
Words Their Way
Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction
Pearson (Publisher)
6th Edition
Published on 22. January 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
464 pages
978-0-13-399633-3 (ISBN)
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Words Their Way (R) is a hands-on, developmentally-driven approach to word study that illustrates how to integrate and teach children phonics, vocabulary, and spelling skills. Building on its best-selling approach, this edition of Words Their Way continues the phenomenon that has helped thousands of children improve their literacy skills. The keys to this successful, research-based approach are to know your students' literacy progress, organize for instruction, and implement word study. This Sixth Edition lists the Common Core State Standards for each activity, and features enhanced discussions, activities, and content.
KEY TOPICS: Learn a teacher-directed, child-centered plan for vocabulary growth and spelling development. Access hundreds of proven assessments, word lists, pictures and games in the text, in the appendices, and on the new Web Resources site. Follow the strategies for getting to know your students, organizing for instruction, and implementing and assessing students' grasp of word study concepts while making the most of classroom time.
MARKET: Written for professional development facilitators and their program participants, literacy coaches, reading specialists, and classroom teachers.
KEY TOPICS: Learn a teacher-directed, child-centered plan for vocabulary growth and spelling development. Access hundreds of proven assessments, word lists, pictures and games in the text, in the appendices, and on the new Web Resources site. Follow the strategies for getting to know your students, organizing for instruction, and implementing and assessing students' grasp of word study concepts while making the most of classroom time.
MARKET: Written for professional development facilitators and their program participants, literacy coaches, reading specialists, and classroom teachers.
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Series
Edition
6th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 10 mm
Width: 10 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
830 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-399633-3 (9780133996333)
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Donald Bear | Marcia Invernizzi | Shane Templeton
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Donald R. Bear | Marcia Invernizzi | Shane Templeton
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Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction
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Persons
Donald R. Bear is director of the Duffelmeyer Reading Clinic in the School of Education, Iowa State University, where he and his students teach and assess students who experience difficulties learning to read and write. A former elementary teacher, Donald currently researches literacy development with a special interest in students who speak different languages and he partners with schools and districts to think about how to assess and conduct literacy instruction.
Marcia Invernizzi is executive director of the McGuffey Reading Center in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. She and her multilingual doctoral students enjoy exploring developmental universals in non-English orthographies. A former English and reading teacher, Marcia extends her experience working with children who experience difficulties learning to read and write in numerous intervention programs, such as Virginia's Early Intervention Reading Initiative and Book Buddies.
Shane Templeton is Foundation Professor Emeritus of Literacy Studies in the College of Education at the University of Nevada, Reno. A former classroom teacher at the primary and secondary levels, he has focused his research on the development of orthographic and vocabulary knowledge. He has written several books on the teaching and learning of reading and language arts and is a member of the Usage Panel of the American Heritage Dictionary.
Francine Johnston is retired from the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she coordinated the reading master's program and directed a reading clinic for struggling readers. Francine is a former first grade teacher and reading specialist, and she continues to work with schools as a consultant.
Marcia Invernizzi is executive director of the McGuffey Reading Center in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. She and her multilingual doctoral students enjoy exploring developmental universals in non-English orthographies. A former English and reading teacher, Marcia extends her experience working with children who experience difficulties learning to read and write in numerous intervention programs, such as Virginia's Early Intervention Reading Initiative and Book Buddies.
Shane Templeton is Foundation Professor Emeritus of Literacy Studies in the College of Education at the University of Nevada, Reno. A former classroom teacher at the primary and secondary levels, he has focused his research on the development of orthographic and vocabulary knowledge. He has written several books on the teaching and learning of reading and language arts and is a member of the Usage Panel of the American Heritage Dictionary.
Francine Johnston is retired from the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she coordinated the reading master's program and directed a reading clinic for struggling readers. Francine is a former first grade teacher and reading specialist, and she continues to work with schools as a consultant.
Content
Activities
Preface
Chapter 1 Developmental Word Knowledge
Chapter 2 Getting Started: The Assessment of Orthographic Development
Chapter 3 Organizing for Word Study: Principles and Practices
Chapter 4 Word Study for Learners in the Emergent Stage
Chapter 5 Word Study for Beginners in the Letter Name-Alphabetic Stage
Chapter 6 Word Study for Transitional Learners in the Within Word Pattern Stage
Chapter 7 Word Study for Intermediate Readers and Writers: The Syllables and Affixes Stage
Chapter 8 Word Study for Advanced Readers and Writers: The Derivational Relations Stage
Appendices
APPENDIX A Assessment Materials
APPENDIX B Sound Boards
APPENDIX C Pictures for Sorts and Games
APPENDIX D Sample Word Sorts by Spelling Stage
APPENDIX E Word Lists
APPENDIX F Games and Templates for Sorts
APPENDIX G Other Resources
Glossary
References
Index