Module 3: Making Sense of English Spelling

£35.00

Many students are frustrated by ‘crazy’ English spellings, but the spelling of seemingly irregular words can often be explained if their logic and origin is understood

Overview

Making Sense of English Spelling introduces the principles and conventions that lie behind English spelling. Understanding the logic of English eases students’ frustration with ‘exceptions’, and helps make spelling easier.

In this module, students are introduced to the role of etymology in spelling, and they use morphological matrices and word sums to understand how spelling is affected by the structure of words. This knowledge of etymology and word structure leads to more accurate spelling and decoding, and better understanding of vocabulary through seeing the connections between words.

Step-by-step guidance for teaching Making Sense of English Spelling is available in the Teaching Manual.

Many students are frustrated by ‘crazy’ English spellings, but the spelling of seemingly irregular words can often be explained if their logic and origin is understood

Overview

Making Sense of English Spelling introduces the principles and conventions that lie behind English spelling. Understanding the logic of English eases students’ frustration with ‘exceptions’, and helps make spelling easier.

In this module, students are introduced to the role of etymology in spelling, and they use morphological matrices and word sums to understand how spelling is affected by the structure of words. This knowledge of etymology and word structure leads to more accurate spelling and decoding, and better understanding of vocabulary through seeing the connections between words.

Step-by-step guidance for teaching Making Sense of English Spelling is available in the Teaching Manual.

What You’ll Get

  • This 46-page workbook provides tasks to help students learn that spelling is about more than just matching phonemes to graphemes. It covers the following topics:

    • Introduction to the role of etymology

    • Introduction to the role of morphology

    • Jobs of the letter <e>

    • Drop <e> suffixing convention

    • Doubling suffixing convention

    • <y> to <i> suffixing convention

    • Plural suffixes

  • 76 pages of games, card activities and other materials to support teaching.