Words Their Way 

Now in its 7th edition, this core teaching resource features:

• spelling inventories for assessing students and tracking their progress
• word sorts and word study games using analysis, reflection and discussion to foster critical thinking
• a new chapter on organising word study in the classroom, as well as new activities, progress monitoring materials and sample lesson plans.

It also includes a free 12-month subscription to Words Their Way Digital.

Words Their Way Digital replaced the Words Their Way PD Toolkit in January 2023.

Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary and Spelling Instruction, Global Edition, 7th Edition, includes a complimentary 12-month subscription to Words Their Way Digital.

Together with the main teacher resource book, Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary and Spelling Instruction, Global Edition, 7th Edition, Words Their Way Digital contains digital learning materials including:

• the ability to input students’ inventory results
• the ability to group students into their spelling stages
• interactive word sorts
• games.

Find instructions for purchase and access to the Words Their Way Digital subscription in the support section below.

This resource includes 60 reproducible sorts and dozens of other activities and assessments to teach:

• phonological awareness
• alphabet knowledge
• initial letter sounds
• concepts about print
• concept of word in text.

Also included in this latest edition are:

• enhanced step-by-step directions for each sort
• additional assessments
• expanded syllable, rhyme and font sorts
• reorganised word study chapters.

This resource covers the complete curriculum of word study for the letter name-alphabetic stage of spelling development. It includes:

• over 80 reproducible sorts, including sorts and activities for:
  • beginning consonant, same-vowel and mixed vowel word families
  • diagraph and blends
  • short vowels in CVC words
  • preconsonantal nasals
  • r-influenced vowels and contractions.
• teaching tips, standard routines and spell checks for each unit.
• step-by-step directions, including:
  • generalisations for each lesson highlighting what students will learn
  • tips for sorting and discussion
  • critical thinking questions
  • opportunities to extend and apply learning.
• unit assessments for monitoring student progress.

This resource covers the complete curriculum of word study for the within word pattern stage of spelling development. It includes:

• 75 reproducible sorts, including sorts for:
  • short and long vowels
  • common and uncommon long-vowel patterns in CVC and CVCe words
  • r-influenced vowels
  • diphthongs
  • ambiguous vowels
  • complex consonants
  • homophones and more.
• teaching tips, standard routines and spell checks for each unit.
• step-by-step directions, including:
  • generalisations for each lesson highlighting what students will learn
  • tips for sorting and discussion
  • critical thinking questions
  • opportunities to extend and apply learning.
• unit assessments for monitoring student progress.

This resource covers the complete syllables and affixes spelling development stage of the word study curriculum. It contains:

• over 60 reproducible sorts, including sorts for:
  • inflecting endings
  • compound words
  • accented and unaccented syllables
  • affixes.
• teaching tips, standard routines, and spell checks for each unit.
• step-by-step directions, including:
  • generalisations for each lesson highlighting what students will learn
  • tips for sorting and discussion
  • critical thinking questions
  • opportunities to extend and apply learning.
• unit assessments for monitoring student progress.

A complete curriculum of word study for advanced readers in the derivational relations stage of spelling development. It contains:

• over 60 reproducible sorts, including sorts for:
  • affixes
  • spelling-meaning patterns
  • Latin and Greek words.
• teaching tips, standard routines, and spell checks for each unit.
• step-by-step directions, including:
  
  • generalisations for each lesson highlighting what students will learn
  • tips for sorting and discussion
  • critical thinking questions
  • opportunities to extend and apply learning.
• English learner notes at the beginning of each unit to provide guidance to teachers, including information on cognates and other related words.
• unit assessments for monitoring student progress.

Learn how to effectively use Words Their Way to assess and identify the spelling stages of your students with Pearson's High Impact Word Study workshop. The workshop teaches you how to:

• tailor spelling activities to support students in their spelling development
• create a positive approach to the teaching and learning of spelling.