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How to Teach Spelling
How to Teach Spelling is the manual for the entire program (and required for its use). It explains the philosophy, methods, and presentation of lessons by spelling rule, specifying grade level for which it is taught. It also contains all of the lessons, including dictation words and sentences. You will need to get familiar with this guidebook before you begin the program, but lessons themselves require little to no preparation.
How to Teach Spelling manual is an easy-to-use, spiral-bound guide for all of the How to Spell workbooks (sold separately). This valuable resource contains 176 pages of information, including a detailed index and a table of contents with grade level recommendations, skills, spelling generalizations, and word lists. This spelling program reflects an Orton-Gillingham-based approach in that it is systematic and rule-based. Recommendations of what and how much to teach at each grade level are made at the beginning of each lesson or section. Student teachers, new teachers, and tutors will find the suggested method especially useful, while experienced teachers will find the sample words, lessons, and exercises helpful.
How to Teach Spelling is an excellent program for helping students learn to recognize the sounds in the English language, to decode words, and to spell words correctly by relying on spelling rules and patterns rather than on memory.
PRODUCT FEATURES- How to Teach Spelling manual is not grade-level specific and is an excellent supplement that can be used with any grade-level How to Teach Spelling workbooks
- Skills addressed include spelling rules and generalizations, sight words, consonant blends, soft c and g, syllabication and syllable types, affixes and roots, digraphs, diphthongs, homonyms, silent letters, possessives, and contractions
- The manual must be used for all grade levels for dictation, but is probably most useful in Grade 3 to 8 and for teachers and tutors whose students in Grades 7 to 12 are having difficulty with spelling
- Grade 1 and 2 teachers will find the sections on sounds, consonant blends, and beginning spelling rules extremely beneficial
- Words, phrases, sentences for dictation, and material to be written on the chalkboard for students to copy are clearly indicated by large type in the manual
This is a wonderful, comprehensive spelling program, based on the Orton-Gillingham approach to reading and spelling. It presents a systematic, phonetic method of teaching and learning spelling, believing all students should: recognize the sounds in the English language; be able to decode words; and spell words correctly by relying on spelling rules and generalizations rather than memory. It is a structured, graded program that uses an incremental approach, reviewing previously-learned rules as students progress through the workbooks. Sight words are introduced at intervals and incorporated into the dictation. How to Teach Spelling is the manual for the entire program (and required for its use). It explains the philosophy, methods, and presentation of lessons by spelling rule, specifying grade level for which it is taught. It also contains all of the lessons, including dictation words and sentences. You will need to get familiar with this guidebook before you begin the program, but lessons themselves require little to no preparation. Worktexts contain all the phonograms, spelling rules and generalizations to be covered in that level (corresponding to lessons in the manual), space for copying and dictation, and exercises appropriate for that grade level. Each level contains three Sound Sheets, containing phonograms for memorization. It's like a little phonics course or review in preparation for the lessons. The program refers to the use of Phonics Drill Cards in presenting these phonograms. These are rather expensive, and you can construct your own using information in How To Teach Spelling. We have included them, however, below. How to Spell 1 includes exercise instructions for the teacher on each page. Other levels have a separate Teacher's Key with answers. All previously taught spelling rules are reviewed in later worktexts, so if you have a student needing remedial work in spelling, just begin at her grade level worktext. This is an excellent program for remedial spelling. It is one of the few programs that teaches and reviews all phonograms and spelling rules at upper grades.
Product Format: | Softcover Book |
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Brand: | Educators Publishing Service |
Author: | Laura Toby Rudginsky |
Grades: | K-AD |
ISBN: | 9780838818473 |
Length in Inches: | 11 |
Width in Inches: | 9 |
Height in Inches: | 0.5 |
Weight in Pounds: | 0.95 |