SORT THE WORDS BY HOW THE /S/ SOUND IS SPELLED (C, S). WHAT IS THE PATTERN YOU SEE? casecastcoastcold cubecelerycementcinder mercyounce