Spelling strategies
You can help your child improve their spelling by encouraging them to use the following evidence-based spelling strategies:
- Visualising the word: remembering the appearance and the shape of the word; picturing the word in the mind
- Making connections: drawing on knowledge of word families, similar words; recognising syllables
- Sounding out the word: identifying the beginning sound of the word and then identifying the rest of of the word; using syllables
- Reflecting: verifying the spelling of the word by checking, using a dictionary, list, or computer spell-checker
- Combining and applying some or all of the above strategies together
Spelling Bee booklet
The Spelling Bee booklet can be downloaded for students to practise 'Look, Cover, Write, Check' at home.
'Look, Cover, Write, Check'
'Look, Cover, Write, Check' is a strategy used to help students learning their spellings.
To help your child, encourage them to follow these steps:
- look at the spelling word and commit it to memory
- cover the word with a piece of paper or their hand
- write the spelling word in the space given in the practice booklet
- uncover the spelling word to check if they've got it right