{"id":1905,"date":"2013-11-27T06:30:38","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T13:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/?p=1905"},"modified":"2013-11-18T14:18:17","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T21:18:17","slug":"should-reading-and-spelling-be-taught-at-the-same-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/2013\/11\/27\/should-reading-and-spelling-be-taught-at-the-same-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Reading and Spelling be Taught at the Same Time?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taken from\u00a0http:\/\/blog.allaboutlearningpress.com\/why-we-teach-reading-and-spelling-separately\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Why<\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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Some things just go together.<\/h2>\n

You know\u2026like spaghetti and meatballs, salt and pepper, and Snoopy and Woodstock.<\/p>\n

Or like reading and spelling.<\/p>\n

But wait\u2026should reading and spelling really be\u00a0taught<\/em>\u00a0together? As strange as it may seem\u2026<\/p>\n

I recommend that reading and spelling\u00a0not<\/em>\u00a0be taught in the same lesson.<\/h2>\n

Would you like to know why?<\/p>\n

I\u2019m often asked why we don\u2019t combine reading and spelling into a single All About\u00ae program. Let\u2019s look at a couple of important facts that help answer this question.<\/div>\n
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First, reading is easier than spelling.<\/span><\/p>\n

Most children learn to read much more quickly than they learn to spell. Simply put, reading is easier than spelling. Need proof? Read the words below.<\/p>\n

\"Can<\/p>\n

You didn\u2019t have any trouble reading them, did you? But what if I asked you to spell them? (Without looking first, of course!) How would you do? If you think you would have gotten all of these words correct, congratulations! You\u2019re probably a better speller than most adults. Though most adults can easily read these words,\u00a0many<\/em>\u00a0would misspell them.<\/p>\n

The same is true for your child. Reading age-appropriate words like\u00a0animal<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0wear<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is usually\u00a0much<\/em>easier than spelling them. And herein lies the challenge.<\/p>\n

There are more than 250 ways to spell the 45 sounds in the English language.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spelling would be much easier if the sounds were always spelled the same way. But though the English language contains just 26 letters, these letters combine to create 45 speech sounds. And to complicate the matter even more, there are\u00a0over 250\u00a0<\/em>ways to spell those sounds.<\/p>\n

For example, the sound of\u00a0\/j\/<\/strong>\u00a0can be spelled\u00a0J\u00a0<\/strong>(jiggle)<\/em>,\u00a0G\u00a0<\/strong>(gym)<\/em>,\u00a0DGE\u00a0<\/strong>(badge)<\/em>, or\u00a0D\u00a0<\/strong>(gradual)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s just the beginning. Think about the sound of long U and all the ways that it can be spelled.<\/p>\n

\"Ways<\/p>\n

And the sound of \/sh\/ can be spelled with all these combinations.<\/p>\n

\"Ways<\/p>\n

All these combinations can make words that are easy to read difficult to spell. For example, with a basic understanding of phonics, a child should be able to decode the word\u00a0special<\/em>\u00a0without much trouble. Butspelling<\/em>\u00a0the word\u00a0special<\/em>\u00a0may present a young student with a greater challenge.<\/p>\n

Is it spelled\u00a0speshul<\/em><\/strong>, just like it sounds?<\/p>\n

Or is it\u00a0spetial<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0like\u00a0martial<\/em><\/strong>?<\/em><\/p>\n

Or should it be spelled\u00a0spesial<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>with the same word ending as\u00a0controversial<\/em><\/strong>?<\/p>\n

See what I mean? Is it any wonder that so many children (and adults!) struggle with spelling? With so many possible spellings for each sound, the best you can do is to visually recognize the correct spelling and practice. And practice. And then practice some more.<\/p>\n

So now we understand that learning to spell is harder than learning to read. And that leads us to the second reason that we teach spelling and reading separately.<\/p>\n

If you teach reading and spelling together, one or the other will be sacrificed.<\/h2>\n

Teaching spelling and reading of the same words in the same time frame guarantees only one thing: one of these critically important subjects will fall by the wayside. There are two possible scenarios.<\/p>\n

Scenario #1:<\/strong>\u00a0Your child learns to read the words in the lesson, but he can\u2019t move on because he\u2019s still learning to spell them. (Remember, it takes longer to learn to spell the words than it does to read them.) You\u2019ve chosen to focus on spelling at the expense of reading.<\/p>\n

\"SPELLING_Circles-and-READING_Xs\"<\/p>\n

Scenario #2:<\/strong>\u00a0Your child learns to read the words in the lesson. Though he\u2019s still learning to spell the words, you decide to allow him to move on to the next lesson. You\u2019ve chosen to focus on reading, so your child\u2019s spelling suffers.<\/p>\n

\"READING_Circles-and-SPELLING_Xs\"<\/p>\n

As you can see, no matter what you decide, it\u2019s a no-win situation. Both scenarios force you to choose one subject to the detriment of the other.<\/p>\n

At\u00a0All About Learning Press<\/em>, we don\u2019t believe you should have to sacrifice your children\u2019s learning. Fortunately, there is a third scenario.<\/p>\n

Teach reading and spelling separately and your child will benefit.<\/h2>\n

When you teach reading and spelling separately, your child can succeed at BOTH subjects.<\/p>\n

He can progress as quickly as possible in reading\u2026<\/p>\n

\"READING-Arrow\"<\/p>\n

\u2026and<\/em>\u00a0he can take as much time as he needs in spelling.<\/p>\n

\"SPELLING-Arrow\"<\/p>\n

And then you can enjoy them together.<\/p>\n

Like spaghetti and meatballs.<\/p>\n

Do you think that teaching reading and spelling separately would make a difference for your kids?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Taken from\u00a0http:\/\/blog.allaboutlearningpress.com\/why-we-teach-reading-and-spelling-separately\/ Some things just go together. You know\u2026like spaghetti and meatballs, salt and pepper, and Snoopy and Woodstock. Or like reading and spelling. But wait\u2026should reading and spelling really be\u00a0taught\u00a0together? As strange as it may seem\u2026 I recommend that reading and spelling\u00a0not\u00a0be taught in the same lesson. Would you like to know why?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,79,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classes","category-classroom-help","category-informative"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1905"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1910,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905\/revisions\/1910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}