How to Dazzle at Spelling

How to Dazzle at Spelling is a structured resource for teaching pupils to understand and commit sounds, letter strings and high frequency words to memory. The rules of spelling are often difficult for pupils to assimilate because there are so many exceptions. Therefore rules require reinforcement many times before they are understood. The activities in this book are designed to develop the pupils visual and aural discrimination, visual and aural recognition and visual and aural memory. Pupils will learn that if they visualize the words, as well as sound them out, they have a better chance of spelling them correctly. The activities include: learning all the common rules of spelling; words containing short and long vowel sounds; groups of letters such as 'ea', 'ee', 'ai'; the silent 'e'; the prefix 'dis-'; word endings, such as '-ed', '- ough' and '-tion'; and breaking words into syllables.Yates, Irene is the author of 'How to Dazzle at Spelling', published 2004 under ISBN 9781897675472 and ISBN 189767547X.