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In this video we are going to look at spelling and we're going to look at those tricky words that children don't always find easy because they're not phonetically correct. They don't follow a phonics pattern so it's very hard for them to sound them out. They will hear obviously some of the sounds within the word but they won't be able to sound out every single letter which they would normally do to help them spell and this is just a little fun activity that involves some repetition but in a more challenging way and in a way that doesn't just about writing the word five times over because that can get a bit boring after a while. I like to call it roll and spell and it is just a little game with a dice and different challenges and again you set the challenges that you want so we have got if you throw a number one on your dice Aaron what do oh my goodness and if you wait just wait i'm throwing the dice yet if you throw a two what you have to do and if you get a three what do you have to do have a look and if you get a four what do you have to say and if you get a five right upside down and then if you get a six write the word in rainbow colors so it's just a little way of getting that repetition in and that practicing but in a wee bit more of a fun way than just rewriting the word over and over again i'm going to get your pencil case so if you need to write in rainbow colors i'll give you a rainbow pen would that be a good idea yeah you've got that okay right so the word we're going to focus on is wood one of these really tricky ones that children find really hard and because it is that phonics pattern within it is really difficult and it is one that children just really need to learn so we're going to do wood okay right so let's see what we're going to do first so throw your dice a three so what do you have to do right do you think you can write it backwards okay right off you go yes good boy good now careful what's next just cross that out and start again okay so initially i'm going to let them have the word in front of them but as we go through this i will remove the word so that it is that starting to practice those letters within that word so that he's really starting to get a good grip on reading it and writing it beautiful okay right off you go throw your dice again oh write it with your opposite hand okay it's a bit wonky isn't it that's because you're used to writing with your other hand isn't it what's your last letter good good boy right next throw your dice what's going to be next now no cheating go down here so you can see it right close your eyes i'm going to watch you see if you're any cheating what comes next okay what comes next yes what comes next yes and what's the last one wound good boy so and if they are stuck in that do let them have a little peek but this is a good one for starting to get that repetition going that's not bad good boy right next one let's see what you're going to do now okay you're getting the hang of that one aren't you good job now this time i'm going to make it a bit trickier so this is where you want to introduce that element of challenge this time i'm going to fold the paper in half aaron so you can't see the word anymore so have one more peek okay oh there's one still hiding there fold that one up okay right throw your dice and let's see if you can remember it now oh what have you to do what have you to do excellent cute boy right throw your dice again and i'm going to keep folding it so we can't see it so really that repetition and that idea of actually learning that word is really starting to come into play now good boy and what's the word wood good boy can you give me a sentence with the word wood in it now this isn't wood on a tree this is would you like to go to the party because there's two different types of wood isn't there and then introduce the idea of it being a homophone because there's wood that's wood that tables are made from and it's spelt how do you spell it do you know sound it out so how do you spell it m w o u d it could be o u but it's o o okay so this isn't that word sure it's not because this is spelled a different way isn't it all right last one throw your dice i hope it's the rainbow you like the rainbow one upside down oh what is it do you want to turn it upside down would that be easier you're going to do it upside down okay you're really going to challenge yourself how do you do what a w upside down oh it was easy it's the same isn't it and then what's next okay well let's cross it out and start again so as you can see just a really fun activity it gets the idea of that repetition in you can change the word as you go through you'll be and change the rules accordingly depending on if you want to even make it a bit more active that could be the children having to go around your house doing stuff with these numbers but it just gets that idea of practicing those words in a more interactive and fun way than just writing the word over and over again but as you can see this is a really enjoyable activity it takes a couple of minutes to prepare and all you really need is a pair is a pencil a blank page and your little set of rules and a dice