Teaching Word Recognition, Spelling, and Vocabulary

Strategies From The Reading Teacher

Timothy V. Rasinski, Nancy D. Padak, Brenda Weible Church, Gay Fawcett, Judith Hendershot, Justina M. Henry, Barbara G. Moss, Jacqueline K. Peck, Elizabeth (Betsy) Pryor, and Kathleen A. Roskos, editors

This collection of articles from The Reading Teacher offers classroom-tested ideas and approaches for helping students develop their knowledge of words and how to use them in speech and writing. Topics include word analogy instruction, decoding, phonemic awareness, read-alouds, flashcards, spelling development, vocabulary development, scaffolding, and context use. You’ll also find IRA position statements on early literacy instruction.

© 2000 | 108 pp.
ISBN 10: 0-87207-279-7 | ISBN 13: 978-0-87207-279-4

Also of interest:

Creating Strategic Readers

IRA Literacy Study Groups Vocabulary Module

And from these editors:

Distinguished Educators on Reading

Also in this series:

Developing Reading-Writing Connections

Teaching Comprehension and Exploring Multiple Literacies

Motivating Recreational Reading and Promoting Home-School Connections

Related ReadWriteThink.org lesson plans:

“Using Word Storms to Explore Vocabulary and Encourage Critical Thinking”

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