learning aids, have extra time to complete a task and keep drawing their attention back to the task at hand. It will help them and you if they are well- positioned in the classroom.
Weak spelling
Spelling words: Display words around your classroom that are commonly used or misspelt. These should be large and visible. The Dolch word lists contain 220 of the most common words used in children’s books in alphabetical order (see below). They are an excellent base for young or weak readers. They should be displayed or at least be made accessible for the learners to refer to. They are also referred to as sight words because many of the words can’t be sounded out; they must be learnt by sight. These words, and others that you find relevant and appropriate to your learners, can be used to play spelling games. Spelling games are fun and help the weak speller. Try variations of these
popular games: • Spelling competitions – give points or prizes to teams or individuals who get the most words right.
• Spelling bingo – call out words and have learners find these words on word lists/cards that you have provided. Each card should be slightly different. The first person with all the words present on their list is the winner.
• Snap – show a word and let learners look for it in their readers or dictionaries. They can play in pairs and get points for finding the word first.
• 1st Grade: after, again, an, any, as, ask, by, could, every, fly, from, give, giving, had, has, her, him, his, how, just, know, let, live, may, of, old, once, open, over, put, round, some, stop, take, thank, them, then, think, walk, were, when
• 3rd Grade: about, better, bring, carry, clean, cut, done, draw, drink, eight, fall, far, full, got, grow, hold, hot, hurt, if, keep, kind, laugh, light, long, much, myself, never, only, own, pick, seven, shall, show, six, small, start, ten, today, together, try, warm
• 2nd Grade: always, around, because, been, before, best, both, buy, call, cold, does, don’t, fast, first, five, found, gave, goes, green, its, made, many, off, or, pull, read, right, sing, sit, sleep, tell, their, these, those, upon, us, use, very, wash, which, why, wish, work, would, write, your
• Memory games –these help with visual memory and recall. You can use words or letters or any objects! Ask the children to look at a set of objects for a few seconds. When they look away, remove one or two objects. Let them look at the set again and decide which objects are missing.
• Make acronyms for tricky words, e.g. Rhythm Helps Your Two Hips Move or Big Elephants Can Always Upset Small Elephants.
Dolch list: Non-nouns • Pre-primer: a, and, away, big, blue,
can, come, down, find, for, funny, go, help, here, I, in, is, it, jump, little,
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• Dolch list: Nouns: apple, baby, back, ball, bear, bed, bell, bird, birthday, boat, box, boy, bread, brother, cake, car, cat, chair, chicken, children, Christmas, coat, corn, cow, day, dog, doll, door, duck, egg, eye, farm, farmer, father, feet, fire, fish, floor, flower, game, garden, girl, good-bye, grass, ground, hand, head, hill, home, horse, house, kitty, leg, letter, man, men, milk, money, morning, mother, name, nest, night, paper, party, picture, pig, rabbit, rain, ring, robin, Santa Claus, school, seed, sheep, shoe, sister, snow, song, squirrel, stick, street, sun, table, thing, time, top, toy, tree, watch, water, way, wind, window, wood
Spelling sound lists Groups of words that share the same spelling pattern (-ight, -tion, -oughetc) can also be displayed on the wall and made interactive. New words with the
• Primer: all, am, are, at, ate, be, black, brown, but, came, did, do, eat, four, get, good, have, he, into, like, must, new, no, now, on, our, out, please, pretty, ran, ride, saw, say, she, so, soon, that, there, they, this, too, under, want, was, well, went, what, white, who, will, with, yes
look, make, me, my, not, one, play, red, run, said, see, the, three, to, two, up, we, where, yellow, you
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