> A question:
 > Why can a five year old spell the word dinosaur?
 > An answer:
 > Because they want to.
 > Another question:
 > Why can't they spell there correctly and appropriately?
 > An answer:
 > Because there are tricks and they don't have enough experience 
 > to tell which one is appropriate for the context.
 > A question:
 > Why can a six year old spell tyrannosaurus rex?
 > An answer: 
 > Because they want to.
 > Whole language is sometimes called the language experience approach.
 > Comments? Questions?
If you gave them a reason to "want" to spell the other words, they could 
spell 
them just as good.  Try putting the words to fun sentences and making the 
spelling of them fun to the students.
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