I often find my students confuse ‘fair’ and ‘fare’ and incorrectly spell ‘welfare’ as ‘wellfair’. When helping children differentiate between homophones (words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings), it is often useful to employ … Continued
The homophones ‘passed’ and ‘past’ are commonly confused. ‘Passed‘ is the past tense of the verb ‘pass’ meaning to go forward, proceed or depart and it can refer to movement in time, space or in action. Time: He passed the … Continued
Many spelling apps are just an electronic version of Look-Cover-Write-Check. This short video provides a strategy for modifying spelling apps to help students learn the spelling code rather than just relying on their visual memory of the word. Any purchase … Continued
Vocabulary development is a key factor in reading achievement and overall academic success. One way of increasing students’ vocabulary is encouraging them to read a wide variety of texts which contain vocabulary at an appropriately challenging level. Research shows that … Continued