Week 2

After learning several methods of teaching spelling, there are specific sound and visual strategies that I could see myself using as a future teacher. I especially liked the Hen to Fox sound method, which involves giving students a starting word and then having them turn it into a different word by changing one letter. For instance, you give the child the starting word "cat" and then you would ask them how you would go about changing that word to the word "hat." You could then ask the student what letter you would change to get the word "hot," and so on. I believe this method can also help with more than just spelling; students will be able to expand their vocabulary, along with becoming more familiar with rhymes. The Elkonin Box method also stuck out to me because this scaffolding approach to teaching helps students figure out how many sounds a word has. As for external strategies, I will definitely incorporate a "Word Wall" into my future classroom. This helpful tool not only acts as a point of reference, but it also helps to expand vocabulary and makes students accountable for spelling words correctly in their everyday writing.