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1. donna says:

   June 4, 2022 at 5:52 pm

   Hi
   I love your website and your videos and all your tips.I just need some help. I am finding that when I teach children in year 2 a particular sound they will only use that sound to spell. example
   bote-boat-rode-road.
   How do they know when to use the correct spelling.
   HELP

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   • alison says:

     June 4, 2022 at 6:44 pm

     Hi Donna, that’s why in the Sounds-Write approach each sound is the focus and the main ways to spell it are covered, rather than starting from one of the spellings and working to the sound. If you have a good teaching sequence that makes sure kids understand the relevant concepts, then you don’t run into this type of problem so much, though of course homophones are always a bit tricky. Kids should be given plenty of structure, sorting activities that make the patterns clear, and lots of sound-loaded/decodable text to make sure they are reading correct spellings and spelling words right at first, and not seeing/writing lots of misspelt words, and then once they are familiar with the patterns they should be able to start spelling them correctly. Of course kids with additional challenges need smaller steps than mainstream kids. Hope that all makes sense, all the best, Alison

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