1. SPELLING
Standard 6F

2. Spelling Strategies Look at the word. What does it mean?
How is it spelled?
Do you see any word parts that you know?

3. Spelling Strategies Say the word. What sounds do you hear?
Are there any silent letters?
Is it spelled like how it sounds?

4. Spelling Strategies Spell the word out loud.
Do you notice any patterns?
Copy the word.
Did you copy all the letters correctly?

5. Spelling Strategies Cover, write, and check the word.
Did you spell the word correctly?

6. Spelling Tricks
Take a word that you are having trouble spelling, and try the following strategies to help you remember it.

7. Spelling Tricks Divide It
Divide the tricky word into smaller parts. Learn each part separately.
Example
in-de-pen-dent

8. Spelling Tricks Make Up Your Own Pronunciation
Say the tricky word in a way that will help you remember how it is spelled. Just remember not to pronounce the word this way in conversation!
Example
True pronunciation: ed-i-ter
Made-up pronunciation: ed-i-tor

9. Spelling Tricks Pair It Up
Pair the tricky word with a shorter, related word that gives a sound clue.
Example
depend → independent

10. Spelling Tricks Study the Problem Part
Find the part of the tricky word that gives you problems and study it extra hard.
Example
editor

11. Spelling Tricks Think of a Sentence
Link the tricky word with a word that has the same problem letters.
Example
My independent sister put a dent in my car.

12. Spelling Tricks Think of Other Forms
Think of other forms of the word where you can better hear the problem letters in the word.
Example
editor → editorial

13. Spelling Tricks Use Rhyme
Find a rhyming word that you know that is spelled the same at the end.
Example
Independent rhymes with rent.

14. Time to Practice
Which correctly spelled word fits the blank in the following sentence?
On Halloween, my sister loves _______ me!
scarin'
scareing
scaring
scaren

15. Time to Practice
Which correctly spelled word fits the blank in the following sentence?
The _______ branch creates the laws we follow.
legislativ
leguslative
legislative
legeslative

16. Time to Practice
Which correctly spelled word fits the blank in the following sentence?
My teacher gave us a _______ amount of work.
manigable
manigeable
manageable
managable