When your students are writing, should you spell words for them when they ask? Or should you encourage them to give it their best try?
It's one of those questions that doesn't have a simple answer, and it gets at something teachers have debated for a long time: invented spelling.
Is it helpful?
Does it hurt conventional spelling in the long run?
And what are you supposed to do when a student won't write a single word without the correct spelling in hand?
I get into all of it in this blog post. I discuss what the research says, how to give feedback that actually moves students forward, and when to expect conventional spelling from your students.
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