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How to Teach Spelling is a comprehensive resource manual, and corresponding workbooks provide a structured and graded method to plan spelling lessons. The manual contains the material to be used at al ... Read more

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Help make spelling stick with these engaging, original songs that teach students how to tackle silent letters (e.g., autumn, doubt), double consonants (dinner/diner, filled/filed), homophones (allowed/aloud, pause/paws), contractions (let's, you're), and so much more. Includes song sheets, background information, and fun activities. ... Read more

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not very good
this was not what I expected. I found it to be uninspiring, slow, and ho hum.My kids were not engaged at all.

Skip this one
I couldn't listen to the complete song on any of the tracks so I couldn't image myself doing it with 30 5th graders. I'm looking for something better. ... Read more

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In this unique linguistics course-in-a-book, David and Yvonne Freeman explain essential linguistic concepts in a thorough, but manageable manner and show the connections between linguistic theory and classroom practice ... Read more

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Excellent Service
Thank you so much for fast service and a product that was exactly as described!

Good if you are a staunch whole language believer
I picked up this book from a university bookstore because I was interested in background knowledge in linguistics to help guide reading instruction.This book is a typical "we are right (whole language) and you are wrong (phonics)" debate.The authors refer to themselves as "sociopsycholinguists" which I took to be the new term for whole language teachers. I don't want to waste my time reading about the whole language vs. phonics debate anymore, I just wanted the research and background provided by linguistic study. This book just seemed to be a rehashing of whole language theories; and why they are correct and the phonics approach is wrong with little classroom strategies (which is what I wanted from the book).I wanted different ways I could use to help struggling readers no matter what the theory, I don't feel this was a good book for that.

Very useful
I found this book very useful. Well put together and the questions/assignments at the end are also appreciated. Extremely valuable as a coursebook or for self-study. No fluff.

Excellent service
The seller gave excellent service and communicated with me quickly. Book as described. Would definately work with again.

Great linguistic book for teachers
Freeman & Freeman have hit a great niche with their book. I don't want or need, a complex linguistics book in the style of Chomsky. Freeman & Freeman take language research and package the relevant "real-world" findings so they will be of use for teachers. Although my interest is for English as a Second (ESL) teachers, I believe every teacher is concerned with literacy, and Freeman & Freeman's book covers what teachers need to know concerning phonics v. whole word instruction, spelling, and grammar. Freeman & Freeman seem to belong to the Stephen Krashen school of language and reading. This is a plus for me, but for Krashen-haters, it probably wouldn't be, and they should look elsewhere. This is "baby" linguistics book--you won't get a section on Chomsky's generative grammar here. I think it would be a good companion volume along with VanPatten's "From Input to Output"--which is a slim volume solely concerned with second language acquisition and has the same conversational tone--and--this is important--their teaching advice and philosophy meshes. ... Read more

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The effective and fun-filled way to teach spelling to elementary students

The Spelling Teacher's Lesson-a-Day gives teachers 180 engaging andready-to-use lessons-one for each day of the school year-that boost spelling skills in students grades 3-6. These lessons may be used as "sponge" or "hook" activities (five-minute lessons to start off each school day) or teachers may simply pick and choose activities from within the book for the occasional spelling lesson. Fry teaches spelling patterns by contrasting homophones (like-sounding words) to help students recognize these spelling patterns in more complex words. He also boosts students' spelling skills by demystifying contractions, abbreviations, capitalization, silent letters, suffixes and prefixes, and more.

• Offers an easy-to-use method for teaching spelling that has been proven to be effective
• Includes 180 ready-to-use, reproducible lessons-one for each day of the school year
• A new volume in the new series 5-Minute FUNdamentals

This book is designed to be used by classroom teachers, homeschoolers, tutors, and parents. ... Read more

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A Sound Approach presents a logically sequenced method for teaching reading and spelling using phonemic awareness. The book is based on real classroom experiences, a synthesis of contemporary research, and teacher feedback. This resource provides the knowledge and skills you need to effectively assess and teach crucial reading skills to your beginning and struggling readers.The authors offer:a variety of simple, effective activities that appeal to visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners engaging, easy-to-follow lesson plans appropriate for whole-class, small-group, or individual instruction that easily fit into a readers-workshop or literacy-centre approach enlightening research-to-practice sidebars that respond to common questions and concerns reproducible assessments, sound cards and word cards, short-vowel cue cards, pictures pages, words-and-pictures pages, story starters, and riddles ... Read more

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Amazing Improvement in Reading and Writing Results
As a primary teacher for over 35 years, I have never seen such improved reading and writing levels in my students. Last year, 13 out 17 of my first grade students came into my room not reading.By the time I had used many of the phonemic awareness activities in this book, all of my students could read, and over 90% were writing paragraphs by the end of the year.This year, the new crop of kindergarten students (whose teacher had also used this resource) came into my class writing independently on the very first day of first grade. I was delighted!
I finally found an approach, that has helped me figure what my students needed to become skilled readers and writers. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Fast, fun, and fuss-free! Teach Spelling So It Sticks! offers teachers in grades four through eight an easy-to-use step-book format complete with instructions, assessment tips, a suggested weekly routine, games, activities, and word lists, plus strategies for teaching commonly confused words such as homophones and those dreaded spell-check nightmares. Whether you are looking for a complete approach for explicit spelling instruction or want engaging games and activities that encourage students to remember how to spell new or easily confused words, Teach Spelling So It Sticks! has the solution. Kiester's engaging and humorous ideas are classroom-proven and great for all students--especially struggling spellers, English-language learners, and ESE students. Students won't just learn to spell words for test day--they'll learn to spell them for a lifetime. ... Read more

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do not waste your money
I am a big fan of the grammar with a giggle series, so I bought this "book" thinking I was getting a wonderful tool to teach spelling.Wrong!It is not a book.It is a flip book with ideas you can find on the internet for free. I am not saying the teaching strategies don't work.But it is nothing new and I was very disappointed. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, published by Pro-Ed on January 1, 2003. The length of the article is 4975 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Computer-presented video models to teach generative spelling to a child with an autism spectrum disorder.
Author: Elisabeth M. Kinney
Publication: Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2003
Publisher: Pro-Ed
Volume: 5Issue: 1Page: 22(8)

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