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Spelling Commonly Confused Words 2 I didnt you call my name 3 They arent 4 Winter is finally 5 Can you 6 Speak up I cant 7 He thought she was but she was at home 8 comes the b. 1. Today we will be looking at.... The Importance of Punctuation. Why . spelling is so difficult. Word origins. Attitudes to spelling. Approaches to Spelling. Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check. Spelling Rules. by Matt Purland. For more free worksheets and books for learning English, please visit . www.englishbanana.com. . Looking for connections between . spelling and sounds in English. Phonemic Spellings. MariaCecília de Freitas Cardoso Buckley, Ph.D., P/ET. SBPS Teacher Preparation Program . April 30, 2015. 1. Why teach spelling?. It impacts literacy development, reading, written expression, academic success.. A new approach to spelling . Why?. Evidence suggests that the traditional methods for teaching spelling are only effective for a small number of children.. This system has been used in other schools and has been proved to be extremely effective.. A brief summary of the year 4 expectations in English. English. Spoken Language. Reading (Word-reading, comprehension). Writing (Transcription, Composition and ‘Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar’). Tuesday 1. st. March 2016. During the evening, we will be covering:. Why spelling is important. The new national curriculum changes as regards spelling. Our new approach to teaching spelling. How we assess spelling . A new approach to spelling . Why?. Evidence suggests that the traditional methods for teaching spelling are only effective for a small number of children.. This system has been used in other schools and has been proved to be extremely effective.. There are four main ways in which children process the spelling of words…. VISUAL. ‘Does it look right?’. Writer responds to the shapes of words and the patterns of the letter-strings within words.. At Bishop . Loveday. School. Why is . Spelling Important. ? . English . has the most complex alphabetic language in the world due to our inheritance of other languages such as: Latin, French, Greek and German. . For many verbs ending in . y. , you must change the . y. to . i. . or . ie. . when you add an ending such as . –s. or . –ed. . For those that end in . y. preceded by a vowel, however, the spelling remains unchanged. For example, . Spelling is an Integral Part of Learning the Language, Not a Matter of Memorization. Spelling instruction underpins reading success by creating an awareness of the sounds that make up words and the letters that spell those sounds.. Do you know the differences between any of the following words?. It’s/Its Accept/Except. There/Their/They’re . Your/You’re. To/Too/Two Then/Than. Advice/Advise Of/Have. #3. Lose vs. Loose . Definitions: . Lose- (verb) means to misplace or the loss of something . Ex. I hope to never lose my keys when I am in a hurry to leave. . Loose- (adjective) meaning something is not too tight. English in Year 4. What Word Study isn’t!. It is not about . memorising. words for a weekly spelling test and then forgetting them thereafter.. It is not taught in isolation from Reading and Writing..