how can my daughter remember her spelling words?

Question

she in 1st grade she has a hard time on her spelling test.

Answer 1

try little ditties or songs.

I did that with all my son's when they were 3, so they could remember how to spell their name.

Then there is the write it down 5x's.

Answer 2

English spelling appears to be very inconsistent, but it actually has quite a few rules that work in 95% of cases. That should get her score up and she can then concentrate on learning the words which are exceptions to the rules.

It may be worth buying an inexpensive book on spelling from an online bookshop like www.amazon.com, reading it yourself, then teaching her some rules.

For example, the vowels a e i o u have hard-short and soft-long pronunciations, depending on whether they appear in something called an open or closed syllable.

A closed syllable either ends in a single consonant, like 'hot' or it ends with 2 consonants like the first syllable of 'hotter', where 'o' is followed by two 't's. An open syllable ends in a vowel or with 1 consonant followed by another vowel, as in 'hotel'.

In a word like 'hotel', the 'o' is long and soft, because the syllable is open. The 'o' is followed by a single consonant 't' plus another vowel, 'e'. In the word 'hot', the 'o' is short and hard, because its a closed syllable, ending in the single consonant 't'.

By applying this and similar rules and paying attention to whether a particular word breaks these rules, she can get better spelling scores. You just need a book that sets out maybe 6-10 rules.

Also, there's a good 'drill and test' program called supermemo (short for super memorisation). The latest version cost money, but the perfectly adequate older 1998 version is available at http://www.supermemo.com/english/which.htm

You can create your own tests, either by entering 1 word at a time or by importing lists of questions and answers from a text file, in the form :-

Q:Text of question 1
A:Text of answer 1
etc.

Answer 3

there are different ways to help her remember them - first have her make word pyramids by first writing the first letter of the word, then on the next line under it write the first and second letter of the word, then on the next line, the third letter of the word, and so on until she has written the whole word.

another thing is to have her say the letter out loud as she writes it.

she can also clap out the word - clap and say each letter of the word (also helpful for later on when they have to learn syllabels)

make up a song by saying an spelling the words or any word she has a real problem with

there's also the old trick of writing them in sentences or writing them 5 or 10 times each

I always quizzed my daughter on her words the night before her test and had her write the ones she got wrong 5 times each

break the list of words down to just a couple or few a night. each night she learns 3 words, so by weeks end she knows them all

hope this helps

Answer 4

Try to determine what way your daughter learns. Most people learn things in one of three: auditory learners (learn by hearing) visual learners (learn by seeing) and kinesthic learners (learn by doing)

If she's an auditory person: have her spell the words out loud to you and then you could also repeat the spelling back to her so she can hear it.

If she's a visual person, then she should practice writing the words on paper 3 times or so, in order for her to see the correct spellings.

Kinesthic is the hardest to help, because she has to learn by doing. Maybe you could get her precut out letters so that she can manually put the letters together to spell the words.

Hope this helps. Good luck.

Answer 5

This is what we did with our first graders who are also learning to spell new words. First you say the word, then you spell the word out loud, then you cover the word and try and spell it out on paper. Try this for homework every night until the test and hopefully you will see results. Sight words are really hard for kids to learn. They are not typical words. So flash cards are also really good for kids to use and when you are reading books to her, dont forget to put you finger on the words as you read and be sure to identify the words that she might know already..."Oh look, there's an I, or look, theres that word AND" Sounds cheesy but it works. Good luck...

Answer 6

Phonics is a good base, it helps in spelling and reading. Go to www.worldteacherspress.com and purchase Investigating Phonics... don't worry, it'll come.
Also you can have her write the words three times, do mock spelling tests (timed and all), maybe she gets nervous during test time and needs to learn to test... Good luck to you and her!

Answer 7

well you could make up a song for the words that helps or buy a board and tell her to write the spelling words and see wich one she has trouble on !

you could always ask the teacher to give her extra time on her spelling test or hire a tuter !


good luck!

Answer 8

Make learning 'Fun' for her....by introducing 'spelling' games. Generate her interest first. She can learn faster, if can associate the long words with shorter words like items or incidents.

You can try breaking down the words into different shorter phrases and teach her to pronounce the word separately.

Cheers....n happy teaching....

Answer 9

Rote memorizations.

Write them 20 times each. Do flash cards. Scrabble tiles. Spelling is the one true subject for total parental involvement.

Answer 10

every week create word searches with her words in it and have her find her words. also have her say her words whenever she can and also teach her the definitions of them. have her do mock spelling bees in your home against like her father, brother or even a pet fish. even you can use her spelling words in sentences. good luck.