Spelling Strategy Steps for Spelling New Words This is one strategy that you can use to learn any new spelling word. It has six steps. 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. TRY IT OUT Now practice this step-by-step plan on some new spelling words. vi Spelling Practice Book There are 6 steps to remember, but after you use this strategy a few times, you will know how to do it whenever you want to use it. Sam wants to learn the new spelling word basket. 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 looks. He is trying to figure out what is special about the word. In Step 4, he is picturing the word with her eyes shut. © Pearson Education In Step 5, Sam is looking at the word and writing it on paper at the same time. Finally, in Step 6, Sam covers the word, pictures what it looks like, and 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. One of your new spelling words is dream. You already know how to spell team. Team is the rhyming helper for dream. Rhyming Helper team New spelling word dream Both words have the same ending. Now you can remember how the ending of dream is spelled. It is just like team! Sometimes, thinking about the rhyming words in a short sentence will help you remember how they work together. I play on a dream soccer team. Watch out! Some words rhyme but they have different spe