There is a popular belief among parents that schools are no longer interested inspelling .No school I have taught in has ever _ spelling or considered it unimportantas a basic skill. There are, however , vastly different ideas about how to teach it , or howmuch _ it must be given over general language development and writing ability. Theproblem is , how to encourage a child to express himself freely and _ in writing without holding him back with the complexities of spelling?If spel
