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Learning at Home: Multisensory Spelling

  • Emily J.
  • Monday, October 19, 2020
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To become strong readers and writers, children need to learn how to segment and blend letter sounds.

Many times, children have trouble identifying the separate letter sounds or phonemes in words. Fingerspelling is a handy multisensory strategy to help children learn how to spell.  They learn to pull apart words into separate sounds (segmenting) and to associate a letter’s sound with the letter’s written form.


One key point to remember—if a child is a good reader, it does not always mean they will be a good speller. Spelling is a more complex process that involves recognizing the separate letter sounds within a word, recalling the letter formation, and finally putting the sound and symbols together in the correct order. The process of becoming a proficient speller takes time and practice. Some children will need more practice than others and that’s more than okay. 

Fingerspelling Steps

Teacher: Dictates the word

Student: Listens

Student: Repeats the Word

Student: Taps out the sounds

Student: Spells the word aloud

Student: Writes and says the letter names

Student: Proofreads

For more information on Fingerspellng or Simultaneous Oral Spelling, from the Literacy Nest. 

Watch this video from the Rollins Center for Language and Literacy designed to help with letter pronunciation.

Many of us, unconsciously attach an “uh” sound at the end of our consonants to project the sound. Remember that consonants are mostly shorter and quieter sounds, and vowels are louder and elongated.  The vowels, for example, can be sung while consonants cannot. Try singing the short /o/ sound and then sing the consonant /c/ sound. Notice the difference?

Learn more from the experts. Louisa Moast Ed.D tells us how spelling supports reading 

The titles below will help you and your work on spelling together at home. Want us to pull books for you? Contact us at 803-799-9084 and request to have books sent to your nearest Richland Library location.

PAF Preventing Academic Failure

PAF Preventing Academic Failure

A Multisensory Curriculum for Teaching Reading, Spelling and Handwriting
Bertin, Phyllis.
Published in 2012
Preventing Academic Failure (PAF) is a multisensory curriculum that uses adapted Orton-Gillingham teaching methods for reading, spelling and handwriting in a four level sequence. PAF can be used an effective beginning reading program in the primary grades for all children, or as a program for older, struggling readers or students with learning disabilities.
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Recipe for Reading

Recipe for Reading

Intervention Strategies for Struggling Readers
Bloom, Frances.
Published in 2005
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S.P.I.R.E. Level 1, Reader

S.P.I.R.E. Level 1, Reader

Clark-Edmands, Sheila.
Published in 2012
"S.P.I.R.E [Specialized Program Individualizing Reading Excellence] is a multi-sensory teaching approach utilizing systematic, sequential phonics and phonological awareness in grades kindergarten through eight. S.P.I.R.E. is an early intervention and prevention of reading failure program in reading and written language"--Spire.org.
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S.P.I.R.E. Level 2, Reader

S.P.I.R.E. Level 2, Reader

Clark-Edmands, Sheila.
Published in 2012
"S.P.I.R.E [Specialized Program Individualizing Reading Excellence] is a multi-sensory teaching approach utilizing systematic, sequential phonics and phonological awareness in grades kindergarten through eight. S.P.I.R.E. is an early intervention and prevention of reading failure program in reading and written language"--Spire.org.
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S.P.I.R.E. Level 3, Reader

S.P.I.R.E. Level 3, Reader

Clark-Edmands, Sheila.
Published in 2012
"S.P.I.R.E [Specialized Program Individualizing Reading Excellence] is a multi-sensory teaching approach utilizing systematic, sequential phonics and phonological awareness in grades kindergarten through eight. S.P.I.R.E. is an early intervention and prevention of reading failure program in reading and written language"--Spire.org.
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If You're So Smart, How Come You Can't Spell Mississippi?

If You're So Smart, How Come You Can't Spell Mississippi?

Esham, Barbara.
Published in 2008
Introduces the mainstream student and educator to the world of the child who struggles academically. The main character discovers her father is dyslexic, as is one of her classmates-- and she tries to make sense of it.
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Phonics Pathways

Phonics Pathways

Clear Steps to Easy Reading and Perfect Spelling
Hiskes, Dolores G.
Published in 2011
Teaches how to read and spell words using the phonics method, and provides word lists and activities to enhance the lessons.
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Sequential Spelling

Sequential Spelling

Teacher's Guide. 1
McCabe, Don, author.
Published in 2011
"Originally developed by the AVKO Educational Research Foundation, Sequential Spelling teaches students to recognize patterns of spelling rather than thematically related lists of words. As students recognize more and more patterns, their spelling skills and confidence soar!"--Back cover.
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Sequential Spelling

Sequential Spelling

Teacher's Guide. 2
McCabe, Don, author.
Published in 2013
"Your students get immediate results with Sequential Spelling. Based on the classic Orton-Gillingham approach for struggling spellers, Sequential Spelling uses a multi-sensory method. Students learn inductively to recognize patterns of spelling rather than trying to memorize rules and then stuggle through the exceptions. Words are not learned thematically but according to word family, or rimes. There is no memorization and only a minimum of testing. Students are encouraged to try and mistakes are wlecome as life's best teachers. This is intentionally a very low stress program."--Back cover.
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Sequential Spelling

Sequential Spelling

Teacher's Guide. 3
McCabe, Don, author.
Published in 2011
"Sequential Spelling teaches students to recognize patterns of spelling rather than thematically related lists of words. As students recognize more and more patterns, their spelling skills and confidence soar!"--Back cover.
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Basic Angling Practice Book. Teacher's Manual

Basic Angling Practice Book. Teacher's Manual

Decoding and Spelling Practice with Basic Vocabulary
Montgomery, Dorothy B.
Published in 1999
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How to Teach Spelling

How to Teach Spelling

Rudginsky, Laura Toby.
Published in 1984
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