Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction

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About This Book

With more than 15 years of extensive observations and experiences in real classrooms, the authors bring keen insight to this activity-based book. They advocate basing student learning on the appropriate developmental level. This philosophy is supported with more than 250 ready-to-use word study, spelling, vocabulary, and phonics activities presented in developmental sequence, from the Emergent through the Derivational Relation stage. For educators and school administrators. Chapters 1 through 3 introduce you to the stages and the necessary assessments to determine your students' levels. Chapters 4 through 8 each focus on a particular stage of literacy development. Sections of developmentally appropriate activities, tabbed in color for easy location, accompany each of these chapters. In the Appendix you will find all of the reproducible materials, games, assessments, word lists, sorts…