Spelling Strategies Taylor High School English Department © MJB 01/12

Strategy One- Sounding Out The most common spelling strategy is to actually sound out every single sound in the word. c-a-t h-o-p Ch-ai-r

Strategy Two- Syllabification Another way to work out spelling is to break the work down into the various syllables El-e-phant Sat-is-fied Un-der-stand Yes-ter-day

Strategy Three-Words Within Words Often we can remember tricky words or tricky phonemes by remembering that there is a word within that word. separate reaction business permanent disappearance conscience concentration

Strategy Four- Compound Words With some words you can remember how to spell them by working out they are compound words (originally made up of two or more words which have become one ) meanwhile however furthermore outside

Strategy 5 – Using an Mnemonic Sometime you can learn a word by creating a mnemonic for that word Eg: Every Naughty Old Unlucky Ghost Haunts Seven Elephant’s Noses Tangle Easily Near Cakes Eventually