Pupils in Primary 4 have been learning how to use elkonin boxes to help with spelling.

Steps

1. select a word
2. sound out the word
3. put the first sound in the first box
4. continue for the 2nd, 3rd sound …etc until the word is complete

(Remember: 1 sound per box, a sound can be made of more than 1 letter)

Have a look at P4 splitting ay/ai/ea/ey/a-e words into the individual sounds.