Forum: General Discussions about Spelling

I am looking for some kind of software or online game (not SpellingCity) that we can use to review some of my 10 yo words that she has missed during...

Interested in reading your past blogs on memory. We are working on spelling with my 5th grader and always looking for new ideas that work.

Hello, My daughter is starting Level 2 with the program. I am wondering if there are any tips for teaching contractions that you can recommend. She...

Hi My DD is currently learning words at school (grade 3) with the silent g,n & w at the beginning of the words - ie knee, knot, wrist etc. What...

I wonder if there's a rule about when to use these phonograms that have similar sound but different way to spell them? ir, ur, er, ear

I was working with my son on Step 11 of Level 2 and the word scale is given in the More Words section. My son spelled it skale. To which at first...

Hi! I have a friend who teaches at a co-op with me who says "uh" at the end of letter sounds. Should I be worried about it and try to tell her...

I'm not sure if this is more a spelling or more a reading question, but I'm looking for help with "rules", if there are any, for "mb" words. Words...

Here is our Spelling Work Station for AAS :) What is yours?

My oldest is getting ready to start on Level 2 and I have one getting ready to start All About Reading. How do you handle the letter tiles when you...

One of the tricky things about English spelling is the huge number of homophones. (Homophones are words that sound alike but are spelled differently,...

Just wanted to share a little story about my son. He is 2.5 years old and daily for the past few months tells me "Mommy, I spell words". He then...

Is there an additional rule I missed? How do explain that what I just taught my girls that if there is only one consonant between two vowels the...

Loved your way of approaching and teaching spelling. Children need so much exposure to written words and learning through all modalities is the most...

Is anyone out there teaching spelling to Adult ESL learners?

I am trying to teach my 8 year old to spell correctly. He gets the words in his workbook that we have been using, however, he has trouble with words...

When I dictate words in a phrase or sentence to my son, how does he know when to make a compound word or when to leave leave the words as two...

Help me know what to do in order to teach the Schwa sound.

Hi Marie, My name is Melanie and my ds(9) is in 3rd grade, homeschool. We just received our son's testing results and he has dyslexia. He is in...