Submittedby: Betsy B. Lee, Ed.S. inSchool Psychology
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Objective:
Students willlearn memory strategies for spelling.
Resources:
pencil and paper
TeacherPreparation:
Review the manyexamples on this page of the Learning Abilities Books site.
Procedure:
The basic memoryprinciple in this lesson plan is to associate, or link, something you need toremember to something you already know. It might be a silly association or alogical association. It just needs to be a memorable association. Cues need tobe relevant, non-ambiguous associations. Do is in the word, does.Ear is in the word, hear, meaning to listen. Here is spelled likethere as in here and there. Many helpful examples are onthe website including how to remember there, their, and they‘re.
Variations/Options:
I’ve seen LD kidsreally relate to this strategy. It is a concrete method which works when othersystems fail.
Real World Usage:
Once children areintroduced to this concept, they can often contribute great ideas. Ask fortheir ideas but make sure to guide them to use cues which are relevant,non-ambiguous associations. They can come up with misleading cues.
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