1. Improving spelling “Thy inglish langwij nyds to be thuruli overhold.
Wen the speling as bean simplifyd lyc this it
will imydyetly bee sew much ysier to yus. Meny
kidz ar olredy ryting lyc this. Thay ar ahed ov
the gaym!”
Why the world is wonky – Richard Robinson

2. Session aims:
To highlight some of the problems that students face with spelling.
To provide some helpful strategies to support spelling at home.

3. Mnemonics
Something such as a very short poem or a special word used to help a person remember something

4. because
Big
Elephants
Can
Always
Understand
Small

5. necessary
1 collar
2 sleeves
necessary

6. A real friend is there to the end

7. piece
A piece of
pie

8. separate
There is
a rat in separate

9. A good secretary can keep a secret

10. Going by bus is good business

11. Rhythm helps you to hop madly!

12. Can you come up with any for the following commonly misspelt words?

13. soldier

14. Soldiers sometimes die
in battle

15. hear

16. hear
You
hear
with your
ear

17. island

18. is land surrounded by water
An island
is land surrounded by water

19. The images will help visual learners to remember them!bl br ch cl cr dr fl gl gr pl pr qu sc sk sl sm st sw th tr
A bit of help with the start of a word can be useful. You could find words from your child’s exercise books to create this. Even better, allow them the time to create one for themselves.
The images will help visual learners to remember them!

20. Word shapes
One strategy we can use to help us with the spelling of a word is to think…
Does it look right?
We can often see that we have made a mistake by looking at the shape of the word.

21. Look at the word shape.
Monday

22. T u e s d a y Can this help you spell?
Which day of the week has the shapes below. Look at the shape of each letter to help you spell. T u e s d a y

23. More week days
Try these:

24. Cover the word. Try to see the word in your head.
Look
Look at the word carefully. Look at each letter of the word. Trace over the word with your finger as you read it.
Say
Say the word slowly. Listen to each sound in the word. Trace over the word with your finger as you say it. Say each letter of the word.
Cover
Cover the word. Try to see the word in your head.
Write
Now write the word down.
Check
Check to see if you were right. If you did not get it right, TRY AGAIN!

25. Have a go at learning to spell one of these words:
Look
Look at the word carefully. Look at each letter of the word. Trace over the word with your finger as you read it.
Say
Say the word slowly. Listen to each sound in the word. Trace over the word with your finger as you say it. Say each letter of the word.
Cover
Cover the word. Try to see the word in your head.
Write
Now write the word down.
Check
Check to see if you were right. If you did not get it right, TRY AGAIN!
Have a go at learning to spell one of these words:
Conscientious
Ridiculous
Mischievous

26. Make revising spellings more fun by creating anagrams.

27. What geographical words can you see below:
tlsaa bnura pprncattiiioe

28. bnura (City as opposed to country) Pprncattiiioe (cats and dogs)
Anagrams Clues
Tlsaa (book)
bnura (City as opposed to country)
Pprncattiiioe (cats and dogs)

29. tlsaa atlas bnura urban pprncattiiioe precipitation
Anagram Answers
tlsaa atlas bnura urban pprncattiiioe precipitation

30. Point out word families to help your children notice trends in spelling:
Tri
Tripod
Tricycle
Triplet
Triangle Ch
Chemist
Chemistry
Chemical
Chemotherapy

31. Re-cap main ideas: Mnemonics Word starter cards Word shapes
Look/say/cover/write/check
Anagrams
Word families

32. Session aims:
To highlight some of the problems that students face with spelling.
To provide some helpful strategies to support spelling at home.