See, Say and Spell

1. Study the word.
   • What part of the word seems hard to remember?
   • Can you separate the letters in the word into small groups to help you better remember the word?
   • Can you already spell some of the small groups?
2. Close your eyes.
   • Try to visualize the word in your head.
   • Look and check whether you visualized it accurately.
   • Try again if you need to.
3. Mark in red or circle the letters you might forget.
4. While looking carefully at the word, say the word and spell it out loud.
5. Cover the word and spell it out loud. Check your spelling. Repeat if you need to.
6. Cover the word again, say it and write it. Check your work.
7. Write the word in a sentence. Can you still spell it correctly?
8. Repeat these steps until you have spelled the word correctly a few times.
9. Review the word over the next week.

Tutor tools. (2003). Calgary, Alberta: Literacy Alberta. Used with permission.

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