PR-2288IRE My Spelling Workbook Teacher Guide - Book B

Additional Activities
Informal Activities
Useful for the reinforcement of the list words in a less formal approach.
Strategy
• Encourage children to ‘have a go’ and take risks with
approximate spelling.
Examples
For example, using ‘have a go’ pads or spelling journals for
children to try out their spelling when writing stories etc.
• Encourage as much reading as possible.
• Break each spelling list into shorter lists based on similar
spelling patterns or themes.
• Longer words can be ‘chunked’ (broken into chunks) to
assist spelling, rather than conventional syllables.
• Make simple designs using the list words written end
to end.
• Encourage children to look at difficult words, focus on
the problem part, close their eyes, then write it.
• Write list words on graph paper, cut out the letters, and
then build the word from the cut-out letters.
• Write the list words, leaving out some letters. Complete
the words the next day.
• Prepare a cloze passage, deleting list words. Children
select the correct word to go in the correct space.
Include different sources of print around the classroom for
children to find correct spelling. For example: opposites,
colours, favourite sayings, days of the week.
For example these list words could be broken up as follows:
he, me, we, be, she;
gum, hum, sum;
yes, no.
For example into – in to. Children should be encouraged to
choose how to chunk the words themselves, so
as to suit each child’s preferred learning style.
Use shapes like circles, triangles and spirals.
For example: the problem part of ‘want’ might be ‘an’ rather
than ‘on’.
Review sample
c
a
For example: c m = come
For example: ‘dog’ and ‘vet’ might fit into:
My went to the .
t
c
h
• Use sentence frames to develop a spelling vocabulary of
list words.
For example: We took our cat to the vet.
We took our pup to the vet.
• Use list words to build other words.
For example: using the word ‘am’:
h , j , sw
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