Articles on Teaching Spelling

Here are articles that will help you in teaching spelling.

Teaching Strategies

Six strategies for reviewing spelling. Make it "stick" by incorporating these review strategies.
Tactile Ways to Practice Spelling. The All About Spelling program incorporates many kinesthetic activities. Here are some additional ways to bring the kinesthetic aspect of teaching spelling to life.
Challenges in Teaching Spelling. Solutions for common challenges experienced by teachers and parents.
Spelling Activities for Practicing Skills. If you have a child who learns best through kinesthetic activities, you may find helpful ideas here.
How to Correct Spelling Mistakes. Tips on how to help your student correct his own spelling mistakes.
What to Do When Poor Spelling Affects Your Child's Performance in Other School Subjects. How did it get to this point and what can you do next?
Five Ways to Handle Misspelled Words. Practical strategies to help your student master challenging words, or "troublemakers."

What Works in Teaching Spelling
What Doesn't Work in Teaching Spelling
Teaching Spelling With Letter Tiles. Using letter tiles for teaching spelling is a great way to immediately improve the effectiveness of your spelling instruction.
A Spelling Lesson Using Letter Tiles. A real-life example of a spelling lesson showing letter tiles in action.
Effective Spelling Strategies. An overview of the four main strategies for effective spelling, and tips on how to teach them.
Does Invented Spelling Have Its Place? What is invented spelling? Should invented spelling be encouraged? Does inventive spelling help or hinder your student's learning?
Orton Gillingham Approach to Teaching . Are you looking for the Orton Gillingham approach to teaching spelling? The best step-by-step, multisensory, explicit programs are based on the Orton Gillingham approach.

Developing Phonemic Awareness. Phonemic awareness means being aware of how sounds work in spoken language. This awareness helps students learn how to read and spell, and can be taught explicitly (directly). This article provides some activities to help your student develop phonemic awareness.

The Jobs of Silent E. Silent E can perform different functions, depending on the word in which it is used. This article summarizes the jobs of Silent E.
Phonograms. Phonograms are the building blocks of successful spelling. This article introduces the 72 phonograms taught in All About Spelling and offers tips on how to teach them.
Why Teach the Phonograms and Spelling Rules? A good way to teach spelling is to teach phonograms and spelling rules. Find out why.
The Big Picture of Long Vowel Sounds. An overview of the four ways to spell long vowel sounds.
Syllables and Spelling. There are six types of syllables. It is important for students to recognize syllables in words.
Closed and Open Syllables. Descriptions and examples of closed and open syllables, the first two syllable types students should learn.
The Complete Guide to Prefixes. Strategies for teaching prefixes, plus a list of 90 common prefixes.
Contractions. An alphabetical list of common contractions.
Alphabetizing. Tips and strategies for teaching your students this essential skill.
Teaching Sight Words. Find out how All About Spelling handles sight words.
Choosing the Correct Spelling Pattern. The majority of words actually do follow the rules and can be sounded out. Among those words, however, there are still some that require visual strategies in addition to knowing rules and phonograms. Here are some of the strategies that All About Spelling uses.

What Is Dyslexia? If your child has been diagnosed with dyslexia, or if you suspect that your child has dyslexia, you may be wondering, "What exactly is dyslexia?"
Symptoms of Dyslexia. A list of the signs and symptoms of dyslexia.

Teaching Spelling in Your Homeschool. Some things to consider for your homeschool program.

Spotlight on Diane Allen. Diane is an educational testing specialist who works with up to 150 students every school year. Her story is especially interesting because she gets to see children's test results before and after using All About Spelling.
Spotlight on Merry Marinello. Merry Marinello is a homeschool parent to two children. Read on to find out the difference that All About Spelling has made in her family.

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