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1419726285222000Guide for parentsStrategies to help your child with their spellings at home.Learning to spell correctly is a crucial skill for life. Children begin to learn the basics of the language as soon as they start school, and their skills and knowledge build as they progress. However, the English language is one of the most difficult languages in the world to learn to spell, as there are so many different ways of spelling the same sounds, and different sounds represented by the same letter strings!Many words in the English language follow specific rules and children will be taught these rules at school. However, some words just have to be learnt and finding ways to help your child with this, can be tricky. We recognise that parents have an active part to play in all aspects of their children’s learning and can specifically help them to learn to spell.Strategies for learning to spellLots of children learn in different ways which is why teaching them means using a range of approaches. This will also help them when applying spelling because they will see the word in different contexts. How is it best to help my child?By finding time to do 5-10 minutes of practice a day, would help your child enormously. If your child finds the list overwhelming, don’t feel the need to practise all of them in one go – break the list down into smaller units. Experiment with a range of the suggested strategies to find ones that work best for your child. Suggested ways to help your child learn their spellings:3912870491775Find the wordLook to see if you can see a small word inside your word. E.g. where, friend.4000020000Find the wordLook to see if you can see a small word inside your word. E.g. where, friend.5312475182400032238951504753Look, say, cover, visualise, write, check√ Look at the word√ Say it out loud√ Cover the word√ Visualise the word (imagine a picture of it in your head)√ Write the word from memory020000Look, say, cover, visualise, write, check√ Look at the word√ Say it out loud√ Cover the word√ Visualise the word (imagine a picture of it in your head)√ Write the word from memory1906971155997600left1522095Matching pairsFind matching pairs of words with a spelling pattern in. E.g. train/rain4000020000Matching pairsFind matching pairs of words with a spelling pattern in. E.g. train/rain-2893930SlidersCut two slits in the centre of some A4 card and insert a strip through the centre with some words on. As you pull the strip it will reveal and hide different words.020000SlidersCut two slits in the centre of some A4 card and insert a strip through the centre with some words on. As you pull the strip it will reveal and hide different words.2832321409065Word paintingDraw the word in chalk and brush over it with a wet paintbrush.4000020000Word paintingDraw the word in chalk and brush over it with a wet paintbrush.-514032160178700left5349140MnemonicWrite a mnemonic to remind you of the spelling. The first letter of each word in the sentence spells the word. E.g where: what has everyone really eaten?4000020000MnemonicWrite a mnemonic to remind you of the spelling. The first letter of each word in the sentence spells the word. E.g where: what has everyone really eaten?right4266632Bubble writingWrite the word in bubble writing and write inside it.4000020000Bubble writingWrite the word in bubble writing and write inside it.-3125204150862HangmanPlay hangman with a partner, using the words you are learning.020000HangmanPlay hangman with a partner, using the words you are learning.-4807622747578005047592708910Jumbled lettersWrite your word on paper, cut each letter and put the word back together.4000020000Jumbled lettersWrite your word on paper, cut each letter and put the word back together.505989967358200340423598053Rainbow wordsBreak the word down into syllables and write each part in a different colour.400000Rainbow wordsBreak the word down into syllables and write each part in a different colour.25581301511365TracingWrite your word down 3 times and trace over it in different colours.4000020000TracingWrite your word down 3 times and trace over it in different colours.499131945424400522170527081410030238262560976Musical spellingsMake up a short rhyme or song to remember spellings or rules for spellings.4000020000Musical spellingsMake up a short rhyme or song to remember spellings or rules for spellings.4414352343566Spelling tennisOne person starts with a letter, the other adds one until a word is made. The last person to add a letter wins.400000Spelling tennisOne person starts with a letter, the other adds one until a word is made. The last person to add a letter wins.