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Spelling HelpWith spell checkers so readily available, spelling help is no longer as necessary as it once was. That does not mean it's not important, just that it's taken a backseat to other language arts skills. If your student is in the early grades and is learning to read with a phonics based program you do not need to worry about spelling yet. It is extremely important that students be able to recognize spelling patterns based upon phonic recognition. They need a good grasp of phonic skills to do this. Work through the lessons in the Learn 2 Read, Read 2 Succeed reading program. By doing this you should see a big improvement in spelling. Spelling activities help to reinforce concepts and you should use them anytime you get a chance. Presenting information is various ways helps improve retention and true comprehension. Activities that use whole body movements are particularly important for kinesthetic learners. More on learning styles can be found Here. I think the best spelling program, especially for the upper elementary grades and up, is Spelling Power by Beverly Adams-Gordon . With Spelling Power students only study words that they don't know and so it is a very concentrated program. Another plus is that there is only one manual for grades 3-12. It is not necessary to purchase the student record books unless you want to. The activity cards that go with it are not a necessity either. We rarely even used the ones we had. They are good activities though. Spelling Power does require more time each day on the part of the parent so if you do not have the 15 min. required each day for each child you might want to try something else. It is not a program a child can work on his own.Improving your child's spelling without spending a dimeThere are many different ways to go about helping your child or student improve his spelling. One is to use the Dolch sight word list. These are the most commonly used words in the English language and so would be the first place to start. Start at the beginning of the list and have your child spell each word (without looking at it) as you read from the list. When he has missed a total of three words stop and have him work on learning to spell just those three. First he should write the word five times. Then he should look at the word, close his eyes (or look away from the paper) and spell the word out loud. For kinesthetic learners it helps if they draw the word in the air (as if they are writing on an invisible chalkboard). Repeat with the other two words. Then test him on them again. The next time you work with him review the previous lesson's words. If he misses words from previous lessons include those with the three new words that day. Every now and then, test on formerly learned words. If he misses those, include them in future lessons. Do not give him more than five words to work on at once.Return to ABC-123 Read Home from
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