What characterizes good and competency-oriented spelling instruction in elementary school? How can you better meet the heterogeneous learning prerequisites of your students? Ute Spiegel's book combines scientific and didactic foundations with practical teaching ideas. It spans from planning and conducting lessons to assessing performance. Based on the principles of German orthography, all areas of spelling instruction from grades 2 to 4 are covered. The book presents concrete ways to support children in developing spelling strategies and offers tailored exercises. The guiding idea is to center the regularities of orthography in the classroom and to thoroughly secure the patterns gained in this process. This is particularly achieved through working with the S.