SPELLING STRATEGIES
1. Letter name
Each letter of the word says the name of the letter. Vowels are usually absent
first/frst letter/ltr
2. Spelling as it sounds
Students rely on the sounds they hear that are close to the actual sound
uncle/uncul feather/fethir
3. Placeholder
When spelling words with vowels, students will replace one vowel with another that is sililar in sound
went/wont video/vedio
4. Representations
Students sometimes know that a vowel is needed but insert a random vowel
misery/mazire sometime/semtim
5. Overgeneralization
When students discover a new structure such as the silent e at the end of words, they use it exclusively
won/wone from/frome
6. Transpositional
Words that are spelled using all of the correct letters but are in the wrong order
tried/tride watch/wacht
7. Visual
The words have a visual likeness to the convertional form
school/scool teacher/techer
8. Articulation
Vowels and consonants are close in sound and are usually used interchangeably
combat/kombat graphics/grafics
9. One Letter Misses
The word is close to the conventional form with the exception of a letter
snowed/snowd waiting/wating
10. Multiple strategies involve combinations of stratgies
neighbor/nebrhode retirement/ritearment
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