Transcript Spelling word families

Word Families
and Other
Animals
Ways of learning spellings
What is a word family?
Words that are related to
each other…
Related: belonging to the same
family, group or type.
Root word
A word family can stem from a root
word. The new words aren’t always of
the same word type.
Spelling:
prefixes and suffixes
Words can be related because
of how they are written.
All these words have the suffix ‘tion’.
What are Mnemonics?
A Mnemonic is something that can
be can use to remember things.
It often takes the form of a phrase,
a short song, or something that is
easily remembered.
Mnemonics can help children with
spellings that they find difficult as it
offers a different strategy and a
way of remembering using
association.
because
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Big
Elephants
Can
Always
Understand
Small
Elephants
island
An island
is land
surrounded
by water
necessary
1 collar
2 sleeves
necessary
hear
You
hear
with your
ear
piece
A piece
of
pie
- ould words
Could
Should
Would
O U Lovely Duck
height & weight
There is
an eight
in height
and
weight
Other Strategies
SPELLING JENGA
Other Strategies
LETTER BUILDING
WORD SEARCHES
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Seek & Destroy
spelling errors
To build up children’s spelling
confidence they are now
identifying and correcting their
own mistakes.
Spelling mistakes will be indicated with
Sp or a either in the margin or at the
end of the paragraph.
Children then need to find and correct
these, using a dictionary as necessary.
Non-negotiables
Key Words are non-negotiable. The
expectation is to spell these words,
and words displayed in the
classroom correctly all the time.
Any
questions?