Teachers are introduced to lessons that cover key literacy skills included in most fifth-grade curricula. Each activity leads students through a systematic process for learning prefixes, suffixes, and roots and how these word parts go together to form related words. All lessons include practice on manipulating letters into complex letter combinations and sorting words according to the patterns. All lessons conclude with a tansfer step which helps students transfer what they have learned to reading and spelling new words.
"I love the fact that [this book] builds on root words, prefixes, and suffixes. If students can learn this, they will be better spellers and better readers ... this word work will help them decipher vocabulary words too!
Most upper-grade readers do not consistently demonstrate a mastery of higherlevel thinking skills (Donahue, Daane, and Grigg, 2003). They are still developing fluency (Ivey and Broaddus, 2000), learning about word patterns—particularly ...
Provides lessons and activities that combine spelling and phonics to create and learn a variety of new words.
Patricia M. Cunningham Dorothy Hall Making Words Kindergarten Based on the best-selling book Phonics They Use, this grade level series offers a fresh pairing of lessons and activities for kindergarten through fifth grade.
"This book is very appealing to me as a first grade teacher. It provides many lessons to teach...essential skills for beginning readers.
Written by an outstanding scholar, Phonics They Use seamlessly weaves together the complex and varied strategic approaches needed to help students develop reading and spelling skills. Long-positioned...
Good reading skills are essential not only for fourth-grade academic success, but also for lifelong learning. The curriculum-based activities and exercises in this workbook will help your children catch up, keep up, and get ahead.
Provided for advanced readers and writers, this companion volume provides teachers with prepared reproducible sorts and step-by-step directions to guide students through the sorting lessons.
"I would highly recommend this book to my colleagues because it engaged all of my students and helped each of them improve their reading and writing skills.
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