Ways to help remember spellings

1. Ways to help remember spellings • Beat out the syllables and write out each ‘bit’ of a word as you say it. • Highlight the difficult bits of the word. • Link a new word with words you already know. sound - round - ground rain - train - Britain

2. If you are a visual learner • Change the look of the word: div/ ide div ide d ivi de re ce ive r / ece / ive r ece ive • Find words within words: fat her cap a city

3. If you are an auditory learner • Change the sound of the word. Exaggerate the pronunciation or ‘say it funny’. be - ca - use Wed – nes – day • Say the names of letters in rhythm: p-e o-p l-e q-u e-u e especially confusing endings: -t-i-o-n -g-h-t -c-i-a-l

4. If you are a manual or physical learner (hands) • Trace the letters with your finger as you say or picture the word. • We remember physical things with our motor or muscle memory, which is powerful. e.g. Once you can swim, it is difficult to forget!

5. For everyone: • Learn the derivations of words (where they come from) television: ‘tele’ means afar, over a distance ‘visio’ means sight (from Latin) • Remove or add prefixes and suffixes: un – like – lyin – vis – ible un – re – strict - ed

6. If you’re really stuck: • Make up a mnemonic (from the Greek root for ‘remember’). A mnemonic is a verse, rhyme or other device to aid the memory, for example, ‘Never believe a lie.’ ‘Big Elephants Aren’t Ugly they are BEAUtiful!’

7. Another S.J.Dillingham Production for Salendine Nook High School2003