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Students confuse long vowel spellings because long vowels can be represented in many different ways, making them difficult to master without explicit teaching and spaced retrieval practice.

This course helps teachers understand some of the important long vowel spelling patterns and how to plan for explicit instruction. The course explores how to teach long vowel spellings systematically and avoid common confusions.

You should take this course to gain confidence in teaching one of the most complex areas of English spelling.

This course is for primary school teachers, as well as teachers, interventionists or speech pathologists supporting older students with spelling difficulties. It is useful for all teachers to gain confidence with the long vowel patterns and rules in order to better support all writers.

You will learn how to understand long vowel spelling patterns in English, how to plan to avoid confusion and how to explicit teach and scaffold the learning of some of these tricky patterns! 

The course includes lesson demonstrations, word lists with a guide to the long vowel spelling rules, sample scripts and planners.

Your school or clinic will benefit because the course provides a simple yet effective way of planning and teaching these essential spelling patterns. 

Yes, the strategies taught in this course are grounded in phonics and literacy teaching research.