The learners who I am supporting with their writing have come such a long way with their spelling as detailed in this graph where I compared their result at the beginning of the year to what they were able to achieve this week.
This success has come from the learners being determined, fantastic support from whanau and the inclusion of spelling into my practice each week. However while these results are fantastic, I am not seeing the transition of this confidence with vocabulary when the learners are crafting their writing.
This has got me thinking about how I can redefine the spelling component of my practice. How can I turn something that has the potential to become 'boring' and 'repetitive' into something that learners want to engage with and can make links with while writing.
I am currently reading "Teach Like A Pirate" by Dave Burgess and one of the first areas of passion that he writes about is content. While I consider myself to be a confident speller, I really need to up my game with knowledge to be able to confidently pass these skills onto learners. I am fortunate to have worked with our PE specialist Rachel and she has introduced me to activities to help develop confidence with spelling but I feel that I need to continue to explore this area too so I have a kete of resources to use.
Stay tuned - this pirates spelling ship is just setting sail! Always grateful for ideas or insight into others spelling programmes.
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