What are strategies to help us become better spellers? Think about what you have learned in the past and what has helped you. Write at least 3 in your notetaking notebooks. Also, keep 2 entire sheets in your notebook and label My Spelling List.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
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ReplyDelete- remember word parts such as roots, prefixes, and suffixes and what they mean
- sound it out
- write it down
- look at the letters and memorize
- memorize by making words into songs or rhymes; say the letters in a certain rhythm
- visualize/associate with an image
- create a mnemonic device
- look up word in the dictionary
- write the word over and over again
- break the word up into smaller parts; notice other words in the word
ex. nighttime
ex - act - ly
- make connections to the word
- exaggerate how each syllable is pronounced
ex. meta morph o sis
metamorphose
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ReplyDelete- know the definition
- sound out the word
- say the word and spell the word out loud several times
- use the prefix, root, and/or suffix to help you
- write it several times;
- look up the word in the dictionary
- apply what you learn in related languages ex. French
deja vu
adorable
resume
pigeon
beautiful
travail (Fr. travailler)
entree
voyage (Fr. voyager)
noel
torture
- know Greek and Latin word origins -
ex. pneumonia
- make a rhyme or song
ex.
- turn the word into an acronym
ex. because: big elephants can always understand small elephants
- say it quickly out loud several times
ex. mississippi
- break the word up into smaller parts/syllables
Man hat tan
be a u ti ful
- create a mnemonic device, a way of remembering a word and/or definition
ex. have 2 servings of dessert
friend ends with end
- use the word in your writing or speech
- make connections to the word
- be a careful reader and writer; take notes
- make a Spelling List in your notebooks
805 Notes
ReplyDelete- know spelling rules such as: i before e except after c or in weird words; qu is always together
- break the word up into syllables and memorize each syllable
em + path + et + ic
Man hat tan
entre pre ne ur
- short vowel consonant then you have to double it: getting
- sound out the word
- know the part of speech and definition
- write the word down several times
- look up word in dictionary
- make a song out of the word
b-e-c-a-u-s-e
- write or say the word several times
- reading and writing carefully; really notice words
- know roots, prefixes,and suffixes
- keep a spelling list in your notebook