Learning & Teaching

Spelling Mastery 

What is Spelling Mastery?  

Spelling Mastery provides structured lessons to effectively and efficiently teach the spelling skills students need to become proficient readers and writers. 

Spelling Mastery is a highly structured method that blends the following approaches: 

Phonemic approach - helps beginning spellers learn the relationships between spoken sounds and written letters and then apply them to spelling 

Morphemic approach - exposes advanced spellers to prefixes, bases, and suffixes 

Whole-word approach - gives spellers at all levels the meaning and root of a word and shows how the word's spelling is influenced 

Explicit instruction, careful selection of spelling words, and repeated and cumulative practice help students master each concept and reinforce and retain key information. 

Who has and How Often are Spelling Mastery lessons at St Kilian’s?  

Students in Grades 3-6 participate in 30 minutes lessons, 4 times per week 

Learning Journals 

Next week (last week of term), your child will bring home their Learning Journal. The Learning Journal will include pieces of work to show progression of learning over the term and add to the progression of learning over the school year.