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Strategies for Teaching Spelling

Strategies for Teaching Spelling. Shannon Lockard, MS Literacy Coach Ellen Ochoa Middle School slockard@psd1.org. “Candidate for a Pullet Surprise” by Jerrold H. Zar. I have a spelling checker. It came with my PC. It plane lee marks four my revue Miss steaks aye can knot sea.

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Strategies for Teaching Spelling

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  1. Strategies for Teaching Spelling Shannon Lockard, MS Literacy Coach Ellen Ochoa Middle School slockard@psd1.org

  2. “Candidate for a Pullet Surprise” by Jerrold H. Zar I have a spelling checker. It came with my PC. It plane lee marks four my revue Miss steaks aye can knot sea. Eye ran this poem threw it, Your sure reel glad two no. Its vary polished in it’s weigh. My checker tolled me sew.

  3. Research Isolation Memorization Through osmosis Writing Repeatedly Pointing out all mistakes

  4. Research • Multiple modalities • Developmentally appropriate • Teach rules, histories, word parts • Takes problem-solving

  5. Most Common Errors for College Freshmen Wrong Word Unnecessary or missing apostrophes Unnecessary or missing hyphens Homonyms Wilhelm, Jeffrey D., “Next Steps in the Journey: Errors Matter, but Not as Much as You Think”, Voices from the Middle, Volume 15 Number 3, March 2008

  6. Homonyms Word clues Quick sketches or pictures Associations Posters, personal dictionaries Practice Expectation

  7. Example

  8. High Frequency Words 50% of our word use comes from about one hundred words • Demonstrate • Accountability • Keep track with portable word wall

  9. Spelling Strategies • Strategies for Spelling • Mnemonic devices • Songs • Ask someone • Generate a list • Mnemonic devices • Songs • TPR • Monitor strategies • Students document • Confer about

  10. Margin Spelling(Hoyt & Therriault, 2008) occasion ocassion friends spectaculare spectacular have people pepole My tenth birthday was quite an occassion. All of my family and freinds came and each came with a spectackulare gift for me. It was amazing to habe all the peepole I loved at my party.

  11. Bowers Sipe, Rebecca, “Teaching Challenged Spellers in High School English Classrooms”, English Journal, Mar 2008; 97, 4; Teacher Journals, p38 “Once students begin to recognize which words they use often but tend to misspell, we can begin to be strategic in addressing their errors.”

  12. Spel or Spell? • While drafting underline or write sp • Proofreading Power • Check one error at a time • Change font • Read backwards

  13. Explore Patterns—Spelling Inquiry Workshop Prep: Students keep track of difficult words or interesting words Have a student share Have class generate a list of words with the same _______________ Make connections, find patterns

  14. Rules According to Sandra Wilde, four spelling rules regular enough to be taught ie/ei Dropping e before suffixes Changing y to I before suffixes Doubling consonants before suffixes

  15. Student Word Lists • My Word List • have • friend • occasion • their • there • they’re Short Individualized Evolving

  16. Bowers Sipe, Rebecca, “Teaching Challenged Spellers in High School English Classrooms”, English Journal, Mar 2008; 97, 4; Teacher Journals, p38 “Figuratively, the classroom walls marinate students in language as they are continuously surrounded with new words and new strategies to extend spelling expertise.”

  17. Websites http://www.funbrain.com/spell/index.html Online activity to recognize misspelled words http://www.vocabulary.com Root words, lesson plans, and more

  18. Works Cited Bowers Sipe, Rebecca, “Teaching Challenged Spellers in High School English Classrooms”, English Journal, Mar 2008; 97, 4; Teacher Journals, p38 Byerly, Greg; Brodie, Carolyn. “The ABCs of Grammar, Spelling, and Writing.” School Library Media Activities Monthly, March 2004, 37-38, 43. Chandler, Kelly. "What I Wish I'd Known About Teaching Spelling." English Journal (July 2000): 87-95. Hoyt, Linda and Therriault, Teresa. Mastering the Mechanics: Ready-to-Use Lessons for Modeled, Guided, and Independent Editing Grades 4-5. New York: Scholastic Inc., 2008. 111-119. Templeton, Shane, “Spelling and the Middle School English Language Learner.” Voices from the Middle, May 2004, 48-49. Templeton, Shane, “Supporting Students Who are Struggling with Spelling.” Voices from the Middle, Dec. 2002, 54-55. Wilhelm, Jeffrey D., “Next Steps in the Journey: Errors Matter, but Not as Much as You Think”, Voices from the Middle, Volume 15 Number 3, March 2008

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