Good morning everyone,
I hope you are all keeping well. I will continue with our spelling advice and helpful hints today to help you support your child with spelling.
Yesterday I talked a little about mnemonics and so will continue with these today. This is a great way to support the spelling of tricky words, words which we can find difficult to spell. I have included examples of some of these below:
Some: Sit On My Elephant
Come: Climb On My Elephant
Said: Sam And I Dance
Because: Billy Eats Carrots And Usually Some Eggs
For the next set of words pretend you are at the dentist:
You: You Open Up
Our: Open Up Richard
Your: You Open Up Richard
More mnemonics to follow tomorrow.
Some other strategies for supporting spelling include:
Does it look right?: Write the word on a piece of paper and see if it looks right – try it another way
Rules: Is there a rule you know that could help?
Ex: Skip+ing = Skipping remember to double the last letter of there is a single short vowel before it when adding on your suffix
Lok – looked: remember it’s ed
Best guess: Have a go, underline your guess and then check it later
Tomorrow we will continue with mnemonics and move onto writing support also.
Mrs Docherty
