Transcript Circle of Spelling

Circle of Spelling
A new approach to spelling
Why?
• Evidence suggests that the traditional methods
for teaching spelling are only effective for a small
number of children.
• This system has been used in other
schools and has been proved to be
extremely effective.
What are the differences in this
approach?
• The most important difference is that this
approach guides the child to develop
INDEPENDENT learning skills.
• Spellings are personalised; the number of spellings
and level of difficulty vary with every child.
• The words are selected because they is a high
likelihood that they will be regularly used by the
child.
LEARNING TO LEARN!
RESILIENCE
RECIPROCITY
REFLECTIVENESS
RESOURCEFULNESS
HOW DOES THIS WORK?
1. Each child has a circle for their spelling.
2. There are three segments to the circle
which THE CHILD fills with words.
3.
For most children, the first segment will contain 5
words from either the ‘first 300 words’ or age
related words which come from the National
curriculum
The second segment will contain words with
patterns- phonics or spelling patterns.
The third segment will contain either corrected
words from their own work OR words related to
their topic.
FAQs!
Why use a circle?
What will happen next?
What will come home?
What happens if my child comes home
with a word they have spelt wrongly?
How will we know it’s
working?
How can we help?
Children need to learn their
spellings as often as possible
developing and using their own
preferred learning style.
The four Rs are the Key!