Browsing the web, I have come across some really bad advice for teaching spelling. This bad advice recommends that children approach words as

Multiple-choice tests that present several versions of the same word, only one of which is spelled correctly, sow confusion and reinforce misspellings.

An all-purpose exercise that reinforces spelling, punctuation, grammar, pronunciation, short-term memory, handwriting, and attention-to-detail all at once, is Dictation. Dictation can work its magic in