Improve Spelling Results
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Phonological Awareness
http://www.letterboxlearntoread.com/phonological-awareness
Follow the Phonological blogs as these will give the foundation for spelling. In the small groups that I work with, I notice a huge Spelling improvement once Phonological Awareness increases. Phonological Awareness is the greatest predictor of reading and spelling success, so it really does needs to be a priority. I am rigid in this area and make certain that Phonological Awareness is always a warm for each session.
People have different opinions about spelling. My researched and considered opinion about spelling is that it is based on a sounding system and that it spirals in complexity to using the eyes to see if words look right and then to the brain to use rules of adding beginnings and endings and then finally, Greek and Latin roots.
Using the EARS
If the ears are tuned in to the sounds that the letters make it is easy to be phenomenal at spelling. Hearing the beats in words (syllables), stretching out words into their individual sounds and then writing the letter or the letters that match those sounds. Write what you hear.
Using the EYES
Once the above step is moving along, the second step involves looking at what has been written and making sure that the word is spelt correctly. The strategy that I have the children use is to look at the front of the word, if it is correct,give it a tick, look at the back of the word, if correct a tick or if it is incorrect, a cross, finally look at the middle of the word and do similarly. This strategy is great because it tells the child that they haven’t failed in spelling, there is just one part of the word that they are writing incorrectly. This means that a child could have 2/3 s of a word correct!!! How great is that. Then by using the strategy the student attempts to correct the incorrect word part. Finally,, check also that each beat/syllable has at least one vowel or a y.
Using the Brain
The third area of spelling is structural analysis (morphology) or the beginnings and endings of words and the rules that apply. This section begins in Prep with adding s to make words more then one, then knowing the rules that applies to adding ing to basic words. The spiralling of these skills and rules increases in complexity as children move up the Spelling ladder.
Finally, the children learn Greek and Latin roots that teaches the origin and meaning of words and of course the letters that match these concepts and the sounds.
What you will need for the first spelling lesson
Letter & Sound Flashcards Automatic Package
This month, because there are new Spelling bloggs, Letter Box products have been reduced. I want to make a difference in your child’s spelling. I can do this in two ways, by providing products and online tutoring. If you would like to be on board with our great new spelling product that will be available in a few weeks, make certain that your child knows the sounds of the alphabet.
For $5.00 you can take the first step in securing your child’s future. Click the link below and scroll down to the above product.
http://www.letterboxlearntoread.com/products
Ann Foster
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Ann Foster is a teacher with a unique talent to provide back to basics step by step programs/products and tutoring for students in Australia and overseasHer programs and products help children, teachers and parents to achieve extraordinary results quickly. She has a track record of bringinginto action programs that are easy to follow and that achieve results.Ann has been working online teaching students and adults successfully for the last four years and has taken children from average results to well above.Her programs are tried and proven and bring clarity out of chaos.Letter Box staff solve problems and puts wings onto dreams.
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