BVSD   Superior Elementary School

KIDS  UNDER CONSTRUCTION
2nd Grade
 2005 - 2006
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Transitional Spelling Stage

Transitional: In this phase children are moving away from heavy reliance on the phonetic strategy towards the use of visual and meaning-based strategies. They may still have difficulty recognizing if a word “looks right” but should be able to proof their known bank of words. Writing will show evidence of an increasing bank of learned words. To help writers at this point it is better not to emphasize phonics but to extend their repertoire of alternative strategies. This is a critical phase in the development of spelling. It often takes writer s a long time to move through it.

Parent Tips: Helpful things you can do with this stage speller is:

  • Provide opportunities to focus on groups of words rather than words in isolation. This enables them to make generalizations about word patterns and to formulate rules.
  • Focus on word meaning and word derivations as a guide to spelling, e.g. sign-signature.
  • Teach strategies for remembering the correct spelling of difficult words.
  • Continue to model and teach proofreading skills.

 

 


(BVSD)  Superior Elementary School
1800 South Indiana Street * Superior CO * 80027
(303) 543-9330 * FAX: (303) 543-9611
Updated September 7th, 2005