Spelling-Sound like Fun

Sound Like Fun

An integrated approach to building early literacy skills that is fun, fast and effective.

Spelling

Professional Learning with Joy Allcock

The Spelling Programme is divided into five sections:

1. Classroom Practice
2. Background and Theory
3. Word Detective
4. How to Use Resources
5. Assessments

Each section contains a variety of video clips and a series of downloadable documents or links to useful articles for further reading.

It is an integrated approach to building early literacy skills that is fun,fast and effective.  

All children learning to read and write English need knowledge of and skill with the following

1.  Strategies- Knowledge of strategies that can be applied to understand what is being read and to create texts
2.  Spelling Rules and Conventions- Knowledge of the spelling system that underpins written English.
3. Morphology-Knowledge of the parts of words that carry meaning
4. Orthography-Knowledge of the letters and letter patterns that represent the sound of English
5. Phonological Awareness-Awareness of and the ability to identify, pronounce and manipulate the sound of english
6. Vocabulary-Knowledge of the meaning and use of the words of spoken English.