Author: dsw

Strategy 5 - Mnemonics

Strategy 6—Word Families

Mnemonics help us to remember patterns and words by using memory prompts.
E.g.
Never believe a lie.
Emma faced a dilemma.
A new environment will iron me out.
Goofy Greg loved to exaggerate.
Please keep quiet about my diet.
This strategy is similar to the ‘Hot Spot’ one where the focus can be on the difficult part of the word.

Learn the pattern to learn lots of words
Example:
-ight
fright
night
sight
might
tonight
-ail
hail
jail
mail
quail
snail

SPELLING
STRATEGIES

Strategy 1—LCSWC

Strategy 2—Spelling Rules

Strategy 3—Acronyms

LOOK Have a really good look and think about the spelling until you feel you can spell it. SAY the word, while looking at it. Read out the spelling, letter by letter. COVER the word. Close your eyes and try to 'see' the word in your head. WRITE it. CHECK your spelling letter by letter and if it's wrong, start again; if it's right take a break.

Examples:
I before e except after c
believe piece receive deceive
2. Drop the final e before a suffix starting with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) [but not before a suffix beginning with a consonant]. ride + ing = riding guide + ance = guidance hope + ing = hoping entire + ly = entirely
3. Change a final y to i before a suffix, unless the suffix begins with i. EXAMPLES: defy + ance = defiance party + es = parties pity + ful = pitiful try + es = tries try + ing = trying

Take each letter and create a sentence
Example:
because
(Big elephants can always use small elephants)
rhythm
Robin Hood yells to his men

Strategy 4—Hot Spots

Find hot spots (the parts which are difficult) to focus on and use any strategy to focus on this section.
Example:
definite definite
Focus on the fin
It is definite that a shark has a fin