The Sounds Of Spelling
Three great activities to help kids (K-3) learn to spell

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The Spell activity helps students learn to spell the words in each phonetic cluster. Each word is pronounced, then used in a sentence. The word can also be flashed or spelled letter-by-letter to provide instructional support when needed.

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The Word Search activity reinforces recognition of the repeating patterns. Students develop a visual sense of each word through this activity.

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The Puzzle activity challenges students to find where words fit in a puzzle using positions of letters and lengths of words. This activity helps them develop word analysis skills.

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"The Sounds of Spelling" helps students develop an ability to spell those English words that are phonetically predictable and regular. First, the simple consonant-vowel-consonant words are taught. Thus, lists of words such as "can, ran, tan, fan" are first in the program.

Then the silent "e" is introduced in lists including words like "make, fake, take, rake." Next, ending blended consonants are presented in lists such as "pick, sick, kick, lick." The double vowels, which can be difficult, are presented in words like "aid, paid, maid, raid."

Using the vowels and ending consonants previously learned, the beginning blended consonants are given in lists ("bran, brake, brick, braid"). Finally, less common combinations are given using all the sounds that have been previously learned.