Spelling Strategies. Make Smart Use of Sounds and Spelling Patterns.

Snowball, Diane

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ERIC Number: EJ538526

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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Spelling Strategies. Make Smart Use of Sounds and Spelling Patterns.

Snowball, Diane

Instructor, v106 n5 p34-35 Jan-Feb 1997

Suggests three strategies to help students hear the sounds in words: developing phonemic awareness; explore sound/symbol relationships; and discover spelling patterns. This method is most effective if teachers continuously encourage students to think about how these strategies will help them as readers and writers. (SM)

Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Phonics, Reading Skills, Spelling Instruction, Teaching Methods, Writing Skills

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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