{"id":3653,"date":"2014-11-01T09:10:26","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T13:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp\/wordpress\/?page_id=3653"},"modified":"2023-12-12T13:47:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T18:47:21","slug":"spelling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/communityreading.org\/wp\/tools-for-struggling-readers\/spelling\/","title":{"rendered":"Spelling Multi-Syllable Words"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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‘SPELLING’ teaches how to read and spell multi-syllable words with Latin and Greek roots.  The English spelling system looks complicated, but is remarkably consistent once you understand it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phonics and ‘sounding out’ doesn’t work well for multi-syllable words.  For example, it is too hard to sound out a word like ‘impartiality’.  Skilled readers don’t even try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Instead skilled readers look for standard prefixes and suffixes, strip them off, and analyze the word in chunks.  There are only a few dozen common prefixes and suffixes in English, with well-defined spelling rules for joining them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The best part of SPELLING is that the base and affixes give a hint to the meaning, allowing us to understand words we have never seen before.  The rules help us spell even the most difficult words correctly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If your child still struggles with decoding, then start with the BLENDING program.  This program is more advanced, and won’t be helpful yet.<\/p>\n

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‘SPELLING’ teaches how to read and spell multi-syllable words with Latin and Greek roots.  The English spelling system looks complicated, but is remarkably consistent once you understand it. Phonics and ‘sounding out’ doesn’t work well for multi-syllable words.  For example,…<\/span><\/p>\n

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