Spelling Developemt And Instruction

Question 1

What is needed to teach spelling?

Answer 1

Systematic, explicit instruction

Question 2

What 4 stages of knowledge is needed for spelling?

Answer 2

1) phonological
2) orthographical
3) morphemic
4) etymological

Question 3

What is orthographics?

Answer 3

Conventional spelling system of a language

Question 4

What is morphemics?

Answer 4

Structure of words and smallest part of word with meaning

Question 5

Why is etymology?

Answer 5

Origin and history of words

Question 6

What is phonological knowledge?

Answer 6

Awareness of sounds that make words

Question 7

With systematic explicit instruction for spelling instruction, what does the focus need to be on?

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Answer 7

Association between sound and symbol
Awareness of spelling patterns 
Knowledge of the 26 letters of the alphabet 
Phonics
Segmentation of words
Syllable combinations 
Vowels
Word meanings

Question 8

Why should spelling behaviour be evaluated?

Answer 8

So that both teacher and student can understand why spelling errors are made and how to correct them

Question 9

How are language skills linked?

Reading, writing, listening and speaking

Answer 9

The skills learnt and practiced and the growing knowledge of semantic, graphs phonic and syntactic info can contribute to overall language ability

Question 10

The main responsibility of a good teacher of writing is to?

Answer 10

Motivate students to write clearly on topics of their choice over a wide range of text types

Question 11

Students can learn to write by?

Answer 11

Writing (with reinforcement from reading)

Question 12

Shared, guided and independent reading helps students to?

Answer 12

Write more confidently

Question 13

The teacher should assist where advice is most likely to be noted and acted upon at the students point of need. This is when?

Answer 13

Students are engaging in writing

Question 14

Teachers can give demonstrations for common language features/problems through?

Answer 14

Whole class demonstration

Question 15

Teachers should encourage a habit of?

Answer 15

Self correcting when students write

Question 16

When checking needs to take place, what can assist?

Answer 16

Writing partners

Question 17

Writing intended for readers must be?

Answer 17

Proofread - scrutinised for conformity to standard written English

Question 18

How can teachers demonstrate the need to have a range of strategies for good spelling?

Answer 18

Give them sentances that need to be edited

Question 19

How is spelling accurately acquired?

Answer 19

Through increasing recognition of the patterns of words

Question 20

What are 5 strategies that teachers can use to teach accurate spelling?

Answer 20

1) make it fun and engaging (interactive whiteboard)
2) increase student discussion, analysis and thought
3) provide explicit instruction and practice with spelling strategies
4) increase student awareness and the use of important language patterns
5) encourage students to see accurate spelling as a worthwhile goal