Good morning,
Following on from yesterday’s spelling advice and link I am sharing further strategies to support your child with spelling.
Some ideas/strategies that are useful for children are below:
- Syllables: Break the word into syllables. Most syllables will contain a vowel sound. Examples of this include: fish-ing, yes-ter-day, be-gin.
- Say the word slowly and write the sounds you hear: c-a-t, sh-i-p, w-i-th
- Listen/look for smaller words that you know are inside the word: yes– ter- day
- Prefixes and Suffixes: Think if the word has a special beginning or ending that you know: hope-ful, hope-less, un-happy, dis-agree
- Mnemonic: Is there a rhyme or phrase that could help you: The: Ten Happy Elephants. Put: Put Up Tents
I will add more mnemonics tomorrow for tricky words to support spelling.
Mrs Docherty
