1. Letter Tracing I highly recommend starting early with three lined printing paper. If you don’t have access to dotted letters for tracing, using a highlighter is just as easy. 2. Rainbow Words: Write your child’s name with a highlighter and let him or her use multiple colors to trace the letters. 3. Letter Scramble:…
Question #1: 1. A word family is a group of words that all share a common root word. For example, the words bat, cat, hat and sat all share the root word “at. Question #2: 2. Word families help your child sound out multisyllabic words more easily and improve rhyming and spelling skills. Question #3:…
Say these consonant names out loud: They all contain the sound of long vowel e. Now say these consonant names out loud: They all contain the sound of short vowel e. . Understanding that vowels help consonants spell/say their names can be useful for children who struggle to spell. 1. Say the word. 2. Stretch…
Spending time on syllables can help a child: When it comes to spelling, there are A LOT of rules. The problem is that all of those rules also have multiple rule breakers! One rule that is very difficult to find a rule breaker for is, “Every syllable in every word has to have at least…
Sound boxes are a helpful strategy for students who are just starting to spell words and for more experienced kids who still make a lot of spelling errors. I find them extremely helpful for practicing long vowel spelling patterns, or, as I like to say, the different ways a vowel spells its name in a…
-long vowel u spelling patterns -long vowel u stories -long vowel u songs -long vowel u worksheets -long vowel u activity ideas When I begin teaching the long Vowel U sound, I start with a video that shows a few ways that long Vowel U can spell its name: After watching and discussing the long…
Long O song: Follow this with my Long O word sort from the Long Vowel Packet. Bonus oa/ow story song #1 Song #2 How to draw a boat
After watching this video, have your student complete the long i word sort. Lets dive deeper into the ways that the vowel i can spell its name. I teach long vowel i in this order: i-e ie igh -y Here are the steps I use to teach long vowel I: Alligator Pie song Bonus igh…
-long e spelling patterns -long e stories -long e songs -long e worksheets -long e activities Have you ever asked a small child the question, “What does a cat say?” or “What does a cow say?” Of course you have! It’s fun, and it’s pretty adorable to hear little kids meow or moo. Learning to…
-long a words -long a spelling patterns -long a songs -long a stories -long a worksheets -long a extension ideas Long Vowel A Spelling Patterns: Every child has a name. Every child has a way to spell that name. Letters also have a name, and letters also have a way to spell that name. When…