This document provides tips for improving spelling skills, including: 1. The "Look-Cover-Spell-Check" method of writing the word, covering it, writing it from memory, and checking the spelling. 2. Segmenting long words into parts to make them easier to spell. 3. Highlighting silent letters to call attention to them. 4. Creating mnemonic sentences to remember how to spell difficult words. 5. Drawing pictures representing letters to help visualize spellings.

1. How to be a Spelling Star!
Hi, I’m Charlie and I’m not very good at spelling.
So I have to think of lots of different ways
to learn my spellings.
Have a look at how I do this
and see if you can think of any more...

2. Look – Cover – Spell - Check
One way I learn my spellings is to write it down on a piece of
paper, look at it and then fold the paper up.
After 30 seconds, I write the word on my wipe board.
Then I check it by unfolding my paper!
It helps when I sound the word out in my head
and think about what the word looks like.

3. Look – Cover – Spell - Check
This is because I learn new words in 2 different parts of my brain!
When I learn a new word When I learn a new word
by listening to how it sounds, by seeing how it looks,
I learn it in the middle I learn it in the back
of the left side of my brain. of the left side of my brain.
(The Temporal Lobe) (The Occipital Lobe)
So it is important for me to try and remember:
- How a word sounds
- How a word looks

4. Look – Cover - Spell - Check
Look at these Key Words:
tree baby animal balloon
anchor coffee
Pick a word!
How does it sound? How does it look?
Your teacher will now hide the words.
After 30 seconds, write down your word on a wipe board.

5. Look – Cover - Spell - Check
After 30 seconds, can you spell your Key Word?
Check your answer!
anchor
animal
baby
balloon
coffee
tree
Now choose another Key Word of your own to spell!

6. Segmenting
When I have a long word to spell,
I split it up into different parts.
I can do this in 3 ways:
* I use two different colours to write down my word.
* I cut up my word and glue it on some paper.
* I draw a line between the different parts of my word.

7. Segmenting
Look at these difficult words:
Wednesday Saturday February
Choose a word and segment it.
Why did you segment it like this?
Did your friends segment it in the same way?

8. Highlighting
Sometimes a word has a silent letter in it.
When this happens I use a highlighter pen
to show me where it is.
ghost knight chocolate

9. Highlighting
Look at these difficult words:
lamb gnome autumn
Choose a word and highlight a letter?
Why did you choose this letter and not another?
Did your friends highlight the same letter?
How else can you make a surprise letter stand out?

10. Mnemonics
Sometimes I make up a sentence
to help me spell a word.
n e c e s s a r y
Never eat crisps, eat salad sandwiches and remain young.
Think!
If I remember the sentence,
I will remember how to spell the word.

11. Mnemonics
Look at these difficult words:
laugh yacht choir
Think of a sentence to help you spell one of these words.
Share your sentence with your friends.
Who do you think had the best sentence?
Why do you think this sentence was the best?

12. Pictures
Sometimes I draw a picture to help me remember a word!
H e a l t h y
Pictures can help me remember:
- How to spell a word
- What a word means
Warning!
I must remember what letters I have drawn
so I can put them back!

13. Pictures
Look at these words:
l ve b mb
How do you spell these words without the pictures?
What letter is missing?
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Now look at this word:
sep e
What word do you think this spells?

14. Do you remember the 5 ways I use to help me learn to spell?
Look – Cover – Spell – Check Segmenting Highlighting
Mnemonics Pictures
Can you think of any more ways?
Make a poster to show all the different ways you can learn to spell.
Try them out!
Use different ways to learn different spellings.
I hope this helps you as much as it helps me!
Look – Cover – Check – Spell Segmenting Highlighting
Mnemonics Pictures

15. Learn these tricks and you
can be a Spelling Star too!