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An essential stage-specific companion to Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary and Spelling Instruction

This resource presents a complete curriculum of word study for students who are in the letter name–alphabetic stage of spelling development. With over 80 reproducible sorts, specific teacher guidance and many other activities and assessments, it provides a developmental approach to engage students in word study. Together with the other Word Study texts, this resource provides teachers with the knowledge and tools to meet the wide range of needs in today’s classrooms.

All books have been adapted for Australian classrooms with British English spelling and Australian pronunciation. Each title is available in print or as an eBook.

Samples

Preview samples from Word Sorts for Letter Name–Alphabetic Spellers, Global Edition, at the following link: https://www.pearson.com/en-au/schools/media/lc3finjg/words-their-way_alphabetic-spellers-3e_sample.pdf

An essential stage-specific companion to Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary and Spelling Instruction

This resource presents a complete curriculum of word study for students who are in the syllables and affixes stage of spelling development. With over 60 reproducible sorts, specific teacher guidance and many other activities and assessments, it provides a developmental approach to engage students in word study. Together with the other Word Study texts, this resource provides teachers with the knowledge and tools to meet the wide range of needs in today’s classrooms.

All books have been adapted for Australian classrooms with British English spelling and Australian pronunciation. Each title is available in print or as an eBook.

Samples

Preview sample pages from Word Sorts of Syllables and Affixes Spellers, Global Edition, at the following link: https://www.pearson.com/en-au/schools/media/jh3p4zcx/words-their-way_affixes-spellers-3e_sample.pdf

An essential stage-specific companion to Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary and Spelling Instruction

This resource presents a complete curriculum of word study for students who are in the within word pattern stage of spelling development. With over 70 reproducible sorts, specific teacher guidance and many other activities and assessments, it provides a developmental approach to engage students in generative word study. Together with the other Word Study texts, this resource provides teachers with the knowledge and tools to meet the wide range of needs in today’s classrooms.

All books have been adapted for Australian classrooms with British English spelling and Australian pronunciation. Each title is available in print or as an eBook.

Samples

Preview sample pages from Word Sorts for Within Word Pattern Spellers, Global Edition, at the following link: https://www.pearson.com/en-au/schools/media/et2cz3jd/words-their-way_pattern-spellers-3e_sample.pdf

The ideal stage-specific companion to Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction. In keeping with the authors’ belief that the hands-on, word sorting approach to word study is invaluable to teachers and students alike, this volume presents prepared sorts and activities covering the full curriculum of word study for advanced readers and writers in the derivational relations stage of spelling development. Complete with 65 reproducible sorts, and dozens of other activities and assessments, this book provides all of the resources needed to engage in generative word study. Together, the Words Their Way core text and this supplement provide teachers with the knowledge and tools to meet the wide range of needs in today’s classrooms. The 3rd Edition includes enhanced step-by-step directions for each sort, generalisations for each lesson, questions to facilitate critical thinking, support for English learners, as well as weekly and unit assessments.

Samples

Preview sample pages and the detailed table of contents from Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Derivational Relations Spellers, Global Edition"

The ideal stage-specific companion to Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction In keeping with the authors’ belief that the hands-on, word sorting approach to word study is invaluable to teachers and students alike, this volume presents prepared sorts and activities covering the full curriculum of word study for students who are in the emergent stage of spelling development. Complete with 26 sorts, and dozens of other activities and assessments, this book provides all of the resources needed to teach phonological awareness, alphabet knowledge, initial letter sounds, concepts about print, and concept of word in text. Together, the Words Their Way core text and this supplement provide teachers with the knowledge and tools to meet the wide range of needs in today’s classrooms. The 3rd Edition includes enhanced step-by-step directions for each sort; additional assessments; expanded syllable, rhyme, and font sorts; and reorganised chapters to make word study more teacher- and student-friendly.

Samples

Download the detailed table of contents and sample pages to Letter and Picture Sorts for Emergent Spellers, Global Edition"

Word Study offers a developmental approach, providing teachers with the resources to implement word study instruction aligned to students’ needs at every stage of their development, from kindergarten to junior secondary. The features of words that students learn in spelling enhance their reading skills, just as reading illuminates their spelling, vocabulary and writing. The awareness and appreciation of how students construct this knowledge empowers teachers to both advocate for developmental instruction and help students succeed in literacy learning. This approach gets results and stands in sharp contrast to most spelling programs that ask students to memorise rules and words.

Systematic, teacher-directed and student-centred, this seminal text, now in its seventh edition, is underpinned by an evidence-based approach and academic rigour that makes this text a practical and engaging way for teachers to study word features, sound, pattern and meaning with students. The spelling inventories enable teachers to assess and then track student progress, while word sorts and word study games foster critical thinking by involving students in discussion, analysis and reflection.

Accompanying the print book is the companion website for Word Study, an online tool that provides educators with a way to engage students in interactive word study. Features include automatically scored spelling inventories, interactive word sorts, printable game templates and data reporting and oversight for grouping and assistance to monitor student progress.

There are five stage-specific word sort companions for Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary and Spelling Instruction. All books have been adapted for Australian classrooms with British English spelling and Australian pronunciation. All titles are available in print and as eBooks.

Sample pages

Preview sample pages from Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary and Spelling Instruction, 7th Edition, Global Edition at the following link: https://www.pearson.com/en-au/schools/media/ct3bjxgw/words-their-way_word-study-for-phonics-vocabulary-and-spelling-7e_sample.pdf