DD and I make up spelling stories. Examples:
Don the donkey has a key. (donkey)
It isn't rude not to include Ed. (include--she had been writing "inclued")
There's a lot of air on the prairie. (prairie)
Icy, icy, Elly. (icicle)
These work much better for her than reciting spellings as strings of letters (too hard to remember) or writing words out over and over. In fact, writing them just confuses her because she will write a word several different ways and not notice, like--does, dose, dsoe, deos, etc.
