The teaching of spelling always receives lots of media attention here in Australia. In my experience, it is more than just giving your students a list of words to memorise. It involves actually teaching them to break words up. Ideally, this should be done in targeted small focused group instruction within the classroom. Lots of hands on activities using teaching aides such as magnetic letters, games and cards, helps to keep students engaged and motivated.
I have added a link here to an article which describes nine tips for implementing a word study program in the K-2 classroom. These tips are based on the results of four classroom-based qualitative research projects collaboratively conducted by a university professor and four primary grade teacher-researchers.
The article also suggests that through small-group word study instruction and hands-on word work activities, teachers can keep students motivated and engaged in learning about the English spelling system.
Please take a look...I'm sure you will get at least one good thing out of it.
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