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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!
Students need spelling practice with C. Choosing between C and K when spelling /k/ takes repetition, noticing that C can spell /s/ as well as /k/ takes time, and the practicing to remember these has to be interesting and fun!
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?
Why is there a G in <sign>? Often students misspell sign and other words with that base spelling because they’re trying to spell by sounding out. That doesn’t work well for this.. Give them the tools to see the spelling and meaning connections. After working through the matrix and other activities in this resource, these words will become more familiar, increasing their reading fluency and spelling accuracy.
Spelling and Meaning Connections bring spelling to life. Looking at the spelling connections helps us see that our spelling is not random. It answers spelling questions many of our students have wondered about.
Why is <one> pronounced “won”? Are only and alone related to one?
Why is there a <w> in two? Twelve, between, and twill, really?
Why is went the past tense of go? Why do we have both burned and burnt? Are we spelling past tense with a T? The answers come from a change in Middle English (1100 – 1500). Read the blog entry here and share this graphic with your students.
Your students will enjoy playing a game of Charades or Guess It with the 24 word cards in this free resource. The Spelling Past Tense with a T set includes a black and white graphic as well as the color one.
Have fun playing Go Fish, Bingo, and Wipe Out games while practicing the replacing (drop-e) rule for adding suffixes to words with a single, final E using word sums. During the Replacing E Rule Spelling Games, students recognize and verbalize the reasons to replace or not to replace. They love it because it’s a game and they have a fair chance of beating you. You love it because they’re learning and smiling!
Changing Y to I Spelling Games include Go Fish, Bingo, and Wipe Out games. Students learn which suffixes will cause the Y to change to I and which will not. During the games, students spell aloud, recognizing how the suffixing rule works. They love it because it’s a game and they have a fair chance of beating you. You love it because they’re learning and smiling!
Have fun playing Go Fish, Bingo, and Wipe Out games while practicing the doubling rule for adding suffixes to one-syllable and two-syllable words using word sums. During the Doubling Rule Spelling Games, students recognize and verbalize the reasons to double or not to double. They love it because it’s a game and they have a fair chance of beating you. You love it because they’re learning and smiling!
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