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Spelling games and activities
Activities for students with special needs These can be used individually, in pairs or in small groups. Many of the activities on pages 32–35 will also be suitable and can be modified to suit the needs of the student
Strategy
Explanation
Encourage students to look at difficult words, focus on For example; the problem part of they is that the letters ey the problem part(s), close their eyes and visualise it, make a long a sound and then write it
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Write list words n small cards or graph paper, cut out the s letters and then build the word from the cut out letters
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Students gradually add to a bank of words they are unsure of how to spell, remembering to check to see if a word is listed before asking it to be written. Suggestion: Play ‘Snap’ or ‘Concentration’ with list words Use ‘moon’ shapes for oo words, of ‘tree’ shapes for ee words. Use magnetic letters to form words on a memory board Variation: Students ask questions that require a yes/no response to guess the mystery spelling word. The student is then required to write the word correctly on the memory board. Students write words on strips of paper and staple together Make word chains using list words to make paper chains.
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Make alphabet books to use as personal dictionaries
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Play ‘The spinning wheel game’. Make words by spinning For example: hand a central circle attached to the outer circle with a split pin.
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Play ‘Word sort rummy’
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food
moon
zoo
roof
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Make bookmark words with difficult words or list words
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st
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m s . u
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Each player has five cards and the rest are placed face-down in a pile. The top card is placed face-up next to the pile. The first player can take a card from the pile or the upturned card. The player must put down one of his cards on the upturned pile. The aim is to collect pairs of cards which are linked in some way; e.g. both begin with s, both rhyme, both have three letters.
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New wave spelling – Teacher resource book – A