Spelling Strategies
Visual
Use different handwriting
Look, say, cover,
styles.
write, check.
Use a highlighter pen.

bits of the word

Joined up handwriting
Do this until you are

Bubble writing
confident enough to spell

Each letter a different colour
the word without seeing it

Different sizes of letters
first.
Listen to the word.
Create a rhythm.
Identify the phonemes in
Give the word a rhythm and
each syllable
repeat it out loud several
(e.g. Sep-tem-ber).
times, using that rhythm.

Look for words
within words (e.g. get
in vegetable)
Exaggerate how you say the
word.
When words or parts of words are
Auditory
silent, sound them out
(e.g. k-nife, bus-iness).
Think of the spelling rule.
Mind
Highlight the tricky
Make a mnemonic.
Use it in a sentence.
At least 80% of English words follow
For example, for because
Write out the word within
normal rules. For example, when there
you might say, “Big
a sentence. Then put it
is a short vowel and a single consonant,
elephants can always use
into a completely
double the consonant when adding ing.
small elephants.”
different sentence.
Spelling Strategies
Visual
Use different handwriting
Look, say, cover,
styles.
write, check.
Use a highlighter pen.

bits of the word

Joined up handwriting
Do this until you are

Bubble writing
confident enough to spell

Each letter a different colour
the word without seeing it

Different sizes of letters
first.
Listen to the word.
Create a rhythm.
Identify the phonemes in
Give the word a rhythm and
each syllable
repeat it out loud several
(e.g. Sep-tem-ber).
times, using that rhythm.

Look for words
within words (e.g. get
in vegetable)
Exaggerate how you say the
word.
When words or parts of words are
Auditory
silent, sound them out
(e.g. k-nife, bus-iness).
Think of the spelling rule.
Mind
Highlight the tricky
Make a mnemonic.
Use it in a sentence.
At least 80% of English words follow
For example, for because
Write out the word within
normal rules. For example, when there
you might say, “Big
a sentence. Then put it
is a short vowel and a single consonant,
elephants can always use
into a completely
double the consonant when adding ing.
small elephants.”
different sentence.