How to Be Brilliant at Spelling

How to be Brilliant at Spelling contains 40 photocopiable worksheets designed to stimulate children's interest in language and how it works. Children are often intrigued by the origins of words and the reasons why they are spelt the way they are. This book helps them to become confident and positive spellers. The activities include: learning the vowels and consonants; the four step method; spotting the mistake; 'y' for 'i' and 'ee'; regular and irregular plurals; growing new words from roots; spelling puzzling w-words; learning the 'ough' pattern.Yates, Irene Dorothy is the author of 'How to Be Brilliant at Spelling', published 1995 under ISBN 9781897675083 and ISBN 1897675089.