- 128 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About This Book
Spotlight on Spelling offers teachers a wide variety of topics and activities to stimulate, engage, challenge, entertain and extend all pupils' spelling skills.
This extremely practical resource provides busy teachers and teaching assistants with a collection of worksheets that can be used as instant, educationally appropriate learning activities written specifically with the inclusive classroom in mind.
The wide variety of exercises will enable pupils to work on letters, sounds and tough words and help them to improve their phonological awareness.
All the books in this series:
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- Promote effective intervention and inclusion strategies for teachers and teaching assistants
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- Provide materials that are solidly grounded in an understanding of how children learn and the particular difficulties of children with special needs.
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- Stimulate discussion and interaction
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- Can be used as part of an individual or small group learning programme for a child with special needs
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- Provide 'whole class' materials that can also engage older children or those with a higher level of achievement
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- Offer teachers quick, fun activities that never require additional resources, special materials or preparation.
Spotlight on Spelling is an essential tool for any teacher striving to offer every pupil opportunities to maximise their own potential and develop strong spelling skills.
Frequently asked questions
Information
Chapter 1 Introduction
Spelling: an important skill
Poor spelling skills
- restrict what they write to keep within the limits of their spelling ability;
- become disheartened and frustrated by errors that detract from otherwise good pieces of writing;
- work very slowly in an effort to get their spelling correct and in doing so fail to complete tasks;
- experience embarrassment because of ridicule or punishment for spelling errors.
- hold back from seeking or accepting roles that are likely to expose poor spelling;
- avoid further education, training or promotion if they fear that their spelling skills will let them down;
- feel inadequate in comparison to others who can spell well.
Your inclusive classroom
Spelling can be challenging
Spotlight on Spelling: foundations of success
Listening for sounds
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Other books from Routledge by Glynis Hannell
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Listening for sounds
- 3 Letters and sounds
- 4 Tough words
- 5 Mixed challenges