rachelpants Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I was reading something on Don Potters website and realized that he has his students spell the Blend Phonics words using letter names. I don't know why this surprised me a bit? .....especially since I think this is how I learned. Although, in my head I think I do a little of both when I am spelling. We have used All About Spelling and now use Apples and Pears (both use sounds instead of letters). DS is an okay speller and does a good job of segmenting the sounds out although he often misspells "why and my" with an "i"....even though I've told him the rule. He also struggled with "try" and could say the letters out loud (this was his own strategy to try and remember that particular word)....but when he tried to spell it it was "t" "ar" "y" ...lol. I don't know what I'm rambling about, lol....I just wonder if one way or another works better for some kids and why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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