INDEPENDENT ACTIVITIES - Spelling Strategies TERM

PHONOLOGICAL VISUAL

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MORPHEMIC

Count the syllables for each word.

E.g. never = 2 syllables

nev - er

How many letters in each word?How many vowels & consonants?

E.g. telephone =9 L (letters)4 V (vowels)5 C (consonants)

Chunk your words to show:

PREFIX

tele

ROOT WORD

phone

SUFFIX

Rhyming words

Can you make a rhyming chain with yourwords?

E.g. driptrip strip grip tip slip

Put your words into alphabetical order.

E.g. tea, never, house, sheep• house• never• sheep• tea

Adding suffixes (common letter patterns addedto the end of your word)

-s -ing -ed -er -tion

E.g. drip

drips drigging drigged dripper

Chunk words 2 ways to show the combinationsof common letter patterns.

E.g. telephone1. Highlight the vowels: telephone

2. Coloured chunking: telephone

Make your words into a Giddy Grid: Find out if your words are a:

verb noun adjective adverb pronoun

E.g. drip = noun & verb

ETYMOLOGICAL

For extra credit find out the origins of any of your words.EG: telephone = tele + phone<^reefe "tele" (dlztai^ce) <^reefe "-phoi^o" (sound)HINT use an Etymological Dictionarycomputer!!

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