subject: Teaching Spelling [print this page] Teaching Spelling Teaching Spelling
Spelling in the English language can be a very difficult subject matter to coach and to acquire. If one has taught their child to use the phonics method then this will be a little simpler of a task. As phonics uses a scheme that teaches kids how to sound out words for reading, this scheme can be used to teach children how to spell.
Before one begins teaching his or her child how to spell, it is important that they understand how to read. Therefore, coaching children younger than kindergarten will only become a frustration for younger children. It is not suggested to teach spelling to anyone younger than five. Yet, one should consider how fine the child can read, even above the age of five.
Below is a list showing the spelling ability of children in particular time spans.
Grades K-3rd
Spelling can be perfidious; some adults have a tough time spelling certain words in the English language. There will always be three or four words that sound the same but are spelled different and with different meanings.
Talking to a child about the phonics system and how words are sounded out is often useful. Phonics has helped numerous children to learn to read and spell, using the resonance of each letter to determine the spelling of the word as a whole. C /c/, A /a/, T/t/, CAT.
By practice spelling core words with children, one can use flash cards to help children learn core words while using the phonics system to spell out more tricky words. Practicing the following procedures as much as one can without exhausting ones child from the subject matter helps in teaching them to spell.
chief points to address:
Talk about the phonics system and how words must be sounded out.
Practice Spelling as much as possible.
Grades 4th-6th
Taking part in a child's spelling and homework assignments will help them immensely in the classroom and out. Being available for study time with ones child to and giving them a spelling word and having them spell it back to you helps them in learning to spell. One can also give them the meaning and have them tell the word and its spelling. It is important to have fun doing this together, and create unusual sentences to go with the child's spelling words.
In addition to homework assignments it is important to take out as many words a week as one can from the dictionary to master those words with the child. Together you and the child can master the spelling and expressions of these words once a week. Twenty to twenty five words are a good amount, as long as the child does not have too many other extracurricular activities going at the same time. Playing games like: boggle, scrabble, Shannon's game etc.
Thus we find that it is not that difficult to teach children to spell. It just takes a bit of creativity and lots of patience.
