Shannon and Mary welcome @MindfulTeacherRachel back to the podcast to discuss strategies for helping their students strengthen spelling skills.     They talk about the stability of English spelling and the meaning-based reasons for a word's spelling, beyond sound-symbol connections.    Listeners will know what to look for in students' spelling errors and accuracies and walk away with fresh ideas for spelling instruction.  

RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE:

1. Our Etymology episode with Rachel
2. our Schwa episode with Rachel
3. Morrison-McCall Spelling Scale
4. spelling error analysis sheets from Rachel
5. Uncovering the Logic of English by Denise Eide *Amazon affiliate link*
6. Spelling for Life by Lyn Stone *Amazon affiliate link*
7. How to Teach Spelling by Laura Toby Rudginsky and Elizabeth C. Haskell *Amazon affiliate link*
8. Dyslexia and Spelling by Kelli Sandman-Hurley *Amazon affiliate link*
9. And Sometimes Y by Rachel
10. Short Vowel Proctors by Rachel
11. Schwa in 1st Grade by Rachel
12. Rachel on IG
13. Rachel on Tiktok
14. Explode the Code    
15. Words Their Way Spelling Inventory
16. Spelling Choice Tests
17. Sound Mounds (the Eppich Classroom)
18. Scribal O

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