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§ Chunking: Break the word up into smaller parts. Ex.: be – cause, in - ter - net § Mnemonics are brain tricks that will help you remember your words. PIEce of pie There is a LIE in beLIEve BECAUSE: Bunnies Earn Carrots And Ugly Sticks Everyday You can hear with your EAR There is a RAT in sepaRATe Make up your own mnemonics to help remember your spelling words. § Words-within-words: Find little words inside big words. father: fat her together: to get her tomorrow: tom or row § Look Say Cover Write Check: Look at the word; Say the word; Cover the word; Write and say the word; Check the word § Analogy: Think of other words that have the same letter pattern § Rhyme: Think of other known words that rhyme § Break words down by syllables. § Look at the base word, then add the prefix and/or suffix § Provide an age appropriate dictionary. Answering the question: “How do I look up the word if I don’t know how to spell it?” Ask your child to write down how he/she thinks that it is spelled. Then look in the dictionary to verify. § Problem parts: Identify the word part that gives you problems. Study it extra hard. § Pronounce the word correctly: pro-ba-bly § Make up a secret pronunciation: choc-o-late § Computer games: Reader Rabbit, Jump Start, etc. § Weekly spelling tests: 1st day: give pre-test to determine difficult words. Focus studying 1/3 of the list. 2nd Day: Focus studying second third of list and review the first 1/3. 3rd Day: Focus studying last third of list and review all words. Give sample test. 4th Day: Review all words for test. § Day before test cramming: Big No-No! Causes frustration and only short-term learning. Reviewing and working on words for several days helps long-term learning. |
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