Ages 5-12
The Spelling Teacher’s Book of Lists: Words to illustrate spelling patterns... and tips for teaching them
2nd Edition
Jo Phenix
Newly revised and updated, this best-selling title focuses on patterns and facts that teachers can use to help pupils become better spellers. Based on extensive practical experience with teachers and children, the lists evolve from the common errors that children make and reflect the thinking processes carried out by children when attempting to work out words. Including photographs of words-in-action to illustrate how language works and lives in the real world.
Although it is true that ‘no real rules apply to English spelling’, there are intelligible patterns. These patterns are what we use to construct words. The lists in this book focus on teachable components of the language, including consonants, vowels, confusable spellings, linguistic roots, and useful rules.
It is impossible to memorise all the words that we need and use every day. However, The Spelling Teacher's Book of Lists will show teachers how to help their students learn more about spelling, uncover word logic and patterns, and develop problem-solving methods for constructing words and phrases.
Contents
Introduction; Consonants; Vowels; Confusable Spellings; Word Building; Spelling Rules; The Evolution of Language; Conclusion; Index
2004 128pp paperback
978-155138-167-1
£24.99
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