How to Dazzle at Spelling is a structured resource for teaching Key
Stage 3 (KS3), 11-14 year old, pupils with special educational needs to
understand and commit sounds, letter strings and high frequency words to
memory. The rules of spelling are often difficult for pupils to
assimilate because there are so many exceptions. Therefore rules require
reinforcement many times before they are understood. The activities in
this book are designed to develop: visual and aural discrimination,
visual and aural recognition, visual and aural memory. Pupils will learn
that if they visualize the words, as well as sound them out, they have a
better chance of spelling them correctly. The worksheets include:
learning all the common rules of spelling; words containing short and
long vowel sounds; groups of letters such as 'ea', 'ee', 'ai'; the
silent 'e'; the prefix 'dis-'; word endings, such as '-ed', '-ough' and
'-tion'; breaking words into syllables