Spelling from Dictation
Write simple sentences from memory when dictated by the teacher, applying taught GPCs, spelling rules, and common exception words
What a learner can do afterwards
- Write a dictated sentence using phonically plausible spellings
- Include correct spelling of taught exception words in dictation
- Apply sentence punctuation in dictated writing
The lesson
Dictation means someone reads a sentence to you. You write it down by yourself. You use the sounds you know to spell each word.
The teacher says, 'The dog ran.' You think of the word dog. You break it into sounds: d-o-g. You write a letter for each sound. Then you finish the sentence with a full stop.
Say the whole sentence first. Then say each word in sounds before you write it.
Start every sentence with a capital letter. End it with a full stop, question mark, or exclamation mark.
Sound out each word you can, and remember the tricky ones. Start with a capital letter and end with the right mark.
Watch it
Where it sits
This opens up
Nothing builds on it yet.
8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.