They might ace the Friday spelling test… but by Monday, those same words are misspelled in their writing. 😩 The problem? They’re memorizing instead of understanding. Most students spend their spelling time doing things like rainbow writing or putting words in ABC order — but that doesn’t teach them why a word is spelled the way it is. The truth is, about 84% of English words can actually be explained by spelling patterns and rules. Yes, there are rule breakers — but they’re the exception, not t