Oh You Lucky Duck! for would, could and should
This tip will help your students spell would, could and should. Students have a hard time remembering the tricky vowel combination and silent “l.” Teach them:
“Oh, you lucky duck!” to stand for “o-u-l-d:” Would. Could. Should. Whether they’re called trick words or sight words or anything else, these words are difficult for most students.
Now, if you could just get them to stop writing “would of” for “would’ve.” How did students ever come up with that one? It makes no sense whatsoever!
I have found that assigning students to write “would’ve, could’ve, should’ve” twenty times cures this problem. Repeat offenders can just keep copying until they get it right.
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