Spelling K-8: Appendix B - Questions Parents Ask by Diane Snowball

About this teaching resource

This resource, Questions Parent Ask (Appendix B) is from the book Spelling K-8 by Diane Snowball and Faye Bolton.

Some of the questions parents ask are:

• Why are children taught to spell in a different way from when we went to school?
• Should children learn a list of words each week?
• How do children learn how to spell?
• If a child misspells a word many times, will he or she continue to spell incorrectly?
• Should a child use a dictionary to find out how to spell a word?
• Why don't teachers correct children's spelling mistakes?
• Should spelling rules be taught?
• How should children learn phonics?
• How can parents help their children's spelling?