Children’s Spelling Flashcards
1
Q
What is insertion?
A
Adding graphemes to a word
2
Q
Omission
A
Getting rid of graphemes
3
Q
What is substitution
A
Often using incorrect vowels
4
Q
What is transposition?
A
Letters (graphemes) in the wrong order
5
Q
What is phonetic spelling?
A
Spelling words the way they sound
6
Q
What is overgeneralisation in spelling?
A
Learning a common rule and applying it too often E.g. “panick”
7
Q
What are salient sounds
A
‘Obvious’ sounds
8
Q
Mock handwriting is…
A
Scribbles or shapes that resemble handwriting but have no meaning
9
Q
When a child has learnt a majority standard spelling, what are they referred to as?
A
Competent (spellers)
10
Q
<sh> is what type of grapheme?
</sh>
A
Digraph
11
Q
Orthography is…
A
The conventional spelling system of a language
