Word Study: Word Sorts for Letter Name-Alphabetic Spellers, Global Edition, 3rd edition

About our authors Francine Johnston is retired from the Department of Teacher Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she served as Director of Graduate Studies, Coordinator of the Reading Master’s Program and ran a clinic for struggling readers. Francine worked as a first-grade teacher and reading specialist for twelve years before getting her doctorate at the University of Virginia where she first learned about a developmental approach to word study and worked with Dr Marcia Invernizzi to develop word study materials and activities. She consults with school districts across the United States and frequently serves as a professional development speaker. Francine is a co-author of many books, including Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary and Spelling Instruction. Donald R. Bear is Professor Emeritus in Literacy and Director of Literacy Centers at Iowa State University and the University of Nevada, Reno. 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 Henderson Professor of Reading Education 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 to 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, Donald, Marcia and Shane are the core authors of the Word Study series.

• OverviewSorts for Early Letter Name–AlphabeticUnit I: Review Sorts for Beginning ConsonantsUnit II: Same-Vowel Word Families with PicturesSorts for Middle Letter Name–AlphabeticUnit III: Digraphs and Blends: Picture SortsUnit IV: Mixed-Vowel Word FamiliesUnit V: Short Vowels in CVC WordsSorts for Late Letter Name AlphabeticUnit VI: Preconsonantal Nasals Unit VII: Additional Sorts: Introduction to R-Influenced Vowels and ContractionsAppendix