- Break it into sounds (u-n-i-o-n)
- Break it into syllables (con-tin-ent)
- Break it into affixes (dis + satisfy)
- Use a mnemonic (Never Eat Chips Eat Salad Sandwiches And Remain Young!)
- Refer to a word in the same family (chemical, chemist, chemistry)
- Over-articulate it (Wed-nes-day)
- Words within words (GUM in argument)
- Refer to word history (bi = two, cycle = wheels)
- Use analogy (through, rough, enough)
- Use a key word (I’m – to remember a apostrophe can replace a missing letter)
- Apply spelling rules ( hopping = short vowel sound, hoping = long vowel)
- Learn by sight (look-say-cover-write check)
- Visual memory (recall images, colour, font)
