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Ganske (reading, Rowan U.), a former classroom teacher, provides a collection of about 200 reproducible word, picture, and letter sorts for use in K-3 classrooms or phonics, spelling, reading, and writing programs. These categorization activities serve as a way to improve children's understanding of how words work. Activities span the emergent, letter name, and within word pattern spelling stages, with a few that look ahead to syllable juncture. They include explanations, directions, and tips for using the sorts, as well as ideas from other teachers, literacy assessments, and techniques for working with Spanish-speaking English-language learners. A bibliography of children's literature is included as well as books that correlate to each activity. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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A tremendous timesaver for teachers, this indispensable book contains more than 200 word, picture, and letter sorts, ready to photocopy and use in K-3 classrooms. Provided are engaging categorization activities that span the stages of emergent, letter name, and within word pattern spelling. Also featured are decoding activities, assessment materials, tips from other teachers, recommended links to children's literature, and strategies for working with diverse students, including English-language learners and struggling older readers.See also Ganske's Word Journeys, Second Edition: Assessment-Guided Phonics, Spelling, and Vocabulary Instruction, which provides a comprehensive framework for assessing and building word knowledge, andMindful of Words: Spelling and Vocabulary Explorations 4-8, which presents word study activities for the intermediate and middle grades.
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