‘Spelling Activities’ Blog Posts
Tips for Writing Sentences (and Stories!) with Your Spelling Words
October 20th, 2021 2021-10-21T13:44:11-07:00 2021-10-20T14:26:48-07:00 Bonnie Terry Bonnie Terry Learning Bonnie Terry
Most teachers assign spelling words homework at some point. The assignment may be to use their spelling words in sentences or to write a story using their spelling words. Both of these assignments can be daunting for a lot of kids. Read to find out what you can do to make these assignments easier.
5 Spelling Practice Activities Improve Visual Processing
February 5th, 2019 2019-09-24T21:35:15-07:00 2019-02-05T08:00:14-08:00 Bonnie Terry Bonnie Terry Learning Bonnie Terry
Spelling Practice Is Impacted by Visual Processing Areas. Many students have difficulty with weekly spelling practice because they don’t remember well. The visual memory associated with visual processing impacts your ability to spell. Kids that have poor visual memory may have difficulty with the ability to store and retrieve information that has been given with a visual stimulus.
Spelling Activities Solve Spelling Problems
January 17th, 2017 2019-01-10T17:32:41-08:00 2017-01-17T23:57:37-08:00 Bonnie Terry Bonnie Terry Learning Bonnie Terry
Spelling activities improve the underlying problems with learning spelling. Spelling problems are typically due to two different systems impacting your ability to spell, the auditory and visual systems. For example, if you hear a word that you haven’t seen multiple times and need to spell it, you will typically rely on spelling it by sounding it out.
Auditory Processing: Learning Sounds and Spell With Ease
October 15th, 2010 2019-02-07T17:11:08-08:00 2010-10-15T17:39:03-07:00 Bonnie Terry Bonnie Terry Learning Bonnie Terry
Think about it, when a student struggles with learning their sounds they typically struggle with spelling. When you don’t know your sounds or have trouble discriminating one sound from another, spelling can be very hard.
