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Strategies for practising spelling:“Practice makes perfect? Practice makes permanent.”- Practise a few words at a time, or a few words per night (chunking method) so you don’t overwhelm your brain- If it's a hard word, put it on your list/rotation more than once and recycle/use the word frequentlyHere are a variety of strategies that you can try out, to see which work best for you!1) Trace and then say the letters out loud, then try writing the word correctly a few times2) Say the whole word out loud, close your eyes & visualize the word, spell the word letter by letter out loud, then say the whole word out loud again. Repeat, but this time rather than spelling out loud, write the word down.3) Building the words with letter tiles, draw it out in sand, spell it with play-doh etc. Get creative!4) Create flashcards to help you practise. Write the English on one side, and the French on the other side. Include pictures to help represent the meaning of the words.5) Use Quizlet to help you practise with the digital word lists Mlle set up. You have all now signed up for an account and joined the class. This site has flashcards, various review options and games. You can also make your own study sets on this site! 6) Highlight/colour the hard parts - Get different colour pens or pencils or markers, and index cards. Write the words vividly, boldly on the cards — and make the 'hard part' a different color than the rest… maybe with stripes on the letters. Make a mental picture of that card, read the word aloud and spell it aloud, and change the way you say the "hard part," maybe saying it louder, maybe putting on a British accent. So, you'd write:sepArate When you write the whole word, think about the hard part, what it looks like or sounds like. So, while you're writing "separate," you might be thinking "sep-AY-rate" and/or visualizing that bold, red A.7) Practice using the words in short phrasesIf “separate” is the word, see if you can think of 5 different phrases with the word and write them out. Let's see… separate rooms, separate cars, separate houses, separate the pages, separate places etc.8) Try to find the common patterns/sounds in words - e.g., prefixes, suffixes, root words, verb endings (e.g., pré, in/im, dé, bio, -tion, -(e)ment, -isme, -erie, -aient)9) Use a mnemonic device to help you remember how to spell a word in French:“est” = is (TIP: both words have the letter “S” in French and English) (therefore, the other “et” = and)10) Making a personalized list of “Spelling Demons” - Words that you know you consistently spell incorrectly, for easy reference as a cheat sheet11) The following strategy helps students focus on the pronunciation of a word before seeing its spelling. This helps students understand that a spelling is a meaningful map of the pronunciation. When spellings are understood as pronunciation maps, they are much easier to remember.First, try to get students to feel what their mouths are doing as they say the word. Here's an example:Say the word – nightSay each syllable if there are more than one.Stretch the word out while saying it - nnnnniiiiiggghttttSplit up the sounds.Work by syllables if necessary.First sound? /n/Next sound? /i/Last sound? /t/Count the sounds. 3Draw blanks. ___ ___ ___The blanks stand for the sounds.Put slashes between syllables if necessary.Record the spelling sound by sound.On the first blank, write the letters – n __ __On the next blank, write the next letters – n igh __On the last blank, write the last letters – n igh tIf there are silent letters, fill them in.Study the spelling.Ask, what does [the pattern] say? In our example, what does igh mean? Only ask about tricky parts.Write the word – nightGive the meaning. What does ______ mean? → When it’s dark out. ................
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