Spelling and penmanship are matters of practice. Just like improving a jump shot or correcting a bad slice in one’s drive, practicing the skill is key, and practicing with guidance toward improvement is even better.

Spelling – Make a list of words he has trouble with. Help him look up the rules that seem to govern those words, and practice applying the rules to different words. Commonly misspelled word lists could be practiced the same way he practiced his math computation – flash cards, worksheets, drills.

Let him use a word-processor to type letters or notes, and then rather than just clicking the options for the underlined words, ask him to look up the word and find it, and keep those words for his personal spelling list.

Penmanship – buy elementary school penmanship tablets and have him practice with a model of correctly formed letters and words in front of him. Give him time on task and positive reinforcement. Let him write something important to him, (copy lyrics to a song, write an original poem, a letter to Santa, sports statistics – anything that has his attention) and display the nicely penned work somewhere prominent. Workbooks for penmanship are available all over the place.

Writing – Composing is also a skill, and the best way to learn it is to start small and grow, just as you do with any other skill. By 4th grade, he should be able to do multiple paragraph compositions, but if he can not, then start with paragraphs. Having him write if the physical act of writing is difficult for him is a dilemma. You want his penmanship to improve, but the ideas he is presenting need to be developed, and the two problems complicate one another. Let him use a keyboard and word processor for at least some of his writing, so that he can learn to edit and revise without the drudgery of rewriting everything over and over.

Get him to learn to ask himself questions as he writes: “What makes you say that?” “How do you know?” “What is important about this?” for each statement he makes. This will get him in the habit of explaining his ideas more completely. Without knowing his specific difficulties, I’m having trouble being more specific.

If I honestly had to make a choice between penmanship and composition, I’d go for composition, because writing technologies change, but the ability to capture our ideas and put them down for others is a skill that is always going to be invaluable.

Check out handwriting without tears for the penmenship. I am on my 4th 4th grader in my house. I have volunteered alot at their school and I homeschooled my boys for a year. With spelling and writing..you either got it or you don’t. My 2 oldest sons since K have had the same exact teachers even now in Jr. High they have the same teachers just in seperate classes and different work but…My oldest is horrible at all 3 of the above that you listed and my 2nd oldest is exceptional in all 3. He is a great writer, has beautiful handwriting and can spell anything. Writing takes a natural gift I think. Anyone can do research and right a reasearch paper but when it comes to fiction or personal narratives some are creative and some just are not. My oldest however has always been in gifted math classes while my 2nd oldest has to work really really hard to carry an A in math. Do try the handwriting without tears however for the penmenship. With writing…maybe have him write just 1 sentence for each paragraph then he can list things that go with it and build on it. Spelling still either you get it or you don”t. In my state Jr. High gets laptops and there is no need for good spelling because they use spell check sadly enough. I think that is half the problem my oldest has gotten horrible at spelling. There is also a form of dyslexia that is just related to writing . Google it. He may have a learning disability. We are getting ready to test our 9 year old. He does not punctuate capitilize, writes like he is still in K but when he types on the computer…everything is just fine. Seems he is spending to much time forming the letters and concentrating on it that he cant concentrate on the other aspects of writing. Sorry long winded.

For spelling, make sure he understands phonics; for some reason a lot of schools aren’t teaching that and kids’ spelling is suffering. If his school does teach phonics, he may need some supplementary material to help him master it. Also encourage him to read on his own time – frequently seeing the proper spelling of a word will help him remember it.

For penmanship, the best way to improve is through practice. I remember hating those handwriting practice exercises, but copying the letter examples on that lined paper over & over was how I learned to write legibly. You could also encourage him in activities that also require fine motor skills, like drawing or playing an instrument.

The best thing to do is practice! If you go to Barnes and Noble they have workbooks for any school age level from kindergarden and up for subjects in school. Get a spelling one for 4th grade level then have him pick out a nice writing book/tablet and have him practice writing the words in the workbook. If he does good on a whole page of 10 words or so, reward him with stickers he would like. Be sure to give him a lot of encouragement. Also everyday, sit down with him and his homework and write out his spelling words with him. maybe he needs some nice examples to follow from. Write out every word on his spelling list and have him practice after you under them.

The more he does it, the better he’s going to get.

Get some workbooks from the store with which he can practise with at home. Spend time with him and show him what he’s doing wrong. It might also help to learn how to type, because if writing is a problem, it can also affect how he writes sentences and paragraphs because it’s one thing to think of something to write, how to spell it, and it’s another to put it down on paper. Typing might encourage his thinking. Typing and maybe learning how to use musical instruments will help his hand co-ordination.

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When i was little my mom had a book on writing and she would ask me to write her a story on the weekends about anything i wanted to, she would then read my story,circle any penmanship problems and then let me correct them. But thanks to her doing that i actually did a lot better in my reading class. Her method made me not only understand what i was reading but understand what I was writing as well since i was writing it. Hope this helps.

practice makes perfect.. just make it fun so he stays interested. have him practice writing sentences about things he likes and that way he can get his spelling & penmanship level up a little bit.

Its “child’s writing” and “penmanship” by the way. Hire a tutor. Adoped is he?