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"This book would be very useful for both university reading courses and classroom teachers. I use Words Their Way both in my first grade classroom ...
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Jan 21, 2009
Michelle
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If you are a teacher you have this book or have heard of this book. It is worth the read or to purchase just for reference. It has great ideas. The Bear Inventory is a useful tool and can give you an idea of where your children need to start with phonics instruction.
Nov 10, 2010
This book is great resource for assessing spelling (and consequently reading) and figuring out what is the next step for your students. The book includes a multitude of strategies to help your students progress to the next developmental level.
Sep 10, 2009
Jess
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This book focuses on word study for phonics, vocab and spelling. It's a very specific book, so if you need help doing ELA stuff, this will give you some ideas how to incorporate word study to help your students.
Oct 03, 2010
Dawn
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Loved the pedagogy in this text and I'm excitedly beginning to implement the program in my classroom this year. The inventory assessment was enlightening and I used the resources on the DVD to score it and begin getting materials ready for my groups. I am also using the spin-off books with the word sorts ready for the two stages I'm working with (within word spellers & suffixes/affixes) with my kiddos.
Apr 03, 2011
Whitney
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Great book for future teachers and current ones. Love the resources available! Bought it for a class, it's the first book I didn't try to sell back!
Nov 09, 2007
J-Lynn
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This is a fantastic resource and I recommend that all teachers read it. The book discusses literacy instruction and how to specifically implement a phonics and spelling "program" for readers at all levels.
The five stages of spelling development--emergent level, letter-name, within-word pattern, syllables and affixes, and derivational relations--follow learners from pre-kindergarten to college. Words their Way advocates instruction at the students' reading level with a h More...
The five stages of spelling development--emergent level, letter-name, within-word pattern, syllables and affixes, and derivational relations--follow learners from pre-kindergarten to college. Words their Way advocates instruction at the students' reading level with a h More...
Feb 21, 2008
Heather
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Before coming to the conclusion that I am not wired for working with large groups of small children, I briefly entertained the idea that I might want to become a special ed teacher. I entered a graduate program that offered a dual MS in Literacy and Special Ed, and of the hundreds of dollars I spent on books, this was by far the most useful. Although I sold most of my textbooks after my stealthy departure from the program, I did keep this one: I find it very useful when tutoring adult students w
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Jun 22, 2011
Rowlak5
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Great resource to help differentiate spelling/phonics instruction in your classroom.
Dec 26, 2007
Hillary
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This books has the Bear Spelling Inventoy which is a useful diagnostic tool. It also has fun activities. I currently have been using the 'Jeep In a Sheep' book and game to teach within word vowel patterns (it could be adapted to include more than 'ee' and 'ea'). My student loves to play this. And I love watching my student have fun while learning phonics.
Jul 25, 2009
Renee
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Raise your hand if you learned spelling like this Day 1 the whole class gets a pretest of 24 unrelated words Day 3 hand in homework of writing 24 sentences Day 5 test on the words. This was boring and not useful - Words their Way is Word Study and looks at the relationships between consonant/vowel chunks. More useful and fun!
Apr 07, 2008
Stacey
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I wish someone would have taught me to spell using this method. I think I've personally become a better speller just because I've started teaching my students with this method. This book has so many great reasources for creating inviting and useful spelling activities to enhance the word study proccess.
Aug 15, 2011
Kitchengrrl
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Fantastic! Highly recommended for elementary AND secondary teachers who want to help their students have a better understanding of how words work so they will have more tools to approach unfamiliar words when reading.
Jul 08, 2008
Shannon
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This is a great resource book for teachers of all grade levels. It demonstrates how to conduct "word study" lessons, rather than spellng lessons, at developmentally appropriate levels. It has given me many many great ideas for the upcoming schoolyear!
Aug 15, 2008
Stacy
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This is an excellent spelling and reading program. I used it my first year teaching and we sort of struggled our way through it. After reading it again I definitely have a clearer view of the program and the procedures.
Apr 15, 2011
Great tips for teaching spelling and vocabulary for elementary. Not as many tips for secondary.
Aug 14, 2010
Marnie
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This book is definitely going on the teacher bookshelf. Can't wait to use it in the classroom.
Aug 08, 2008
Jo Beth
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This is my teaching BIBLE - and I'm using this program as the basis for my Master's thesis!
Dec 21, 2009
Not sure about this one. Might not apply to me, but it might be useful some day.
Feb 09, 2012
