Spelling Instruction

Big Word Game a, a, a, e, i, b, c, h, l, l, p, t How many words can you make out of these letters? a, a, a, e, i, b, c, h, l, l, p, t What is the word formed by using all of the letters?

Spelling Counts Spelling has social importance. Yule, 1986 Spelling achievement is valued by parents.

Phonemic Awareness and Spelling Phonemic awareness is a key predictor of spelling success. Foorman, Novy, Francis, & Lieberman, 1991; Tangle & Blanchman, 1995

Good spellers are better readers and writers Good spellers are better readers and writers. Scanlon & Vellutino, 1997; Moats, 1997; Tangle & Blackman, 1995, and Urea & Shepherd, 1993

Children retain spelling knowledge best when they use their new words in reading and writing. Moats, 1997

Stages of Spelling Development Letter Name Stage Within Word Pattern Stage Syllables and Affixes Stage Derivational Relations Stage

Letter Name Stage Alphabetic stage Beginning and ending consonants Short vowels

Within Word Pattern Stage R-controlled vowels Regular long vowel patterns Consonant blends Common suffixes

Suffixes and Affixes Stage Multi-syllabic words Consonant doubling E-drop before endings Long vowel patterns in accented syllables

Derivational Relations Stage Spell most words correctly

Why teach spelling as a part of reading?

Spelling is one of the 3 partners in the reading process: Morphology: the study of word formation Phonology: the study of sounds Orthography: the study of correct spelling

Reading and Spelling Connection Reading – decoding Spelling - encoding

Consider Cow by: Alice Schertle Which rhymes with bough But not With rough. That’s clear enough.

Remember moo Will rhyme With through But not With trough Or though Or tough.

You’ve got It now: There’s dough And bough And cough And through And mough… Er, moo.

At one magical instant in your early childhood, the pages of a book – that string of confused, alien ciphers shivered into meaning.

Words spoke to you, gave up their secrets; at that moment, whole universes opened.

You became, irrevocably, a reader. Alberto Manguel