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I realise that a lot of students are unable to practice the floss rule which we have taken for granted as all of these are the simple things that is so essential in writing. Floss rules are so useful to students as it actually gives them a way to remember simple word rules which we do not have the luxury of being taught back in the older days. Even for spelling, I was so mesmerised by the thought of even having a strategy when we were all taught the hard way of remembering it. I am glad that today’s session exposed me to all of this as I feel I am lacking in terms of literacy.

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I'm glad that I have been introduced to various strategies. For today's sharing, I remember the floss rule as I think that the presenters reinforced till SAM Loves Funny Zebra is embedded into my memory together with the special rules. Kahoot was also interactive as it kept us engaged and recalled our understanding and through zoom platform was a good one. Fernald approach(VAKT) videos showed efforts taken by our peers using their kids. It gave us an insight of how to conduct spelling and vocabulary with our students incorporating the multisensory strategy. Both of these I have tried with my students but not in depth maybe because I did not research on the strategy in detail. Now that I know, I will use it accordingly.

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I'm glad that I have been introduced to various strategies. For today's sharing, I remember the floss rule as I think that the presenters reinforced till SAM Loves Funny Zebra is embedded into my memory together with the special rules. Kahoot was also interactive as it kept us engaged and recalled our understanding and through zoom platform was a good one.
Fernald approach(VAKT)  gave us an insight of how to conduct spelling and vocabulary with our students incorporating the multisensory strategy. Videos showed efforts taken by our peers using their kids. I have tried some of the approaches with my students but not in depth maybe because I did not research on the strategy in detail. Now that I know, I will use it accordingly.

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There are plenty of strategies for reading, literacy & spelling. It’s easier to understand when acronyms are used to teach rules.
Sam Loves Funny Zebra - thats new to me and it was easy using this to apply to the Floss spelling rule!
1-1-1 or doubling rule is also a good simple rule for students to remember whether to double or not to double. I think it applies to us adults too, when writing formal emails or documents when Grammarly or spellcheck is not available.

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Apart from all the lovely sharings by our classmates that are very useful(1-1-1 is definitely useful for me myself), one moment where I feel a lot of value was added to the sharings was when everyone was quick to react and also spontaneous in participating with the activities in the presentations when some of our peers and Dr Elizabeth are occupied with solving the technical issues. I also really like it that everyone was very patience and helpful with each other.

Also, throughout the sharings I kept going back to my personal To-Do list to write down things that I could do to improve my assignments and upcoming presentations. There were just so many inspirations and ideas while listening to all the wonderful sharings.

Thank you everyone!

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Salinah

I find that before a teacher start to teach strategies and techniques, it is vital to check their prior knowledge of their vocabs, their understanding levels of suffix, the syllable, vowels & consonant and their phonics exposure. There are lots of sharing and takeaways from the groups that has presented. I also like how the group include different settings (primary and secondary levels) when applying the same techniques.

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I was trying to figure out how to remember that the last letters were s,l,f, and z in order to double the ending letters. Prior to this lesson, I had to think of words that ended with double letters to recall that the letters are s,l,f and z.  Now, I can use  Sam loves funny zebra to recall the letters, if it works for me I am sure it would be of a great benefit for my students too. It is a simple and effective way to get the students to remember part of the rule. I also like how the group delivered their presentation on how to check if the floss rule could be applied it was explicitly and simple.

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From the presentations today, I am very impressed by the groups who put in so much effort to make their own videos to share how the strategies are being taught. I think making videos and using visuals is a great way to capture the audience’s interest and attention. This is also in accordance of using a multi sensory approach to learning. I also agree that VAKT Fernald Method is a great way to get kids to learn. When they use their senses, they can remember what they are learning.

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Sam loves funny zebra took on a new meaning today under the floss rule.
Skywriting is a tool that we often use in the Chinese language classroom. I was surprised to see it being used in VAKT too.

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Today we learnt about presentation on the different strategies which are Self Questioning Cognitive Strategy, Fernald Method (VAKT), floss rule and 1 to 1 spelling rule. The groups made use of ppt slides with video on how the strategy can be taught so that we can have a clearer picture after looking at the video demonstration while some group prepared short quiz using Kahoot as part of the exit ticket. It was an engaging session and now I learnt a new acronym used for floss rule which is Sam Loves Funny Zebra. With all the strategies shared, I also realized that we need to ensure that before teaching them these strategies, their level of understanding for phonemic is strong and most of the strategies taught is more suitable for a 1-1 setting.

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A new strategy that I thought was useful was the 1-1-1 spelling rule. I was not aware that there is such strategy as to check when to double the consonant when there is a suffix. It would definitely be a strategy I would want to teach my students to use!

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I enjoy learning self-questioning strategy. I feel that this strategy can be use not only for spelling, basically for anything. Some students don’t know how to solve issues therefore breakdown the method to derive to an answer is important thus I could use this method to teach the students how they can confidently solve something on their own. All the other presentation were well thought and interesting too.

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I think it will be very useful to use the Self - question cognitive strategy to teach students how to learn spelling. I like the Fernald method as it makes use of multi-sensory and it will be helpful for students having difficulty in spelling too.
"Sam loves funny zebra" will definitely help student remember floss rule.

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Louise-  what have I learnt and how it is applicable.

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Louise-  what have I learnt and how it is applicable.

