Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Within Word Pattern Spellers

Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Within Word Pattern Spellers

<DIV sercontent> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>Words Their Way</B> <SUP>®</SUP> <B> companion volumes, 2e</B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">We believe that the hands-on word sorting approach to word study is invaluable to you and your students.  These stage-specific companion volumes to <I>Words Their Way</I> <SUP>®</SUP> <I>: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction</I> provide a complete curriculum of reproducible sorts and detailed directions for the teacher working with students in each stage of spelling development, from emergent through derivational relations.  </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px" soNormal> <B> <I>NEW!</I> </B> All second editions boast </P> <UL> <LI>Literature Connections making links between features being studies and valuable children’s literature <LI>Targeted Learners sections that clarify which students will benefit most from the instruction <LI>Spell Checks and other Assessments available more frequently throughout <LI>High Frequency Words receive special attention  </LI> </UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Designed to help teachers working with transitional readers in the within word pattern stage of spelling development (Grades 1 — 4), the sorts in this companion volume help students begin contrasting long and short vowels and sorting words by grammatical and semantic features.  The book begins by reexamining short- and long-vowel sounds with picture sorts, moving on to word sorts to thoroughly examine vowel patterns and assess students’ understanding of short- and long-vowel patterns.  The text moves on to diphthongs and other ambiguous vowel sounds, and finally to complex consonants and consonant clusters, contractions, inflectional endings and homophones.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> </DIV>