spelling

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Does Spelling Practice Improve Reading for Students With Dyslexia?

Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Allocating more opportunities to read words with feedback may be more efficient than spelling practice to support multisyllabic word reading for upper-elementary students with dyslexia.
teacher helps two students with work

Where Have All the Spelling Lists Gone?

Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Well-designed spelling lists can support your students’ literacy development. Despite how commonplace spell check and other writing tools have become, explicit spelling instruction is still an important practice.
Girl writing in a classroom using a word box

Teaching Letter-Sound Correspondences and Syllable Types for Word Identification

Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Teach students to use a word box to practice letter-sound correspondences or syllables for decoding words.
Scrabble blocks placed in order to spell "Spelling"

Choose Your Words (and Techniques) Carefully in Spelling Instruction

Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Spelling instruction can be beneficial for students when taught with an emphasis on learning spelling patterns and using the proper spelling word lists.