The more rules we gather for spelling and word work, the harder it can be to remember it all. I don't move on until he pretty much has the skill or rule, but sometimes we add in more than one and sometimes we reach way back to something learned a while back. We have been adding the rules into a Spelling Deck-- just note cards with rules and examples. I have him pull the deck out when we start working on words that are review. It still takes some direction by me, but I feel like he is learning to think about the sounds or letters and then look for what the rule might be.
This picture shows the basics, but we have started adding in cards for phonics rules as well.
I got the idea from an old grad school book, Foundations of Literacy, and like that he has a way to keep stuff organized and in one place...at least while he's at tutoring with me.
I got the idea from an old grad school book, Foundations of Literacy, and like that he has a way to keep stuff organized and in one place...at least while he's at tutoring with me.