-473075202882500right180975Rhymes and picturesUse rhymes or pictures to go with words to help them remember.1. You hear with your ear2. The word separate has "a rat" in it (separate).3. Donkeys, monkeys - There are keys in donkeys and monkeys.4. The word here is also in its opposite there.5. Villain - A villain is one who lives in a villa.020000Rhymes and picturesUse rhymes or pictures to go with words to help them remember.1. You hear with your ear2. The word separate has "a rat" in it (separate).3. Donkeys, monkeys - There are keys in donkeys and monkeys.4. The word here is also in its opposite there.5. Villain - A villain is one who lives in a villa.494832515620Play it backRecord your child spelling out each word on your smartphone or tablet. When you practice them, ask your child to write down each spelling word and then play their own voice reading it back to them. It’s amazing how much this amuses and motivates them.020000Play it backRecord your child spelling out each word on your smartphone or tablet. When you practice them, ask your child to write down each spelling word and then play their own voice reading it back to them. It’s amazing how much this amuses and motivates them.39279761127560Word shapeDraw around the shape of the word and try to remember the shape of the word.4000020000Word shapeDraw around the shape of the word and try to remember the shape of the word.-48133084455000416235947561500723399200025Race against the clockIf your child is competitive, see if you can motivate them by introducing an element of challenge to the world of practising spellings. Using your stopwatch on your phone, time your child as you call out the spelling words and they write them. Make a note of their time and score and then on the following day, challenge them to smash their personal best!00Race against the clockIf your child is competitive, see if you can motivate them by introducing an element of challenge to the world of practising spellings. Using your stopwatch on your phone, time your child as you call out the spelling words and they write them. Make a note of their time and score and then on the following day, challenge them to smash their personal best!4283075138430000left426218Pyramid wordsThis method of learning words forces you to think of each letter separately. You can then reverse the process so that you end up with a diamond. Pyramid wordsThis method of learning words forces you to think of each letter separately. You can then reverse the process so that you end up with a diamond. 3105895458142Spell jumpsJump up and down on a trampoline or skip whilst saying each letter of your word you are spelling.020000Spell jumpsJump up and down on a trampoline or skip whilst saying each letter of your word you are spelling.241716901700001776263507365Spelling BingoPrint and cut out the words your child has to learn. Draw out a bingo board and write some of the spellings in the boxes. This works best with more than one player, so see if you can rope in someone else to play. Every time your child ‘gets’ a spelling word, go through the spelling together and then cover it and ask them to spell it again.020000Spelling BingoPrint and cut out the words your child has to learn. Draw out a bingo board and write some of the spellings in the boxes. This works best with more than one player, so see if you can rope in someone else to play. Every time your child ‘gets’ a spelling word, go through the spelling together and then cover it and ask them to spell it again.Applying spellingsChildren can often learn their spellings for a weekly test, but then struggle to apply these spellings into their everyday writing. As well as engaging in all the fun activities suggested, it is still important to put the words into sentences for the child. This helps them to understand the meaning of the word by putting it into context and also gets them to apply the spelling within writing rather than a ‘list of words.’Glossary Consonant – any letter of the alphabet which is not a vowel. Digraph – Two letters which together make one unit of sound, e.g. sh. ee. oa.Grapheme – The written representation of letters which represent the sounds. Homophone – a word which sounds the same as another word but is spelt differently and has a different meaning, e.g. hear and here Phonetics – system of spelling words by representing sounds with syllables Phoneme – the smallest unit of sound in a word, e.g. c/a/t, sh/o/p, t/ea/ch/er. Prefix – small addition to a word made by joining on one or more letters at the beginning, e.g. pre, anti Plural – a plural word refers to more than one thing, e.g. books Segmenting – means hearing the individual phonemes within a word – for instance the word ‘crash’ consists of four phonemes: ‘c-r-a-sh’. In order to spell this word, a child must segment it into its component phonemes and choose a grapheme to represent each phoneme. Singular – the name referring to one thing or a group of things, e.g. man, book, flock Split digraph – two letters, which work as a pair, split, to represent one sound, e.g. a-e as in cake, or i-e as in kite Suffix – a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change the way you use it, e.g. coward – cowardly Syllable – a combination of one or more vowels and consonants which can make one short word or part of a longer word, e.g. won-der-ful Trigraph – three letters which together make one sound but cannot be separated into smaller phonemes, e.g. igh as in light, ear as in fear and tch as in watch Vowel – there are 5 vowels in the alphabet – a e i o u ................
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