I've just been doing some workshops in Romania about Spelling Myths. If you were there, thank you for visiting The Spelling Blog. Please have a look around the Blog or you might be looking for the following pages:
The i before e rule:
http://thespellingblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/i-before-e-rule-stephen-fry-and-friends.html
-able or -ible:
http://thespellingblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/spelling-words-ending-in-able-and-ible.html
Another reason for the spelling of dove:
http://thespellingblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/reason-for-love-and-dove-above-done.html
lexical spelling (spelling by meaning)
http://thespellingblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/spelling-one-and-two-lexical-spelling.html
Homophones - how not to teach them
http://thespellingblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/homophones-how-not-to-teach-them.html
Look Say Cover Write and Check
http://thespellingblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/look-say-cover-write-check-template.html
Spelling Links
http://thespellingblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/websites-from-workshop.html
Word Shape generator
http://thespellingblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/word-shape-generator.html
And if you want to know more about my book:
http://thespellingblog.blogspot.com/p/book-teaching-spelling.html
Happy spelling!
Johanna
Thank you for your presentation at Cambridge Day in Bucharest, Romania! It was truly inspiring!
ReplyDeleteAnamaria
Thank you very much, Anamaria. It was also very enjoyable!
ReplyDeleteThe best presentation of the day! You really "enchanted" us!
ReplyDeleteLaura
Ha ha! Thank you, Laura. I'm so glad it was useful.
DeleteJohanna
Thank you SO much for your spelling blog! We were searching for "adding es after o" and your rules made it very clear!
ReplyDeleteAlways nice to hear that it's been useful. Thank you, Michelle. Careful though, they're only patterns not watertight rules.
ReplyDeleteJohanna
Always nice to hear that it's been useful. Thank you, Michelle. Careful though, they're only patterns not watertight rules.
ReplyDeleteJohanna