MTEL Foundations of Reading (90) Exam Secrets Study Guide by MTEL Exam Secrets Test Prep Team

Author:MTEL Exam Secrets Test Prep Team
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mometrix Media LLC

Different Approaches to Teaching Students to Spell

There are many methods and commercial programs available to teach spelling. Although they vary in approach, the methods that are most effective share some common characteristics.

Effective spelling instruction should be explicit. Although students naturally learn to spell many words through frequent reading experiences, some explicit spelling instruction is still helpful to teach common spelling patterns and relationships among words. The instruction should be both incremental and sequential.

Teachers can introduce weekly spelling patterns, and students can complete activities to familiarize themselves with the patterns. Depending on the ages of the students, this may include word sorts, word hunts, and tracing. Multisensory activities are also helpful, such as building words with letter tiles and writing words in sand. Teachers may assess students’ applications of the spelling patterns at the end of each week. Some teachers give students lists of words to study ahead of time. Other teachers assess students by asking them to spell new words that follow the patterns they have been studying.

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