Tips to help you learn your spellings Year 6 Spellings Tips to help you learn your spellings Homework spellings November 6th 2015

Why do we have to learn spellings every week? Spelling matters, in the future when you apply for jobs, or work in any job, your spelling will be noticed. Do not just learn them for the tests, spelling correctly in your written work is essential too. 10/10 is wonderful but only if you learn them for life!

The National Primary Strategy Support for Spellings This presentation includes some helpful ways to try to help you learn your spellings. There are some obvious ones first: Write the word out three times Look, say, cover, write, check Focus on the spelling rule and apply Break the word into bits and learn each bit Look up the word and meaning of the word in a dictionary

How do you try to spell or learn your spelling? Answer these questions honestly and this will lead you to discover the best way for you to learn your spellings! I listen to the sounds of the words in my head I write a list of possible spellings and choose the one I think looks right I try to think of spelling rules I break the words into bits and say the sound I see the word inside my head I link to the other words that are related to it I say the word aloud I find it just comes I look up the word in a dictionary

What type of learner are you? I listen to the sounds of the words in my head - A I write a list of possible spellings and choose the one I think looks right - V I try to think of spelling rules - L I break the words into bits and say the sound - A I see the word inside my head - V I link to the other words that are related to it - L I say the word aloud - A I find it just comes - V I look up the word in a dictionary - L Mostly As = Auditory Mostly Vs = Visual Mostly Ls = Learning If you are a mixture apply both strategies. You can use all of these strategies to help, whichever helps you the most!

Auditory Learning If you are an auditory learner, you will learn better when you use strategies involving the ear and mouth. Listen to the word being read aloud. Break it up into syllables, then identify the phoneme in each syllable, learn the letters that cause the sound to change. Say any silent letters in an exaggerated way, k-nife Analogy – linking any words with similar spelling, using words you already know how to spell, would, could and should. You can also create rhymes and rhythms to help you learn the word

Visual Learners If you are a visual learner, you will learn best using strategies involving the eyes and hands. Try writing the word 3 or more times in joined up hand writing, funny writing, bubble writing, backwards! Use a highlighter pen to draw attention to the part of the word you need to learn – the spelling rule Look for words within words Look, say, cover, write, check should work well for you Group together words that may not sound alike but have a shared pattern

Learning learners If you are a learning learner, you will learn best when you use strategies involving the mind and method. Learning about the structure of the word can help, the root of the word then if any prefixes or suffixes are added Mnemonics can be a useful memory aid (Big elephants can always understand small elephants) Word origins, looking at the word origins of words can help to identify the letters or combinations of letters to use Homophones can be difficult to learn, learn them with other words that look the same but sound different ) er, there, where) Think of the spelling rule and apply

This week’s spellings Use these strategies to help you! Synonym and antonym word families Prefix of un and in

Spellings – Synonym and antonym families, prefix –un and in Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 amateur unprofessional (professional) unavailable (available) infrequently (frequent) community individual conscious unnecessary (necessary) insufficient (sufficient) essential Infrequently (frequent) unnecessary ( necessary) develop definite necessary suggest unoccupied (occupy)