Spelling tips
Here are a few suggestions to help your child learn their spellings at home.
- Create a set of flash cards with the word on one side and the meaning on the other.
- Use alphabet magnets or scrabble tiles to spell out words.
- Write sentences for each word.
- Create a word search or crossword puzzle.
- Type the spellings on a computer.
- Write a story using all the spellings.
- Use ‘Spelling City’ website http://www.spellingcity.com/ Parents can register for the free version and input your child’s spelling word lists. Your child can then play games and activities or take practice tests on the site.
- Use Discovery Education’s puzzle maker tool http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker . You can create a word search using your child’s spelling words.
- Alphabetise the word list
- Sit down with your child, two pencils and a piece of paper. Tell your child the spelling word you’ll be practising and write the first letter of the word. Pass the paper, so your child can add the next letter. You add the letter after that, repeating until the word is completed.
- Use old magazines or newspapers to find spelling words and cut them out.