Learning spellings and ASD

[chuckeyegg]

I am having lots of problems trying to teach DS spellings. Rubber letters in the bath, writing them in chalk in the garden. This week he got none right. Any tips would be very gratefully recieved.

Thanks Helen

How old is he? I would focus on getting 3 or 4 right at first, sounds like he can't remember 10. We make up tunes for each word and sing the word emphasising tricky bits. So this week ds had 'climbed' so we sing the letters and do the 'b' really loud.
Have you discussed with the teacher? As a former teacher I would say the spellings aren't being properly differentiated if a child is getting 0/10

We are going to start using easy read on my GP's recommendation. Two of her kids are dyslexic and she said that it helped enormously. My eldest DS has ASD and Dyslexia, DS3 could well have dyslexia too.
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Ds1 is ok with spellings, but ds2 has always struggled. We found it helped to make up silly songs and sentences or to say them over and over in a silly way to emphasize any unusual spellings - so what shoppingbags does really.

We do look, cover, write and if he gets any wrong he writes that one out three times to reinforce it to himself.

We also keep the list up on the fridge door and regularly chant them to each other whenever he's in the kitchen with me or I will just throw a spelling at him every now and again at random.

If he is unable to recall the number the teacher is setting, I would ask for them to differentiate a lower target for him as well and get it written into his IEP.

Our school recommends using Spelling City to make learning more fun. With the free access you can type in their spellings and then they you can choose formal tests, games, flashcards or teach-me.

I'd also recommend having a look for some apps, as they can be useful for informal practise on your phone when you are out an about, which makes it less like schoolwork.

Can he read? Can he blend sounds?

Sorry not been here for ages. Starlight he can blend and read. I've found out that he is spelling out loud to a TA because he finds writing such a struggle. I am going to try and get him to learn to type them on the computer because I think they are making it more difficult.

I find it difficult to spell out loud without writing it down. Thanks for all the ideas and links.

Spelling city looks great I will definately get DS on that! :)

We had the spelling test today and again 0/5 despite my efforts to teach them in the test he spells them completely phonetically. Grew was Groo. Chew was choo and so on. He got quite upset last year doing phonics. The strange thing is he can read so I suppose he understand not every word is phonetic.

I will keep trying. Spell city was good thanks.

This is a computer based look cover spelling page. It is helpful because you can get ds to type them in the first time and then practise them in the look cover bit. Ds found it much easier because he was concentrating on the letters that made the word rather than the way the letters had to be formed, thus not conentrating on the spelling as it were.