Reading and Spelling Strategies/Practice

How reading and spelling strategies can help us spell unfamiliar, multisyllabic words

Our Activity Goals for Today's Small Group

I can use reading and spelling strategies to help me spell long, tricky words that I don’t know yet.

Apply spelling strategies by breaking a multisyllabic word into parts and using the steps to spell

​Your Goal for Today:

I will help you learn and apply reading and spelling strategies to accurately spell unfamiliar, phonetically controlled multisyllabic words.

My Goal for today:

Multiple Choice

Review Question:

What is considered a Multisyllabic Word?

• Multisyllabic words are always longer than five letters.
• Multisyllabic words contain only one vowel sound.
• Multisyllabic words are words with no syllables.
• Multisyllabic words are words with two or more syllables.

Multiple Choice

Review Question:

How many different types of syllables are there?

• 2 types of syllables

• 6 types of syllables

• 10 types of syllables

• 4 types of syllables

Something new to think about:
What really is a Phonetically Controlled Word?

• Words that follow common phonics rules

• These rules help us predict how to spell parts of words

• Examples of phonics patterns:

  • Closed syllables (cat, hit)

  • Vowel teams (rain, boat)

  • R-controlled vowels (car, bird)

• Knowing these patterns helps us spell longer words

​Things we should be thinking about when spelling any word:

1. Say the word clearly

2. Clap or tap out each syllable

3. Identify familiar phonics patterns in each part

4. Spell each syllable separately

5. Blend the syllables together to spell the whole word

6. Check your spelling by reading it aloud

Let's Practice

Open Ended

Break up the word 'Adventure' into syllables. How many Syllables are there?

Let's Practice: Choosing the correct spelling

Multiple Choice

Which word below is spelled correctly?

• assistent

• assistant

• asisstant

• asistant

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct spelling?

• Calender

• Calendar

Multiple Choice

Find the correct spelling.

• Distanse

• Distance

Multiple Choice

Which word below is spelled correctly?

• dificult

• difficcult

• difficullt

• difficult

Multiple Choice

Which word below is spelled correctly?

• tomorow

• tommorrow

• tomorrow

• toomorrow

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct spelling : ​

• thughtful
• thougtfu
• thoughtfull
• Thoughtful

Multiple Choice

Select the correct spelling.

• beautyful

• beautiful