What is Dyslexia?
Dyslexia Research
Should I have my Child Assessed?
The Options
Statementing
How Home Education Can Help
The five main benefits
Learning to Write and Spell
Writing
Handwriting
Spelling
Creative writing
Editing and Publishing
Mathematics
Ways to help
Finger Tables
Teenage Dyslexics
Life skills
Further Education / Exams
Resources and Further Reading
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Resources and Further Reading
 
1) Useful Organisations  11) Decodable Books
2) Assessments 12)
3) Spelling resources  13)
4) Lesson Plans 14) Maths Books and Teaching Aids
5) Phonic Games 15)
6)   16) Sound Reading System
7) Online Videos  17) Miscellaneous Books
8)   18) What NOT to do
9) Reference Books 19) Web Sites
10) Reading resources and programmes  20) Room 101
 
3) Spelling Resources
 

www.candocubes.com/synthetic-phonics-products.php Sets of tactile, hardwood cubes, each cube being laser engraved with six letters, or combination of letters, representing different sounds of speech (phonemes).Home Editions: Set 1. Transparent Alphabet Code. Set 2. Advanced Alphabet Code. They include a DVD for pronunciation guidance, word charts and an instruction book.

Superphonics Spelling. Ruth Miskin. Pub. Hodder Headline. An excellent, inexpensive, synthetic phonic spelling programme in one book, for parents to use with their children. www.amazon.co.uk/Superphonics-Spelling-Ruth-Miskin/dp/0340851953/ref=sr_1_3/202-3622612-1314237?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1183027729&sr=8-3

Read Write Inc. Spelling. For KS3 - designed for children who have used Read Write Inc. Phonics or any child reading at National Curriculum Level 2a/ 5-14, Level 1 and above. www.readwriteinc.com/new2.html

The Promethean Trust www.soundfoundationsbooks.co.uk/ have developed a highly-structured spelling programme 'Apples and Pears' aimed at both early years and SEN pupils. It consists of a book of teacher's notes and a workbook for each child, and it provides a simple, off-the-shelf solution for teaching spelling, especially for pupils who have a poor visual memory'

www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/clld/resources/letters_and_sounds/phase_six.pdf Phase 6 of the DCSF programme 'Letters&Sounds' concentrates on teaching spelling.

www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/local/clld/resources/letters_and_sounds/best_bet.doc 'Best bet' exercise to develop knowledge of spelling choices

www.belb.org.uk/teachers/LPTalk/High%20frequency%20words%2015%20May%2007.pdf High frequency words sorted into spelling groups.

www.belb.org.uk/teachers/LPTalk/Wordbank%20Feb%202006.pdf Linguistic phonics word bank

www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/secondary/keystage3/downloads/en_y7bank_c004701spelling_2.pdf Y7 spelling bank.

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozideas/babl.htm BABL Word Game - word analysis and Latin and Greek Vocabulary.

www.spellzone.com/ Online, interactive English spelling course for older students and adults (subscription to pay)

www.syntheticphonics.com/word%20documents/words%20and%20sentences%20for%20syntheticphonics.doc Debbie Hepplewhite's words and sentences for copying or dictation to practice sound patterns.

www.bbc.co.uk/hardspell/word4.pdf Download the BBC's ''Hard Spell'' list of words.

www.grammarcard.com/SpellingV3.50.pdf Commonly mis-spelled words.

www.ase.org.uk/sen/pdf/words/wordbanks/wordlist.pdf Word bank for secondary stage science -use with the Word Puzzle activity for age-appropriate, subject specific, spelling practice Lesson plans