stm spelling policy

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STM Spelling Policy At STM we believe that: •spelling is an important part of communication •spelling has developmental stages •we should tackle spelling right through from the start of a child’s education (from PYr 6) •we should have high expectations for spelling from Prep Yr 6 •spelling should start from how words sound and sounds in words and then move on to visual, etymological (word origins )and morphemic (parts of words that have meaning ) strategies •spelling strategies should be explicitly taught •spelling is taught through an integrated approach which looks at words in context and throughout all areas of literacy and the curriculum e.g. reading, writing, oral language tasks, inquiry units, maths etc. •teachers should empower children to conDidently check and troubleshoot the spelling of words using a variety of resources and strategies •teachers should provide time, activities and opportunities for words/ letter sound patterns to be practiced and consolidated We believe that spelling should be taught through: a multistrategy approach a contextual approach using the child's own writing, shared class texts, shared written pieces, teacher modeled writing etc teaching through analogy (making links with other words displaying the same letter/ sound relationship) analysis of the child's own writing / invented spellings by sound, look, meaning, connection, inquiry tackling spelling from a child's developmental point of need the development of phonological awareness that extends to blends (digraphs, trigraphs etc) the development of visual strategies the development of etymological and morphemic understanding We believe that skills that should be explicitly taught include: •how to draw on a range of strategies ( sound/ visual/ meaning) in order to spell a word •how to utilise a range of resources in order to check how to spell a word •thorough and effective proofreading and editing skills •making spelling links from read texts and texts in the environment •how to make generalisations about spelling choices •how to systematically trial spelling choices and strategies to arrive at correct spelling •identifying rhyme/ onset & rime •how to make connections with word origin •syllabiDication •making / breaking/ stretching / combining words

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STM  Spelling  Policy    

   

 

       

 

 At  STM  we  believe  that:  • spelling  is  an  important  part  of  communication  • spelling  has  developmental  stages  • we  should  tackle  spelling  right  through  from  the  start  of  a  child’s  education  (from  P-­‐Yr  6)    • we  should  have  high  expectations  for  spelling  from  Prep  -­‐  Yr  6  • spelling  should  start  from  how  words  sound  and  sounds  in  words  and  then  move  on  to  visual,  etymological  (word  origins  )and  morphemic  (parts  of  words  that  have  meaning  )  strategies  • spelling  strategies  should  be  explicitly  taught  • spelling  is  taught  through  an  integrated  approach  which  looks  at  words  in  context  and  throughout  all  areas  of  literacy  and  the  curriculum  e.g.  reading,  writing,  oral  language  tasks,  inquiry  units,  maths  etc.  • teachers  should  empower  children  to  conDidently  check  and  troubleshoot  the  spelling  of  words  using  a  variety  of  resources  and  strategies    • teachers  should  provide  time,  activities  and  opportunities  for  words/  letter  sound  patterns  to  be  practiced  and  consolidated    

 

We  believe  that  spelling  should  be  taught  through:  • a  multi-­‐strategy    approach  • a  contextual  approach  -­‐  using  the  child's  own  writing,  shared  class  texts,    shared  written  pieces,  teacher  modeled  writing  etc  • teaching    through  analogy  (making  links  with  other  words  displaying  the  same  letter/  sound  relationship)  • analysis  of  the  child's  own  writing  /  invented  spellings  • by  sound,  look,  meaning,  connection,  inquiry  • tackling  spelling  from    a  child's  developmental  point  of  need  • the  development  of  phonological  awareness  that  extends  to  blends  (digraphs,  trigraphs  etc)  • the  development  of  visual  strategies  • the  development  of  etymological  and  morphemic  understanding  

 We  believe  that  skills  that  should  be  explicitly  taught  include:  • how  to  draw  on  a  range  of  strategies  (  sound/  visual/  meaning)  in  order  to  spell  a  word  • how  to  utilise  a  range  of  resources  in  order  to  check  how  to  spell  a  word  • thorough  and  effective  proofreading  and  editing  skills  • making  spelling  links  from  read  texts  and  texts  in  the  environment  • how  to  make  generalisations  about  spelling  choices  • how  to  systematically  trial  spelling  choices  and  strategies  to  arrive  at  correct  spelling    • identifying  rhyme/  onset  &  rime  • how  to  make  connections  with  word  origin    • syllabiDication  • making  /  breaking/  stretching  /  combining  words