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Usually words with the same spelling and meaning are related. Does a grate on a grill, grate as in grating cheese, and the grate in grateful have anything in common besides their spelling? Are they related?
Do your students have trouble reading or spelling any of these words?
A spooky Structured Word Inquiry and practice with the OO vowel digraph.
Student questions lead to LEARNING. Here’s a snapshot of the learning from a student’s question about the spelling of demonstrate that led us to a monster.
What’s the point of spelling? Well it’s not memorize, memorize, memorize. It’s about recognizing words and their relationships and word families. At least that’s what makes it easier for my students!
Student questions lead to LEARNING. Here’s a snapshot of the learning from a student’s question about the <t> in elections.
Lots of students misspell “toward” when they’re spelling without seeing the structure of this direction word.
A word study to make note of the relationship between REMEMBER and MEMORY.
A student’s frequent trouble reading “woman” for “women” and misspelling both words led to this resource. His question about the spelling and how close his idea was to the Old English spelling were surprising to both of us.
With this matrix resource, you’ll unCOVER spelling structure and phonology. When students (and adults) study words like this, you peel back the layers to see the spelling and meaning connections, essentially uncovering spelling treasure.
Side by side, let’s compare “preside” to “side”. If two words have the same base spelling, are they related?
Hmm…Good question. They might be. What about their meanings? Do they have the same sense and meaning? Here’s a critical determiner of word relationship–do they share the same root?
Get to the Heart of Spelling with a heart matrix. Whether it’s Valentine’s Day, a science lesson about the cardiovascular system, or learning the <ea> vowel digraph, this matrix will enrich your lesson.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T. How could I resist that one?! This word study is a jump into structured word inquiry. Not sure how to do this? The information included will give you confidence to start using this way of connecting spelling and meaning.
Free Download: Take your students on fun phoneme and grapheme hunts with these blank hunt sheets. Use them for introducing new letters or sounds. Engage them in the search. Then they’ll notice and think about spelling! Another fun way to practice and learn from Tools for Dyslexia!
Doubt usually makes its way onto sight word lists that dyslexic students work to memorize. However, it’s impossible to sound out, isn’t it? Instead, students CAN learn the why of this spelling with this structured word inquiry to make it meaningful and memorable.
Confidently teach spelling after you learn how to investigate this word.
Help your students become familiar with the WR Digraph using these spelling activities.
Let’s face it. Some spelling concepts are more challenging than others, especially if students are stuck in …
Would you like a simple word study to get your students familiar with morphology? Let’s look at the word graduation and its word family. What’s the base? What suffixing rule do we use in this spelling?
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