Alan, thanks for pointing out OneLook. It's SO useful. I usually use a concordancer that's less user-friendly. And I've just been enjoying your website too.Johanna The Spelling Blog
Why not just give us Slide 19 and scrap the rest? The Spelling Blog
I am a 2nd grade teacher and I use www.spellingcity.com in my classroom daily. I love it because I can create leveled lists for my students to use at school or at home. I am super excited that I can still track their progress this summer:) I am off to check out the other sites [...]
yes,I agree with you the spelling is something important to our students and they always find it difficult. so i think really this 6 strategies will help them to as you said rescue their spelling.The best strategy that i prefer is "Make spelling practice fun and mentally engaging. Help break down fear of words that [...]
Final c is also not native; words like basic, music are borrowings, and anyway they were spelled basick, musick until the 19th century. My wife and I had a lot of trouble with the picture for academic: the person looks like a conductor with a baton, and we couldn't figure out what the green blob [...]
What an idea! It's great to have you at hand, Johanna. Thanks! The Spelling Blog
Hey this is a great search tool… however there is room for some discrepancies! Spelt is also a noun: it's a type of European wheat. So say google searches a ton of books, there are bound to be a fair few noun "spelts," more so in British books, since it's a European wheat. That's going [...]
Hi Johanna, I was talking to my son this morning about gh and he made the link that high gets gh to make a long vowel sound as Eng words don't end in i. Apart from hi says he Non native I guess? The Spelling Blog
I agree with you that the learner should take the ultimate responsibility for learning,and these steps are also useful for improving our students' spelling. The Spelling Blog
i like your subject as whole and agree that " spelling tests – a necessary evil " as it's very important,but at the same time it is very difficult . The Spelling Blog