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17/08/17 Difficul:es[ may stem from visual memory, Spelling auditory memory, discrimina:on and motor skills] Spelling [encoding] is the reverse process of • Is not aware of sound-symbol rela=onship- decoding [reading]. It involves taking sounds chop for shop that are heard in words and wri:ng the le;ers • Uses le@er names instead of sounds- e for i that represent these sounds. • Omissions- aross for across; Spells with There are 26 le;ers but 44 phonemes . consonant only- leaves vowels- wht, stm To spell, the child should read, apply knowledge • Sequencing-was for saw of phonics, visualize the word, use motor skills to • Not aware of spelling pa@erns, sight words - write. spells phone=cally- doter for daughter When is it a difficulty? • Confusion with visually similar le@ers- u and v • Difficulty with le@er forma9on- i looks like e, h is like n • Le@er reversals (e.g. d for b as in dog for bog ) • Word reversals (e.g. 9p for pit ) • Le@er inversions (e.g. m for w ) • Le@er transposi=ons (e.g. felt and le= ) • Homophone errors- where for wear • Knows in isola=on, but breakdown in context 1

17/08/17 Some Strategies-…… Find The Errors • Use of Elkonin Boxes • SOS-Simultaneous Oral Spelling I went two the cinema with to of • Use of Configura=on Boxes my friends too see the latest • Teaching the Spelling Rules and Morphology horror film. • Rhyming with/analogies to known words • Use pseudo words for prac=ce Focus on the Vowels Look at the Le@er Teams speak speech boat bone bow 2

17/08/17 Visual Memory Watch out for Silent Le@ers Write Right Listen Knee Knead Look for Smaller Words sign in design MNEMONICS eight in weight science in conscience 3

17/08/17 friend accommoda=on A real 2 cats friend is 2 mice there to 1 dog the end accommoda=on soldier Soldiers some=mes die in ba@le 4