[senco-forum] [SENco-forum] spelling using letter names

I'm with them.  Use what works.  USA use uppercase/names and phonics uses
letter sounds. Great if it is a phonic word. Uppercase is fine as long as
they know that 'N' is not written 'en' or 'L' as 'el' etc.

For my own children with dys I used both - cat c/a/t and C-A-T  or for
station is was   'st/-A -/shun-T-I-O-N'.  If that makes sense to you.  It
did to them.

 If someone gives you a word ie Table, how do you spell it aloud?
 T A B L E

Having poor memory it was better chunked orally as  T-A-/ble/ with emphasis
on the 'ble' sound so they knew it was the spelling group -  gle/ble/dle
with  the 'le' like  an/gle and not 'el' as in 'A-/n/gel with a g'.

Sharon Tringham

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[mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk]On Behalf Of Helen Reidy
Sent: 16 April 2008 18:38
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Subject: [senco-forum] spelling using letter names

As a habitual lurker with the occasional foray into the limelight, I
hesitate to ask what may seem an obvious question, but . . .  be kind . . .
here goes. . . . . .

A colleague told me today that one of our Ed Psychs had found out that a
couple of the (Junior) pupils she was assessing fared much better when they
were asked to spell words using their letter names rather than their letter
sounds.

What does this point to/mean/indicate - answers on a small postcard please,
words of fewer than 2 syllables would help.

Mystified.

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