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Spelling Strategies - Common Letter Combinations - CLICKS GLOOPHINATION What??? I'll bet you that if you are reading this, you knew how to say the word above. You pronounced it gl-oo-fin-a-shun didn't you? And you'd be right, if there was such a word. But how did you know how to say it. You drew on your knowledge of common letter combinations to help you make sense of it. And if you went away, you'd be able to spell it too. Why?? Because you recognise that when certain letters are put together, they make certain sounds. You recognised: GL OO PH IN & ATION Common Letter Combinations (or CLICKS) are just groups of letters that commonly appear together in our language. We accumulate this knowledge via new language experiences and this knowledge is a powerful skill. It assists us with pronouncing and spelling unfamiliar words and aids us when we read and write.
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