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Self questioning cognitive strategy

I learnt that this is a good strategy in equipping the child with the skill by breaking down the step to teach them how to spell the words. The child are taught to ask himself or herself a series of questions in order to spell the words. The child will need to prior knowledge of phonics and syllabus. It is
applicable for a child who has can do self directed learning
on his or her own . And it can be used in a whole class
setting. You can also add in visual cues to help the child in
self questioning during spelling by asking them to place
inside their pencil box.

Fernald method
Fernald method is an approach to reading based on the idea
that students learn best when material is presented to
several different senses. These methods, which employ
tracing, hearing, writing, and seeing, are often referred to as
VAKT (visual, auditory, kinesthetic, tactile). The Fernald
method teaches whole words.  How it is applicable - it is applicable to a child who requires differentiated teaching as not all child have the same learning profile. Some maybe visual learners, some are auditory learners, some are kinaesthetic Learners and so on. So this could fit in to a child’s learning style.

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I am very amazed that there are such 1-1-1 spelling rule. the rules are very straightforward and the child needs to know the base word before moving on adding the appropriate suffix. its a good strategy to teach spelling too.

floss rule was interesting too. using the Sam Loves Funny Zebra really helps alot. didn't know there is such board game for it :)

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Despite the slight technical glitch, our classmates did a fantastic job in putting up the presentations. Learning did take place and the variety of format enthused each and everyone of us. I am particularly charged when KAHOOT is employed as it drives my adrenaline several notches up when TG1 members tried to pit their memory skills against one another! The WE DO component helps to seal the understanding of the topics taught. In all, today's session was certainly engaging and fun. I certainly look forward to attending the next tutorial in a fortnight's time. Cheers!

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I like the videos put up by the presenters, we have a clear view how the methods are carried out. I also like that the groups listed out the steps explicitly for the different topics
So for example, when doing floss rule, what steps to take to determine if you need to double the suffix and the steps involved for the 1-1-1rule, all these which  i didnt know of until i saw the presentations. These methods will certainly be useful to educators with students who are struggling with their spelling
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I love the kahoot moments, it was engaging and helped me to remember the contents even better. The video demonstration was easy to visualize on how we could use and implement the strategies on the child. Now I gained insight strategy on remembering the spelling rules!!!

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Sensory learning can be a really effective way to teach spelling. The board game for teaching floss rule is really an AHA moment for me!

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It was great hearing all the sharings by the different groups today. the kahoot session was really engaging to assess our learning from their presentations. I also found one groups sharing of the floss rule to be extremely insightful. I love using the concept of Sam loves funny zebra to understand if the last letter needs to be doubled. This is something I will remember and defnitely use to teach in future.

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I enjoyed the learning from the personalized videos by my coursemates, of the teachings of FERNALD Method and the Cognitive Self-questioning , allowing us to see how it can be carried out with future students/children.

It is a good idea to prepare a little visual as a reference for our students of some methods (e.g. the 7 self-questions) to be kept in their pencil cases and such.

It is great to see how despite technical issues and  technological difficulties, all of us still kept going in our learning and presenting and made the best of situation.

I appreciated the teaching of 3 Floss rules with the acronym they created, as well as the many examples shared in 1+1+1 so overlearning on our part is done for better memory.

One great AHA reminder today too is Multisensory styles of teaching is the way to go, (whenever possible) to ensure we cater to all students with various learning styles.

Thank you!

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The spelling strategies shared by my fellow peers are very interesting. There isnt a straightforward solution that is able to solve the struggle.  The more we expose the struggling spellers to the different strategies, the better it is for them. They will then be able to choose those stratergies that suits them as they varies in the types of learners. Teaching them in systematic organized way will indeed help them alot. Along the way, there are many multi-sensories resources that we can use. As for the rules, mnemonic will definitely help them as they can learn spelling through pattern of letters and association which will help them to remember better.

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I learnt more spelling strategies apart from my look, cover, write, check such as VAKT and SVC. In particularly I like VAKT the best as it incorporates all our senses in learning.

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There were many wonderful sharings which are definitely useful for us to apply when we have our sessions with our students in the future. I particularly like the idea of putting up the self-questioning strategies in class to help not only that one or two pupils but the whole class as well as the pupils can also help to remind each other when doing their spelling. Nice one. Also before teaching strategies like the 1-1-1 and floss rule, it is also important to check for prior knowledge in terms of the pupils vocabulary so that we can adapt our teaching accordingly.

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Today was a heavy session. However, I manage to learn four new strategies in teaching such as self questioning skills, Fernaid Method, teachong the 1-1-1 spelling rule and teaching the floss rule. Its quite extensive and i think i require more time to pamractice and read in depth about it. Especially for the self questioning, its quite helpful to me as i think it will help me for my practicum as well.

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Before we do this presentation I thought that VAKT is done at differently and separate settings. So after we read up and research..realized that I was wrong. So we learn along the way this Fernald VAKT mtd although its developed decades ago. We also discovered that this mtd is similar to SDR local settings. The demo is done in a I do We do You do manner with my child, initially to be done in front of the LT.
So positive AHA moment is that everyday is a learning experience and even though the strategy was developed years or decades ago it can be useful to certain child according to their pace in another words different child has different learning style. Hope you all benefit frm our presentation in a way or another. Thank you!