Presented by Elwood Primary SchoolJune 4th 2019

Elwood PS Spelling Philosophy

Principles of Effective Spelling

❖ Spelling is learnt as we use it❖ Learning to spell is part of the developmental process of learning to write❖ Independence and self-evaluation are essential in spelling

development❖ Exploring words and vocabulary are part of learning to spell❖ Effective spellers use a number of different strategies interactively

in order to spell correctly

Developed with our critical friend in David Hornsby - Rich Literature

Why SMART?

❖ Naplan results ❖ Explicit❖ Provides structure❖ Well researched❖ Developed by Literacy Expert Michelle Hutchinson

Trialling phase

2017 - Members of Leadership team went to a SMART PD - Trialled for a term in selected grades

2018 - Trial widened to include all of Prep, selected Grade 1 and 2, all Grade 3 and 4 and selected Grade 5 and 6.

- Trial group reported back to the Literacy team - very happy!

2019 - Whole School Curriculum Day - Whole School Implementation Term 2 2019

Growth Between Feb and NovRed line indicates 9 months. Note majority of students made more than 12 months growth.Those under nine month line had already reached proficient 12 year old spelling age.

2yr 6m 6m++++2y 4 m6m+++3yr 2m1yr76m+2y, 6malmost 2y1yr 7 m2yrs 8 m 1y 2 m

Turn and Talk

Describe to the person next to you what is a letter and what is a sound?

Letters and SoundsLetters and sounds are not the same!

SOUNDS:

- There are 44 sounds in English- Correct name of speech sounds are phonemes- We can hear sounds- We make sounds with our mouth and listen to them with our ears

LETTERS

- There are 26 letters in English- Call letters by their correct names- You can see letters and you can write letters- There are capital (upper) and lowercase letters

More on Letters and SoundsPHONEMES (Sounds)

- Vowels- Consonants- Syllables- 44 sounds

GRAPHEMES ( Letters)

- 26 letters- Lower case letters- Capital

Graph = one letter making one sound. Eg. c a t (3 graphs)

Digraph = combination of two letters making one sound. Eg. f or k

Split digraph = 2 letters making one sound that are split with a letter in between. Eg. h a t e

Trigraph = combination of three letters making one sound. Eg. l igh t

TIME FOR A GAME!How many sounds and how many letters in these words?

*frog ( 4 sounds 4 letters)*queen (4 sounds 5 letters)*dolphin (6 sounds 7 letters)

SMART Foundations is explicit phonics teaching in PREP.

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Now tell us about SMART in Gr 1 to 6!Created by Michelle Hutchinson

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Meaning

Analyse

Remember

Teach

LETTERS AND SOUNDS TAUGHT IN WORDS.

How many sounds can the letter ‘a’ make?

Let’s have a go!

Time for you to SMART some words.

Remember use your fingers for the sounds.

Cluster the letters together in digraphs and trigraphs.

Have fun and enjoy!

The 4 Spelling Rules

Personalising SMARTSupport for our spellers:

- Focus on high frequency words- Teacher directs the students which words they study- Students use more physical resources to identify the sounds they hear .i.e.

counters- Time for repetition and more time to learn

Enrichment and extension for our spellers:

- Students working on Etymological Knowledge (History & Origins of words)- Morphemic Knowledge: Best thought of as prefixes (unkind) and suffixes

(sickness) that occurs before or after a base word- Personal words from their writing are included

THANK YOU and QUESTIONS

Feedback please.

All information has been adapted from Michelle Hutchinson’s PD delivered to us in March 2019

andthe SMART spelling manual.