Taking A Crack At Spelling: a Multisensory Spelling Strategy

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We all need a little motivation from time to time, don’t we? What tasks sometimes feel tedious to you? (Don’t even ask me about laundry.) Now try to imagine the challenges your students face when learning. What helps them sustain and persevere? Multisensory spelling strategies!

After a great conversation with my fellow OG teachers the other day, I realized I needed to shake up my S.O.S. (Simultaneous Oral Spelling) strategy a bit for one of my students.

What is S.O.S.? Read a post I wrote about it here. 

One teacher gave me the idea to treat it like a baseball game. What a great idea! Take a look below at how I turned the critical spelling strategy into a super fun and motivating game!

Here is a Great Multisensory Spelling Strategy!

Step #1

I took the steps of S.O.S. so that a student would be able to proceed to the next base based on the completion of that step.

Step #2

I was sure to laminate the whole game using some laminating sheets and then taped it to a plastic file folder with packing tape.

Step #3

I wrote the words on laminated baseballs and pitched a word. Then you can count out the sounds on your fingers or tap them out on the table.

Step #4

We used a whiteboard to write the words down, but you can use paper and pencil for a more permanent record of answers.

Wondering how you can introduce more handwriting into your OG lessons? Listen to season 2, episode 12 of the Together in Literacy podcast: Bringing Handwriting Into Our Literacy Instruction!

Step #5

When we were done, this student enjoyed reading the word one last time and erasing it on the baseball. 🙂

Learn more about the benefits of dictation. Read 3 Tips for Maximizing Dictation or watch my Tips for Dictation video on YouTube!

We had so much fun using S.O.S. this way! It moved rather quickly too. If you’re new to this technique or just looking for a way to shake up your multi-sensory strategies, try out S.O.S. Baseball! 

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FREE SOS Spelling Game Multisensory Strategies

S.O.S. or Simultaneous Oral Spelling, is a 6–step multisensory spelling strategy. Visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning modalities are all engaged, making this an effective brain-based method for spelling words. It is typically used during an Orton Gillingham lesson, but may be incorporated into any word study class.

Grab it for free in my store! You may also enjoy this S.O.S. resource!

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