Spelling for Life Upper Primary Christchurch July 19 2025 (PD548)
Spelling for Life Upper Primary Christchurch July 19 2025 (PD548)
US$100.00
Uncovering the simplicity and science of spelling for Y3-Y8 with Lyn Stone
Overhauling your spelling approach?
Wanting to move on from phonics in upper primary?
Ready to get some new, effective, efficient strategies for spelling improvement?
Then give your students the gift of better spelling by joining Lyn Stone for a one day workshop in Christchurch.
We will cover:
- Orthographic mapping – can you explain it? What does it have to do with spelling?
- Rule-breaking words and the real reasons they do this – Don’t get thrown by words doing things your students don’t expect from your phonics teaching!
- The Letter Y – Is it a vowel or a consonant? What is it even doing here?
- Syllables – Can knowing syllable emphasis help with spelling? What parts of words do we tend to emphasise? Why?
- Schwa – If you can’t hear the vowel clearly, it’s likely schwa. How do we help students select the right vowel spelling?
- Doubling – To double or not to double? If students knew the answer to this, they wouldn’t make the doubling errors we commonly see!
- Morphemes and spelling – Can you use morphology for spelling improvement or is that just another fad?
- All your questions re tricky words and spelling patterns – Bring your favourite words and let’s work through them together so they’re your students’ favourites too!
- A guide to our K-6 Spelling and Handwriting scope and sequence document – Plan for your whole school!
Included in the workshop price:
- Morning snack and delicious lunch (dietary needs catered for if possible by Jun 1 2025)
- Access to the Lower Primary suite of resources and course online
- A downloadable handout with copiable worksheets to keep forever
- A PowerPoint presentation for immediate classroom use
- An online resources hub containing relevant information, free videos and and links to anything we talk about during the day
Venue: To be announced
Audience:
Spelling for Life is a highly acclaimed, internationally recognised teaching and learning program, suitable for teachers of middle primary children and above. Those in special education, speech pathology, homeschooling and educational psychology are also keen participants.
Timetable and instructions on the day
0830 Doors open and sign in
0900 Module 1
1030-1100 Morning tea
1100-1230 Module 2
1230-1315 lunch
1315-1500 Questions and close
We will pre-print your manual for you, so there is no need to bring anything except a pen. Extra points for fountain pens, of course.
Do have a think about specific words that are hard to teach/learn/spell, as one of the first exercises is an in-person word-harvest (see example below):
