KS1 spelling

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Itscurtainsforyou · 02/05/2018 21:29

My y2 child can struggle through spelling tests by learning the words, but they don't go in deep enough to stay there! Written work is full of errors. Teachers say repetition is the only way to learn.

He's fairly bright otherwise, but being able to remember spelling is dragging him down.

Any ideas or tips to help the spellings stay in his head? We already use the squeebles app for spelling tests.

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CruCru · 02/05/2018 21:36

Hi OP

How is his reading? My understanding (I am not a teacher nor an education expert) is that being a fluent reader is a real help with spelling.

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Itscurtainsforyou · 02/05/2018 22:03

He's a good reader. Just not a great speller.

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ReallyExhaustedLlama · 02/05/2018 22:04

Could there be something like dyslexia going on? Makes spelling tricky...

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Itscurtainsforyou · 02/05/2018 22:35

We asked about that but the teacher doesn't think so.

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