Spelling Hints and Tips to Help Your Child With Their Spelling
Spelling can sometimes be a bit tricky, to say the least.
When you're learning to spell a new word, try these top tips.
Break the word down into smaller parts
Fan - tast - ic
Mem - or - ab - le
Ban - an - a
If a word has silent letters, try pronouncing it exactly as you'd spell it
Autum-n
G-nome
Bom-b
Make up a sentence to help you remember the word
Beauty - Big Elephants Are Used To Yawning
Look for smaller words within the word
Apparent
Severe
Create
Separate
Make up a phrase to help you remember how the words are connected.
For example, It's apparent that we can't pay the rent.
Write out word correctly and copy
If there's a word that you always struggle with or get wrong, write it out correctly, and then copy it out loads of times until you always get it right without looking.
Think about the spelling rules you know
For example, the letter q is nearly always followed by the letter u.
Queen
Square
Think about words that sound similar or that are made from the same root word.
Maybe your tricky word is spelt in a similar way.
Sign
Design
Assign
Cover
Discovery
Uncovered
Write the word in different ways - sometimes one way will just look right
intresting
interesting
intaresting
