Literacy & Lifestyle Assessment
& Research Centre
Courses for Teachers
The Role of Spelling in
the Development of Writing Skills
This course will provide suggestions for maximising the development of spelling skills and independent writing during KS1 and KS2. A range of practical activities provide opportunities for course participants to address:
- word, sentence and text level writing
- the central role of spelling in writing
- listening and spelling
- reading and spelling
- copying and spelling
- handwriting and spelling
- memory
and to discuss teaching strategies. Workshop sessions give participants practical experience in understanding spelling errors and planning intervention programmes.
Full course - 2 school days or 10 hours
Spelling on its own - 1 school day or 5 hours