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Spelling Strategies

discriminate syllables

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practise by "look, say, cover, write, check" strategy

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identify mis-spelt words in own work

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identify short words within longer words

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using I.T.Spell Checkersfor spelling

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use known spellings as a basis for spelling other words

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using word roots, prefixes & suffixes

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Spelling - using apostrophes

apostrophes for spelling shortened forms of words

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apostrophes for possessives and contractions

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Spelling- changing and creating words

use suffixes to generate new words from root words

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extending and compounding words

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changing tenses, making comparatives

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word origins and derivatives

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inventing rules and mnemonics

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Spelling- prefixes

understanding prefixes un-, de-, dis-, re-, pre-

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miss-, non-, ex-, co-, anti-

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al-

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auto, bi, trans, tele, circum

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in-, im-, ir-, il-, pro-, sus-

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Spelling patterns and rules

-le pattern

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2 syllable words containing double consonants

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pluralisation, rules for

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patterns of consonants

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unstressed vowels in polysyllabic words

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rules for words ending in modifying e, words ending in y

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patterns for unstressed vowels

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unstressed vowels in polysyllabic words

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Spelling words

words containing long vowel phonemes

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verbs ending in "ing"

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high frequency words

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compound words

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noun when "s" is added

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words with silent letters

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regular verb endings - s, ed, ing; irregular tense changes

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words in appendix list 2

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homophones

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words with common endings -ight

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words with common letter strings but different pronunciations

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words with common roots

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words ending in vowels other than the letter "e"

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possessive pronouns

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words with different pronunciations

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connectives- therefore, notwithstanding, furthermore

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Spelling suffixes

er, est, and y also -ly, -ful, -less

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-al. -ary, -ac, -ship, -hood, -ness, -ment

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suffixes added to words ending in "f"

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-ible, -able, -ive, -tion, -sion

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-cian, etc.

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