vmg spelling challenge remember to collect tricky spellings from your lessons and record them in...
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Have your priority words – don’t try to learn them all at once Learn the spelling rules e.g. i before e, except after c. Do you know any others? Write it and re-write it to learn the feel of the word A good way to understand a word is to break it into syllables. Look for prefixes, suffixes, and roots. Practice each short part and then the whole word. dis-ap-pear-ing tra-di-tion-al Make up funny memory aids Another kind of memory aid is to make up a sentence in which the first letter of each word can be used to make the spelling word. The sillier the better—goofy sentences may be easier to remember. chili: cats have interesting little ideas physical: please have your strawberry ice cream and lollipops Make sure that you are pronouncing words correctly Share your own top tips with your VMG. You could come up with a VMG spelling top tips sheet for your display.TRANSCRIPT
VMG Spelling Challenge
Remember to collect tricky spellings from your
lessons and record them in your planner. You will need these day 3 every week.
Use your VMG spelling booklet – find this week’s page
If you need tips on how to improve your use of the spelling day, please speak to Miss Smith in English
Have your priority words – don’t try to learn them all at once Learn the spelling rules e.g. i before e, except after c.
• Do you know any others?
Write it and re-write it to learn the feel of the wordA good way to understand a word is to break it into syllables. Look for prefixes, suffixes, and roots. Practice each short part and then the whole word.
• dis-ap-pear-ing• tra-di-tion-al
Make up funny memory aids
Another kind of memory aid is to make up a sentence in which the first letter of each word can be used to make the spelling word. The sillier the better—goofy sentences may be easier to remember.
chili: cats have interesting little ideasphysical: please have your strawberry ice cream and lollipops
Make sure that you are pronouncing words correctlyShare your own top tips with your
VMG. You could come up with a VMG spelling top tips sheet for your display.