Understanding English: Spelling

Understanding English is a series of books designed to reinforce skills and knowledge at Key Stage 2 of the National Curriculum.

Each book focuses on a particular aspect of literacy with explanations and teaching points, exercises, answers section and 'Now you try!' extension activities to ensure that learning is really secure.

Spelling words correctly is easy when you know how. This book describes various spelling strategies, including learning how to spell specific words, remembering spelling rules and checking for mistakes.

Fascinating facts about how English spelling has developed over the years, plus lots of activities and examples, make this book a powerful resource in helping to improve spelling.

The Spelling book includes: letter strings, syllables, compound words, homophones, prefixes and suffixes and letter rules.