Helping with Reading
- Try to keep sessions short, light and happy
- Start with short sessions and build up gradually
- Be prepared to stop reading if a book is boring and change to another
- Explore a wide range of books and authors
- Even teenagers who can read sometimes need a helping “voice”
- Find ways to keep the place on the page
- Re-read favourite stories
- Use story tapes as well as books
Helping with spelling
Syllables
- This may help with regular words. Say the word aloud, count the number of syllables. Work on each syllable in turn e.g. Lem/on
Little words in big words
- The word that has the word hat in it
- There is a rat in the word separate
Family groups / Rhyming Chunks
- Choose a word that is known for lesser known ones. E.g. If your child can spell like then bike, strike etc can also be spelt
Mnemonics
- Using silly sentences to learn tricky words
- Fascinate – fred and sam came in and ate
Look, say, cover, write, check
- The pupil looks at the word, says the letters aloud, covers the word, writes the word whilst saying the letters aloud, then finally checks the word
Pronouncing for spelling
- e.g. wed/nes/day s/chool