Teaching Spelling

Teaching Spelling Best Practices in Teaching Spelling Model Spelling Lesson Objective Review 5 linguistic principles of spellingReview the Words their Way Stages of spelling developmentReview the best practices of spelling instruction Model a Within Word Spelling LessonLong A vowel team spellings C when followed by E, I or Y

Linguistic Principles of Spelling HatchetCygnetChlorophyllDoubt

Warm up to review the 5 principles of English SpellingWhy is this word spelled this way?

4Hatchet English Orthography We spell by language of origin.We spell by phoneme-grapheme correspondence.We spell position of phoneme or grapheme in a word.We spell by letter order and sequence patterns, or orthographic conventions.We spell by meaning (morphology) and part of speech. The word hatchet follows 4/5 linguistic principles of English spelling.

This is an Anglo Saxon words. In Anglo-Saxon words we spell the /ch/ sound at the end of a syllable following a short vowel sound with a tch

The position of the phonemes (sounds) determined how we spell the /ch/ sound

Orthographic conventions include two closed syllables spelled with single letter vowels (CVC or VC)

Perfect phoneme grapheme correspondence

5Cygnet English Orthography We spell by language of origin.We spell by phoneme-grapheme correspondence.We spell position of phoneme or grapheme in a word.We spell by letter order and sequence patterns, or orthographic conventions.We spell by meaning (morphology) and part of speech. The word hatchet follows 4/5 linguistic principles of English spelling.

This is French word. In French words the letter c makes the /s/ sound when it is followed by e, i or y

The position of the phonemes (sounds) determined how we spell the /s/ sound (precedes e, i, or y)

Orthographic conventions include two closed syllables spelled with single letter vowels (CVC or VC). The letter y, when used as a vowel can say // // //. There are rules when it says these sounds. When it is in the middle of a word it is usually a short I sound. Another characteristics of the Romantic influence (myth, gym). This is a closed syllable because it is the short vowel.

Perfect phoneme grapheme correspondence

6Chlorophyll English Orthography We spell by language of origin.We spell by phoneme-grapheme correspondence.We spell position of phoneme or grapheme in a word.We spell by letter order and sequence patterns, or orthographic conventions.We spell by meaning (morphology) and part of speech. The word chlorophyll follows 5/5 linguistic principles of English spelling.

This is a Greek word. It is a science word and the ch says the /k/ sound. It also contains the ph saying /f/. The y says the short I sounds, usually found in Greek words.

Why does the second o say /uh/? This is a schwa. The unstressed syllable makes the uh sound.

Three syllables the first is a r-controlled syllable, the o is a schwa syllable and phyll is a closed syllable.

Near perflect phoneme-grapheme correspondence the LL at the end of the word is odd.

Chloro means from Greek for green and phyll is Greek for leaf 7Doubt English Orthography We spell by language of origin.We spell by phoneme-grapheme correspondence.We spell position of phoneme or grapheme in a word.We spell by letter order and sequence patterns, or orthographic conventions.We spell by meaning (morphology) and part of speech. The word chlorophyll follows 5/5 linguistic principles of English spelling.

This is a French word meaning two opinions. It refers to two choices. The root is duo or two.

One vowel team syllable

Near perflect phoneme-grapheme correspondence the b is silent.

We keep the B in the spelling (even thought we dont pronounce it) so we keep the root in place. The root can be found in dubious.8Words their Way Spelling Stages of Development Stages in English Spelling Development

10Emergent- pre K to First Grade

Letter Naming pre K to second Grade

Within Word First to Fourth Grade

Syllable and Affix Third Eighth Grade

Derivational Relations Fifth Twelfth Grade

Best Practices in spelling Instruction Old Way Consider a New Approach Weekly Lessons Old Way Consider a New Approach Weekly Homework Synthetic vs Analytical Synthetic Analytical direct instruction of the sounds taught in a systematic mannereach one building on the next discovery based instruction of the sounds taught in the context of meaningful tasks each one building on the next Analytical Analytical Synthetic Instruction Sandwich Model Spelling Lessons These are spelling concepts already mastered by the students23Spelling Words aimtodaygraymayor awaybraingrainstrayexplaindrain

make sure they have meaning around the words Listen and Look for the pattern aimtodaygraymayor awaybraingrainstrayexplaindrain

aimtodaygraymayor awaybraingrainstrayexplaindrain

What is the one sound that all these words have? //I am going to circle 5 of these words. What do all five of these words have in common? ai spelling for //What is the position of the ai spelling in the words? beginning, middle or end? beginning &middle but neverthe end!Phoneme and Grapheme Mapping

Phoneme and Grapheme Mapping

Phoneme and Grapheme Mapping

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make sure they have meaning around the words

Procedure

Say the word See if everyone has an image of this word in their mind (thumbs up or down)Show the picture and explain for those with a thumbs down Sound out the word (finger tap, slinky pull, blocks, bingo blotter)

Case- American Englishcast mid Englishcoast- Old English from Latin Costa meaning shore from the Roman Empire influence Cold- Old English derived from frigidCube- Old English from Latin Cubis- shape Roman Empire Influence Celery french celeri- food Cement- French ciment- mortar cinder- orgionally sinder- Old English; Under French rules changed the s or a c for French cinis- ashes Mercy- French for merci- forgiveness Ounce- French for wildcat and unce for form of measurement

30/s/ word sort- sort the words by how the /s/ sound is spelled (c, s). What is the pattern you see?casecastcoastcoldcubecelerycementcindermercyounce