Gracemount High School

Gracemount High School

Weekly Spelling Book

January - May

Learning Styles

There is no right or wrong way to learn. Most people find one particular way of learning helps them to learn more easily.

1. Visual learners – see words in their head and may need to see words written before they can learn them.

1. Auditory learners – often need to repeat information aloud or sound out words to help with learning.

1. Physical learners (Kinaesthetic learners) – may need to write out words to learn them. The muscle movement involved helps with learning. Sometimes tracing the words can also help.

Some people like to use two or even all three of these ways.

Which learning style do you prefer?

I am a learner

HOW TO USE THIS BOOKLET

You will be given a test each week in class to check on your progress. The time for your test is noted on the front.

You should spend some time each week trying to learn how to spell the words for each lesson.

Your teacher will tell you how many words to learn for each lesson.

This booklet is available on GLOW which will allow you to go over your words at home. Also on GLOW you will find links to other spelling sites which provide fun activities to help you improve your spelling.

Ways to Help You Learn Correct Spelling

1. Beat out the syllables (the number of beats in the word)

e.g. – “spelling” has 2

“word” has 1

2. Highlight the difficult bits of a word.

e.g. – yacht

3. Link a new word with ones you already know.

e.g. – found – mound – ground – astound

4. Find words within words.

e.g. – fat-her : father

5. Exaggerate the way you say the word – say it as it

sounds.

e.g. – yacht – “ya.ch.t”

mother – “moth.er”

6. Say the names of the letters in a rhythm.

7. Trace the letters of the word.

8. Remove or add the start and end of words (prefixes

and suffixes

e.g – reborn  (re) born

forgetful  forget (ful)

9. Use mnemonics (“nem-on-icks”)

e.g. there’s end on the end of friend

Don’t believe the lie in “Believe me”

10. Use the Look, Cover, Write and Check method

i.e. – LOOK at the word

COVER it up

WRITE it down

Check or compare it…carefully

Do this several times

Lesson 16

Functional Communication

Lesson 17

Words from Social Subjects

Lesson 18

Words from Art

Lesson 19

wa rules

a after w often sounds like o

Lesson 20

More words from CDT

Lesson 21

change y to i and add es or ed or ful or ness

Lesson 22

Words from Drama

Lesson 23

More Words from Science

Lesson 24

Words from Music

Lesson 25

In English no word ends with j, use ge or dge

Lesson 26

Contractions

Lesson 27

Imaginative Writing

Lesson 28

Words from Home Economics

Lesson 29

~ tion More -dom words

Lesson 30

Words from PE

Lesson 30

Holidays

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