<p> refer to etymology/ meaning (proto – original)</p><p> break words into sounds ( c-o-m-p-o-n-e-n-t)break words into syllables ( pro-duc- tion)</p><p> break words into affixes (techno- logy)</p><p> use a mnemonic ( I before e when the sound is ee, brief</p><p> refer to words in the same family (eg design, sign, signal)</p><p> refer to words within words (c there’s one in component)</p><p> use a key word ( presentation for other tion words)</p><p> visual memory ( look- cover- write- check) </p><p>Activities to support learning spellings and subject specific vocabulary</p><p> DEFINITIONS – You provide a definition and your child guesses the word.  WHAT’S THE WORD? Play the traditional game of ‘Hangman’. Participants are allowed 8 or 10 letters before they are out.</p><p> ROOTS AND FAMILIES - These activities involve looking at the way words are made, eg from Greek and Latin words.</p><p> Word families might involve your child in taking an affix, eg poly, looking up or being given its meaning and then listing all words that have poly at the beginning. They then consider how the meaning of poly helps them to understand the meaning of the whole word. eg polymorph, polymath, polythene  Word web: offer your child a word of two affixes and let them link to others. Be clear of how the web works in terms of words.</p><p> autograph graphics graph graphology</p><p> telegraph teleprinter telephoto</p><p> telephone</p><p> phonetic phoneme xylophone microphone headphones</p><p> ROOTS AND CHANGES: SPELLING Offer root words on a grid. Your child then makes changes under your direction or by sorting word cards onto a grid and concluding rules.</p><p>Root word Change 1 Change 2 Change 3 Change 4 draw drawing drew drawn specify specified specifically specification analysis analyse analytically technology technologist technologically technician technique</p>