Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction (3rd Edition) [Paperback]

Donald R. Bear (Author), Marcia Invernizzi (Author), Shane R. Templeton (Author), Francine Johnston (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0131113380 | ISBN-13: 978-0131113381 | Publication Date: May 5, 2003 | Edition: 3

A core text or supplement for phonics and reading methods courses. Words Their Way, Third Edition is designed to help teachers address the needs of all readers and spellers, by setting out a clear way to accomodate each student's developmental level, then providing the best methods for teaching to that level. In support of this philosophy, the authors provide more than 250 ready-to-use activities for teaching word study, spelling, vocabulary, and phonics. The text is organized by developmental sequence, and activities appropriate for each level are inclusive within each chapter. Additional word sorts and directions for games are located in the Appendix.

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Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction, Third Edition, a phenomenon in word study, provides a practical way to study words with students. Based on the research on invented and developmental spelling, the framework of this text is keyed to the five stages of spelling or orthographic development. Ordered in this developmental format, Words Their Way complements the use of any existing phonics, spelling, and vocabulary curricula.

Chapters 1 through 3 introduce you to the stages and the necessary assessments to determine your students' levels. Chapters 4 through 8 each focus on a particular stage of literacy development. Sections of developmentally appropriate activities, tabbed in color for easy location, accompany each of these chapters. In the Appendix you will find all of the reproducible materials—games, assessments, word lists, sorts, and game templates—in one place.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• New! ELL Teaching Notes throughout chapters help you to adapt your word study to better suit English language learners.
• An "adaptable" symbol indicates activities that can be adapted to other developmental levels.
• New! Companion Website margin notes integrate this great online supplement containing additional word study activities, resources for using word study with students who speak Spanish, links to websites relating to word study, as well as news about new supplementary materials and word study events.
• New! Words Their Way CD-ROM: An Interactive Resource. This free supplement contains word sorts and games appropriate for each developmental level, including a Spanish word study program, ready to print. Notes throughout each chapter point to ways to integrate the materials found on the free CD-ROM with chapter content.

About the Author

Donald R. Bear is director of the E. L. Cord Foundation Center for Learning and Literacy in the College of Education at the University of Nevada, Reno. As a former preschool, third, and fourth grade teacher, Donald extends his experience working with children who experience difficulties learning to read and write both in the center and in numerous outreach programs. His recent research includes the study of literacy development in different languages and the influence of first language and literacy knowledge in learning to read in another language. He and his colleagues work with many schools and districts to conduct literacy instruction workshops.

Shane Templeton is Foundation Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Nevada, Reno, where he is Program Coordinator for Literacy Studies. A former elementary and secondary teacher, his research focuses on the development of orthographic 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. He is author of the "Spelling Logics" column in Voices from the Middle, the middle school journal of the National Council of Teachers of English.

Marcia Invernizzi is a professor of reading education at the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. Marcia is also the director of the McGuffey Reading Center, where she teaches the clinical practica in reading diagnosis and remedial reading. Formerly an English and reading teacher, she works with Book Buddies, Virginia's Early Intervention Reading Initiative (EIRI), and Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS).

Francine Johnston is a former first grade teacher and reading specialist who learned about word study during her graduate work at the University of Virginia. She is now an associate professor in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she teaches courses in reading, language arts, and children's literature. Francine frequently works with regional school systems as a consultant and researcher. Her research interests include current spelling practices and materials as well as the relationship between spelling and reading achievement.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 464 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 3 edition (May 5, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131113380
• ISBN-13: 978-0131113381
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,028 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Teaching reading, November 10, 2006

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This review is from: Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

I needed this book for a literacy class. THere are many useful ideas for encouraging literacy, teaching phonics, and building word analysis skills amongst students in primary school. However, there is nothing terribly unique about this book. I've seen many of these ideas in other publications. The CD-rom that comes with the book is difficult to navigate. WHile the CD-rom has good print outs of games and phonics sheets, the templates were embedded in a mass of advertisment and product information.

I would reccomend this book to student-teachers/teachers with little or no experience in the classroom and with little or no knowledge of language acquisition and linguistics.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars use with older,low readers, September 11, 2005

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This review is from: Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

I am using this text with 8th graders who are on a 4th grade reading level. I began at the 6th chapter. Learning roots and word origins is giving them another handle by which they can hold on to and retrieve word sounds. They are enjoying it so far.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best teaching resource ever., February 15, 2007

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This review is from: Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

I have been teaching for 5 years and this book has been invaluable to me. I loaned my copy to a colleague and never got it back so I had to buy another copy right away. This book has the DSA test in it to show you at what level your students are spelling and what to teach them to get them to the next level successfully. The lessons and suggestions in it are wonderful and the CD has a lot of great lessons and learning games. It would be great for a parent too if they want to help their child get ahead!