How Do You Spell With Spelling Rules And Associations?
Spell with spelling rules and associations and by learning root words with prefixes and suffixes. There have been many theories for learning spelling over the years, but a combination of rules and spelling associations works best. Here are a few rules and associations to help with spelling. Review the most common rule. That is I before E except after C. There is another element to that rule: only when it sounds like E. Think of FORFEIT and HEIFER. They do not have the E sound, so it is no longer i before e. Know that words ending in a single consonant preceded by a short vowel sound double the consonant before adding a suffix that begins with a vowel. So, a word like CHAT would double the consonant before adding the suffix. Chatter, chatting, chatted double the T. Words that have a long vowel before a single consonant ending do not double the consonant before adding the suffix. SEAT would be seating and seated, no double consonant. Review other rules for spelling if you are interested.
