Monday, April 16, 2012

Spelling Tip 3

If children are to become better at spelling, they need to practise their spelling words EVERY NIGHT!! No excuses!!!

It is very obvious when children don't practise at home each night; these are the children who continually make the same spelling errors and whose progress is much slower than the children who practise each night.

Spelling Tip 2

Cut Up is an excellent activity for helping the students to study and learn their spelling words.

The students look at their spelling word and say it aloud: road
As they are saying the word, they are looking at the letter patterns and the sounds they make.

They then cut the word into parts: r  oa  d


This would be a great activity to do once a week as part of homework as it helps the students to see how letters patterns make certain sounds in words.