SPELLING Standard 6F

Spelling Strategies

Look at the word.

What does it mean? How is it spelled? Do you see any word parts

that you know?

Spelling Strategies Say the word.

What sounds do you hear? Are there any silent letters? Is it spelled like how it sounds?

Spelling Strategies Spell the word out loud. Do you notice any patterns?Copy the word.Did you copy all the letters

correctly?

Spelling Strategies

Cover, write, and check the word.

Did you spell the word correctly?

Spelling Tricks

Take a word that you are having trouble spelling, and try the following strategies to help you remember it.

Spelling Tricks Divide ItDivide the tricky word into smaller

parts. Learn each part separately.Examplein-de-pen-dent

Spelling Tricks Make Up Your Own PronunciationSay the tricky word in a way that will

help you remember how it is spelled. Just remember not to pronounce the word this way in conversation!

ExampleTrue pronunciation: ed-i-terMade-up pronunciation: ed-i-tor

Spelling Tricks Pair It UpPair the tricky word with a shorter,

related word that gives a sound clue.

Exampledepend → independent

Spelling TricksStudy the Problem PartFind the part of the tricky word that

gives you problems and study it extra hard.

Exampleeditor

Spelling Tricks Think of a SentenceLink the tricky word with a word that

has the same problem letters.

ExampleMy independent sister put a dent in

my car.

Spelling TricksThink of Other FormsThink of other forms of the word

where you can better hear the problem letters in the word.

Exampleeditor → editorial

Spelling Tricks Use RhymeFind a rhyming word that you know

that is spelled the same at the end.

ExampleIndependent rhymes with rent.

Time to PracticeWhich correctly spelled word fits the blank in the following sentence?

On Halloween, my sister loves _______ me!

A. scarin'

B. scareing

C. scaring

D. scaren

Time to PracticeWhich correctly spelled word fits the blank in the following sentence?

The _______ branch creates the laws we follow.

A. legislativ

B. leguslative

C. legislative

D. legeslative

Time to Practice Which correctly spelled word fits the blank in the following sentence?

My teacher gave us a _______ amount of work.

A. manigable

B. manigeable

C. manageable

D. managable