Additional helps in spelling, From a 1914 PNEU conference

At a P.N.E.U. conference in 1914, one of the discussion topics was how to help children who are not learning spelling through dictation. These were some of the suggestions (all offered in addition to dictation, not to replace it): Look at a word on paper, then write it in the air from memory. Look at it on the blackboard, then copy it from memory on paper (with pencil) Work on learning and copying words in the same family (cake, bake, make). But don't do more than five or six of these at a time. Give short spelling lessons in conjunction with dictation and copywork as opportunities arise. And: "We must each follow the method which we find most effective, remembering that is merely a means to an end, and not an end in itself."