Understanding Spelling

<p>How do children learn to spell and what kinds of teaching support them most effectively?</p> <p>Based on a three-year longitudinal study of children's spelling in different primary classrooms <strong>Olivia O'Sullivan</strong> Assistant Director of the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education and <strong>Anne Thomas </strong>the former Inset Director of the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education pose a number of important questions: </p> <ul> <p> <li>what kinds of knowledge are involved in spelling? </li> <p></p> <p> <li>what are the links between learning to read and learning to spell? </li> <p></p> <p> <li>what kinds of systematic teaching and interventions make a difference to children's progress?</li> <p></p></ul> <p>Packed with case studies photographs and examples of children's work this unique book sets out the most effective approaches to spelling and provides teachers with a broad set of principles on which to base their teaching. This is an invaluable resource for any teacher or trainee teacher wishing to raise standards in spelling in their classroom.</p> <p> </p>