Teaching Strategies
Look, Say, Cover, Write, Say, Check
Look, Say, Cover, Write, Say, Check, or what was previously simply known as Look, Cover, Check is an effective way to teach spelling instruction as it "appeals to different senses and visual, kinaesthetic and cognitive aspects of learning" (Winch, 2013 p. 363) It involves getting students to look at their spelling word carefully, say the word out loud to help memorise he structure of the word, cover up the word, write the covered word as they remember it, say it again to ensure they are using all their cues to help with the spelling and then check for accuracy.
Word Searches and Cross Words
Word searches are a great way to get your students enthusiastic about their spelling lists. Getting them to make up word searches with their spelling lists and then swapping with classmates really helps them to use and recognise spelling. Also getting them to make cross words is a great way of ensuring understanding of the meaning of the words as the not only have to spell the words out, but they have to ensure they find the meanings of the words to make the clues for the cross word.
Individual Spelling Diaries
Individual spelling Diaries ensure that each spelling list for every student is individualised. The Students have a diary each and in this diary they write words that they struggled with that week or their misspelt words from the weeks classroom activities. These words that are in this diary make up their personalised spelling list for the next week.
Spelling Games
Spelling games such as Hangman, Words in a Word and Secret Message (where students decode a message written without vowels) are fantastic small group or whole class activities that can be done when you are limited for time. Doing this word word emphasises spelling for students and are great to do when you are running short of time for spelling instruction, or if you have some time left before the end of the day.
Spelling Matrix of Activities
Making up a Spelling List Matrix, where the students get to choose the activities that they undertake in relation to their spelling words, is a great way to not only give the student some choices in their learning, but the different approaches help with different learning styles. whe have an example of a Spelling Matrix here.
Word Walls
Having a Word Wall in your classroom can be of real benefit to you and your students. It enables them to seek out and fine the spelling of words that they are unsure of. There are many different types of word walls; sight word walls, topic word walls and "new words" walls. It is up to you as a teacher if you would like to use any of these types of walls or make your own style.
Webbing
Webbing is a strategy that relates knowledge that students currently have and relates it to a new word to enable that word to be easily remembered. We have an example of Webbing here.
Look, Say, Cover, Write, Say, Check, or what was previously simply known as Look, Cover, Check is an effective way to teach spelling instruction as it "appeals to different senses and visual, kinaesthetic and cognitive aspects of learning" (Winch, 2013 p. 363) It involves getting students to look at their spelling word carefully, say the word out loud to help memorise he structure of the word, cover up the word, write the covered word as they remember it, say it again to ensure they are using all their cues to help with the spelling and then check for accuracy.
Word Searches and Cross Words
Word searches are a great way to get your students enthusiastic about their spelling lists. Getting them to make up word searches with their spelling lists and then swapping with classmates really helps them to use and recognise spelling. Also getting them to make cross words is a great way of ensuring understanding of the meaning of the words as the not only have to spell the words out, but they have to ensure they find the meanings of the words to make the clues for the cross word.
Individual Spelling Diaries
Individual spelling Diaries ensure that each spelling list for every student is individualised. The Students have a diary each and in this diary they write words that they struggled with that week or their misspelt words from the weeks classroom activities. These words that are in this diary make up their personalised spelling list for the next week.
Spelling Games
Spelling games such as Hangman, Words in a Word and Secret Message (where students decode a message written without vowels) are fantastic small group or whole class activities that can be done when you are limited for time. Doing this word word emphasises spelling for students and are great to do when you are running short of time for spelling instruction, or if you have some time left before the end of the day.
Spelling Matrix of Activities
Making up a Spelling List Matrix, where the students get to choose the activities that they undertake in relation to their spelling words, is a great way to not only give the student some choices in their learning, but the different approaches help with different learning styles. whe have an example of a Spelling Matrix here.
Word Walls
Having a Word Wall in your classroom can be of real benefit to you and your students. It enables them to seek out and fine the spelling of words that they are unsure of. There are many different types of word walls; sight word walls, topic word walls and "new words" walls. It is up to you as a teacher if you would like to use any of these types of walls or make your own style.
Webbing
Webbing is a strategy that relates knowledge that students currently have and relates it to a new word to enable that word to be easily remembered. We have an example of Webbing here.
Student Strategies |
In this section we have some examples of spelling strategies that students can use when they are having trouble deciphering the spelling of words.
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