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How to Teach Commonly Misspelled Words in Stages 3, 4, 5 & 6.

What teaching method is recommended for teaching Commonly Misspelled Words from Stage 3 onward?


All words, regular and irregular should be taught mapping speech sounds to print.


Kilpatrick (2015) describes orthographic mapping as:

the mental process we use to permanently store words for immediate, effortless retrieval. It is the process we use to take an unfamiliar printed word and turn it into an immediately recognisable word.



End of Stage 3 Irregular / High Frequency Words Instruction.


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Updated on: 15/11/2023

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