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Teaching Spelling
Basic Strategies of teaching spelling to LD students
Question | Answer |
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What two main skills reflect spelling success or failure? | phonemic awareness and letter-sound relationships |
What are two additional activities also influence spelling success? | independent reading and exposure to text |
What are the three kinds of knowledge that need to be addressed in spelling instruction? | basic phonics knowledge, word- specific knowledge, and morphological knowledge |
What are some suggestions for teaching spelling to students with ld... | 1. Provide systematic phonics instruction that incorporates teaching of phonemic awareness. 2. Teach common irregular words from the earliest stages of spelling. 3. Teach useful spelling rules. (such as silent e) |
What are some suggestions for teaching spelling to students with ld... | 4. Teach spelling of grade-appropriate words. 5. Emphasize activities that involve writing or building printed words with letter tiles, not oral spelling. 6. Have students use knowledge about root words & relationships among words 2 help spell new words |
What are some suggestions for teaching spelling to students with ld... | 7. Encourage independent reading to increase exposure to printed words. 8. Teach older children how to use a computer spell-checker. |