Teaching Spelling Effectively, Yrs F-6, with Diane Snowball

This online workshop across two consecutive days is for motivated Years F-6 teachers and leaders of literacy who want to equip themselves with the skills to enrich the teaching of spelling. Learn how to powerfully develop students as self-motivated, self-directed and self-regulated learners, transferring their spelling to their writing.

WHY?

• As teachers we can struggle with teaching spelling in purposeful ways and ensuring a transfer to writing
• We are unsure as to all of the strategies that are required for spelling
• We struggle with teaching spelling in an investigative, risk taking way that links with reading and writing
• We would like to teach more about words - using patterns, relationships, derivations - but need more help
• We find it hard to plan for spelling across a school in a coordinated way, and want to avoid using programs

HOW?

This workshop addresses the struggles we have through showing: 

DAY 1 SESSION

• How to establish a purpose for children to learn about spelling, ensuring a transfer to writing
• How to encourage risk taking as part of the learning 
• That English orthography requires studying the morphemes (meaning) of words plus the study of phonemes (sounds)
• How children learn all of the strategies required for spelling
• The usefulness of onset-rime work and other phonemic awareness development
• How to teach children how to learn words, including high frequency words, establishing an alphabetic word wall
• How to teach children how to proofread and choose personal words to learn

DAY 2 SESSION

• How to teach about words: investigations about sound symbol relationships, common spelling patterns, prefixes and suffixes, derivatives and etymology
• How to focus on word building from base words
• How to analyse children’s writing to understand their spelling strengths and needs plus knowing what to do about their needs
• How to establish a school spelling plan, plus year level plans

BENEFITS

The workshop attendees receive:

• A deeper knowledge of how to teach their students spelling through:
• • Exclusive access to 2 x 1.5 hour live, interactive small group Zoom sessions where they will receive advanced training in teaching students to become better spellers, transferring it to their writing
  • Question and answer feedback from Diane
  • Exclusive access to and advice on resources

BRING

• A notebook, a pencil/pen

COST: 

$75 for the two sessions (with a percentage donated to the charity: A fairer world for disadvantaged young girls)

MORE INFORMATION:

• Visit cuelearning.com.au
• Subscribe to the Teacher’s Tool Kit For Literacy podcast https://the-teachers-tool-kit-for-literacy.simplecast.com/
• Contact Phil phil@cuelearning.com.au