Children who are not naturally good spellers require multiple opportunities to practise the words they are learning to spell. Games can be a great way of providing this practice. Detective Have the child’s list of spelling words in front of … Continued
I’m often asked about the value of on-line and computer based programs for students that are having difficulty with reading and spelling. Although there is definitely a place for some of these programs, I believe that at this stage of … Continued
Have students illustrate each of the key words in the following poem and then determine the part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, pronoun, etc.) of each homophone. Help students search for a list of homophones and then make … Continued
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Look-Cover-Write (or for many students GUESS) is a spelling strategy commonly used to teach spelling and one that continues to be used as the basis for remembering the correct spelling of words even for many phonic-based spelling programs. However, research … Continued