I refer to chunking words as a strategy when kids are trying to read unfamiliar words. Never thought of using it explicitly for spelling but it makes sense. Elisa
Elisa Waingort Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Dalhousie Elementary Calgary, Canada We studied word chunks in first grade, so that their 'spelling test' consisted on my dictating words with their chunks. The worked on their chunks, not on specific words. They also had three high utility words (word wall words). Using chunk study got my parents doing great things at home, because the old fashioned write it five times didn't accomplish much. Lori
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