Spelling Strategy Steps for Spelling New Words Here is a plan to use when you study your spelling words. Step 2 Spell the word aloud. Step 3 Think about the spelling. Is there anything special to remember? Step 4 Picture the word with your eyes shut. Step 5 Look at the word and write it. Step 6 Cover the word. Picture it and write it again. Check its spelling. Did you get it right? © Pearson Education Step 1 Look at the word. Say it and listen to the sounds. vi Spelling Practice Book There are 6 steps to remember. Use this plan a few times. You will see how it can help you. Jack wants to learn the new spelling word bump. In Step 1, he looks at the word, says it, and listens to all the sounds. In Step 2, he spells the word aloud. In Step 3, he thinks about how the word is spelled. In Step 4, Jack sees the word with his eyes shut. © Pearson Education In Step 5, Jack looks at the word and he writes it on paper at the same time. Finally, in Step 6, Jack covers the word. He pictures what it looks like. Then he writes it again. He checks to see if it is correct. Spelling Practice Book vii Spelling Strategy Rhyming Helpers If you can match a new list word to a word you know with the same spelling at the end, you will have two words that rhyme. Then the old word can be a helper for the new word. These words are Rhyming Helpers. Each is the rhyming helper for beach. They rhyme and have the same ending. Look at your new spelling word. Think of a word that rhymes. Be sure it ends the same. This word can be your rhyming helper. viii Spelling Practice Book © Pearson Education Rain is the rhyming helper for train. Train and rain rhyme and they have the same ending. Here is another example of a rhyming helper. Eat is Beth’s rhyming helper for treat. Watch out! Some words rhyme but have different spellings. The word feet sounds like treat, but the rhyming sound is spelled in a different way. Treat ends in e-a-t, feet ends in e-e-t. Feet is not a rhyming hel