Please help me to help DD with her spelling

[Yorkshirepudding]

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Gosh i'd be a bit anxious about getting them wrong if I had to stay in at break time!
My ds in yr 6 and they never had to stay in if they got some wrong.
Can you have a word with the CT?

Poor poppet.

Try searching the net for 'High Frequency' spellings for this age group, get ahead of the game to take the pressure off.

THere was a thread yesterday where Issymum was enthusiastic about a computer spelling program for learning spellings.

my dds aren't fantastic spellers but it doesn't seem to bother them, it probably would if they had to stay in at break though.

there is abn online game where you can enter spreling lists.....
let me think where

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How old is she?

My child is dyslexic and v poor at spellings, and not because she doesn't try. I would be very cross if she missed break because of bad test results.

There are lots of strategies to help with spellings, ask your teacher if she is aware of these and call on the SEN in your school for her advice. It's not simply a case of keep doing the same thing to learn the spellings - some kids learn in different ways.

I think it's the teacher imposing a punishment on them that's the problem here. I doubt she would be so anxious if that wasn't a factor. I would speak to the teacher yourself and explain that your dd is getting into a state about the test as she knows she will be punished if she gets a certain amount wrong.

I'm sure the teacher is just wanting to focus them - however, what she is ACTUALLY doing is punishing children for getting spellings wrong; which cannot form part of good teaching for any teacher, anywhere, ever!

i think this needs dealing with - go for it!

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IMO they shouldn't keep her in at breaktime.
This will put her off.

I agree - i think breaks are so important to kids, and being kept in is just grim. I'm surprised the teacher is so keen to do it, usually the call of the coffee machine in the staff room is just way stronger than anything else

I use this site with my sons.

tortoiase - that is the link that i was looking for

Issy, what is your connection with the software, do you work for them or is it just something you found that helped your child?

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Sometimes it helps to break long words up into smaller parts, particularly if you can find words within words. Does she get spellings lists with similar beginnings/endings/letter strings in them?

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Could you do a little project with her on some of the more peculiar spellings in English? Not the set words, but perhaps finding words that are spelled the same and pronounced differently or the other way around? You could do it with a dictionary or online I guess. Might be a way of getting her head around some of the anomalies in the English language

(and you could do some really interesting words)

would she know that 'dance' was spelt like that or would she think it was 'dans'?

perhaps if you showed her words like that the 'ce' ending would click?

sounds like she is nearly there, doesn't it!