Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction / Edition 5

by Donald R. Bear, Marcia Invernizzi, Shane R. Templeton, Francine Johnston

Overview

The developmentally driven Words Their Way ^® instructional approach is a phenomenon in word study, providing a practical way to study words with students. The keys to this successful, research-based approach are to know your students’ literacy progress, organize for instruction, and implement word study. The Fifth Edition features an innovative redesign and introduces technology integration aligning text to all new classroom video, an interactive classroom assessment application, prepared and create-your-own word sorts, games, and more specific to each chapter. It gives you all the tools you need to carry out word study instruction that will motivate and engage your students, and help them to succeed in literacy learning. Ordered in a developmental format, Words Their Way ^® complements the use of any existing phonics, spelling, and vocabulary curricula.

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• Innovative redesign of the book introduces technology integration aligning text to online videos, sorts, and assessments specific to each chapter.
• Unprecedented inclusion of progress monitoring throughout the book.
• Brand-new continuum of support model offers tips for better planning and carrying out word study lessons in the classroom.
• Expanded discussion on oral vocabulary, secondary instruction, writing, and early/middle/late phases in the derivational relations stage.
• Updated collection of classroom activities helps build the skills students need to move on to the next developmental stage.
• New “Resources for Implementing Word Study in Your Classroom” provides information about resources teachers can use in their instruction.
• Enhanced coverage of English learners provides tips and strategies for modifying instruction.
• Classroom-ready appendices contain all the assessment instruments described in Chapter 2 as well as word sorts, sound boards, and game templates to get instruction underway. (Note: Includes reproducibles and perforated pages.)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780137035106
Publisher:	Pearson
Publication date:	06/28/2011
Series:	Words Their Way Series
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	464
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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