Word Study for Parents, Tutors, and School Volunteers: Phonics, Spelling, and Vocabulary Instruction (formerly Words Their Way™), 1st edition

Published by Pearson (30 May 2023) © 2024

  • Michelle Picard
  • Alison Meadows
  • Marcia Invernizzi University of Virginia
  • Francine R. Johnston University of North Carolina, Greensboro
  • Donald R. Bear Iowa State University
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Word Study for Parents, Tutors, and School Volunteers: Phonics, Spelling, and Vocabulary Instruction (formerly titled Words Their Way™) takes a hands-on developmental approach to word study. It shows how to develop a child's word knowledge and understand its relationship to reading, writing, spelling and vocabulary. Step-by-step guidance is provided for teaching the essentials of word study including stage-specific explanations of what each parent, tutor, school volunteer and child needs to know about how sound, pattern and meaning work in words. Fun and purposeful activities, writing and spelling samples, frequently asked questions, book lists and helpful tips are included.

Table of contents

    1. What is Word Study and Why Is It Important?
    2. Word Study Basics
    3. Emergent Learners
    4. Beginning Readers in the Letter Name-Alphabetic Stage of Spelling
    5. Transitional Readers in the Within Word Pattern Stage of Spelling
    6. Intermediate Readers and Writers in the Syllables and Affixes Stage of Spelling Development
    7. Advanced Readers and Writers in the Derivational Relations Stage of Spelling Development
    8. Frequently Asked Questions

APPENDICES

  1. Sort Support for Spellers
  2. Sound Board for Beginning Consonants and Digraphs 
  3. Games and Templates for Sorts

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