Spelling
strategies
‘Spell a word for your child and they
will remember it for a day! Teach your
child spelling skills and they will be
spellers for life!’
Aims of this session
 To
provide an overview of how we teach
spelling in Oakgrove IPS.
 To provide practical ideas which you can
use at home to develop your child’s
spelling skills.
 To further develop home school links
Is your child ready to spell?
Can he/she ….
 Recognise rhyme (importance of Nursery
Rhymes).
 Recognise letter sound symbols (alphabet
recognition).
 Identify individual sounds within a word.
 Follow sequences and blend sounds together.
 Hear sound blocks in words (syllables).
 Hear sounds and record them (visual memory
of letter symbols)
 Manipulate sounds (instead of ‘pit’ spell ‘bit’)
Teaching spelling in Oakgrove
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P1 & P2: Develop language, rhyme, letter sounds and
sound blocks.
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P2 : Introduce Linguistic Phonics.
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P3- P7 :
 Linguistic phonics (10 minutes daily)
 The Complete Spelling Programme (homework spellings
+ class activities)
 Nelson literacy programme .
What is Linguistic Phonics?
 A carefully
planned approach to learning
spelling.
 A daily ‘blast’ linking spelling skills to
language, listening, reading and writing.
 Children within each year group are
exposed to a variety of spelling patterns
over the year. These spelling patterns are
revisited in each year group.
Spelling activitiesHow to help your child!
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Look, say, cover, write, check method.
 Paper squares / phonix cubes
 Mnemonics (visual and rhyming clues).
 Visual skills;.
 Tracking, word shapes,
 Spellmadoodle
 See it right activity (‘Have a go’ spelling book /
page)
 Climb a mountain
Over to you!
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Any questions!
Remember:
Praise for all good efforts.
Don’t let your child struggle too much. Help out
and then let the teacher know what you did.
Try not to let him / her feel that he has let you
down. Use humour to diffuse any tension.
Thank you for your time. We really appreciate
your support!