Shannon and Mary welcome @MindfulTeacherRachel back to the podcast to discuss strategies for helping their students strengthen spelling skills.   They talk about the stability of English spelling and the meaning-based reasons for a word's spelling, beyond sound-symbol connections.  Listeners will know what to look for in students' spelling errors and accuracies and walk away with fresh ideas for spelling instruction. Â
RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE:
- Our Etymology episode with Rachel
- our Schwa episode with Rachel
- Morrison-McCall Spelling Scale
- spelling error analysis sheets from Rachel
- Uncovering the Logic of English by Denise Eide *Amazon affiliate link*
- Spelling for Life by Lyn Stone *Amazon affiliate link*
- How to Teach Spelling by Laura Toby Rudginsky and Elizabeth C. Haskell *Amazon affiliate link*
- Dyslexia and Spelling by Kelli Sandman-Hurley *Amazon affiliate link*
- And Sometimes Y by Rachel
- Short Vowel Proctors by Rachel
- Schwa in 1st Grade by Rachel
- Rachel on IG
- Rachel on Tiktok
- Explode the Code  Â
- Words Their Way Spelling Inventory
- Spelling Choice Tests
- Sound Mounds (the Eppich Classroom)
- Scribal O
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