Word Study for Parents, Tutors, and School Volunteers

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Hallmark features of this title

• A development stage checklist directs readers to relevant stage-specific chapters. Chapters may be read in any order.
• Step-by-step guidance is provided for essential word study techniques for the classroom and at home.
• Word Study with Parents, Tutors and School Volunteers sections include fun activities specific to the child’s stage of development.
• Let’s Talk About It sections present stage-specific descriptions of how to talk to children about words and how they work.
• Sort Support sections include stage-specific descriptions of the phonics, orthography, and morphology that need to be acquired to be successful.
• Authentic student writing and spelling samples bring the concepts to life.
• Frequently Asked Questions include 26 common questions asked about word study and literacy with direct responses from the authors.

Word Study for Parents, Tutors, and School Volunteers: Phonics, Spelling, and Vocabulary Instruction (formerly titled Words Their Way™) takes a hands-on developmental approach to word study. It shows how to develop a child’s word knowledge and understand its relationship to reading, writing, spelling and vocabulary. Step-by-step guidance is provided for teaching the essentials of word study including stage-specific explanations of what each parent, tutor, school volunteer and child needs to know about how sound, pattern and meaning work in words. Fun and purposeful activities, writing and spelling samples, frequently asked questions, book lists and helpful tips are included.

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