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Spelling Hints

A child does not learn to spell by being tested on his spelling words. He learns to spell by practicing and repeating them.
Auditory learners may learn spelling best by repeating the
letters verbally by syllables, as in “un, u-n; der, d-e-r; stand, s-t-a-n-d.”
Visual learners may prefer reading the spelling word over and over. Use a dot or space between syllables.
Kinesthetic learners can learn to spell by forming words with magnetic letters or letter tiles, flannel-backed letters or cards with letters written on them, or other manipulative learning aids.
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Any child can profit from worksheets or workbook that has him write the spelling words over and over, often in a fun format.
· You can combine spelling and penmanship by practicing them together.
· Grouping words that are spelled similarly or contrasting homonyms is helpful.
· A program that teaches phonics principles along with spelling is best.

12 reasonible reasonable suggestions

There are exceptions to most rules of spelling, but the following 12 suggestions can be useful in spelling many words correctly. 1. Make it "i" before "e" except after "c" or when sounded like "a" as in neighbor and weigh. Notable exceptions include: caffeine, codeine, eider, either, feisty, heifer, height, heist, leisure, neither, protein, seismic, seize, stein, weird and words with "re" as a prefix and a root that begins with the letter "i" such as reinforce.
2. To add a suffix to a word ending in the letter "y," change the "y" to "i" (angry, angrily) unless the letter preceding the "y" is a vowel or the suffix begins with an "i" (annoy, annoying).
3. A final silent "e" usually is dropped before a suffix beginning with a vowel (advise, advising) but retained before a suffix beginning with a consonant (awe, awesome). The silent 'e' is retained on words that might be confused with other words if the "e" were dropped (singe, singeing). The silent "e" is dropped before a suffix beginning with a consonant in some common words (judge, judgment). A few words ending in "ie" in which the "e" is silent change "ie" to "y" before adding "ing" (die, dying).
4. The letter "k" is usually added to words ending in "c" before a suffix beginning with "e," "i" or "y" (picnic, picnicking). 5. Words of one syllable or words with the last syllable accented and ending with a consonant double the consonant when adding a suffix beginning with a vowel (stop, stopped, occur, occurred).
6. Words ending in a final consonant preceded by two vowels do not double the final consonant (need, needed).
7. When two words are combined and the first ends with the same letter with which the last begins, include both letters (withhold).
8. Words ending in "able" generally are formed by tacking "able" onto the entire word (accept, acceptable), but words ending in "ible" generally are formed by tacking "ible" to the root of the word that cannot stand alone (forcible).
9. When the plural of a noun is pronounced as another syllable, add "es" instead of "s" (church, churches).
10. Create the plural of a noun ending in "o" preceded by a vowel by adding an "s" (radio, radios). For a noun ending in "o" preceded by a consonant, add "es" (potato, potatoes). In some circles this is known as the Dan Quayle Memorial Rule.
11. In choosing between "ede" and "eed" spellings, remember that only five common words use the double "e": deed, exceed, indeed, proceed and succeed.
12. In choosing between "ify" and "efy" endings, remember that only four commonly used words end in "efy": liquefy, putrefy, rarefy and stupefy.

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