This 40th anniversary edition of the beloved bestseller, Spelling Through Phonics, has the same compact and easy-to-use format thousands of educators know and love! With the McCrackens' original spelling instruction program, this book provides detailed instructions and reproducibles to help you - understand phonemic awareness, and how it helps children develop spelling and other literacy skills - teach spelling easily, quickly, and efficiently - integrate visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning strategies - effectively assess and react to students' writing - provide immediate feedback as part of spelling instruction - organize students' spelling practice within the school day - introduce, practice, and review new words and sounds with students in grades 1-3 Help your students become proficient spellers, as well as confident readers and writers, with this developmentally appropriate framework. Dedicated to the memory of The McCrackens, this 40th anniversary edition honors their invaluable contributions to English language arts and literacy instruction across North America. This 40th anniversary edition of the beloved bestseller has the same compact and easy-to-use format thousands of educators know and love! Teach spelling easily and efficiently in grades 1-3 using the McCrackens' original spelling instruction program, reproducibles, and detailed instructions for visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning. Robert and Marlene McCracken, a husband and wife team, are credited with developing a literature-based teaching approach to build children's literacy. They began teaching together in 1970 and formed the McCracken Educational Services, USA, Inc. in 1986 to help teachers develop curricula and strategies for helping students-especially at-risk and ESL students-develop literacy. The McCracken approach is founded in the belief that as a result of being read to, most children can be taught to listen, think, speak, and write about what they have heard and that reading follows just as naturally as the tail follows the tiger. Foreword Preface 1. Introduction to the Program Five Beliefs About the Teaching of Spelling Writing Is an Alphabetic System Four Insights About Print Phonemic Awareness Penmanship - Writing Tools - Letter Formation - Practice 2. Kindergarten Immersing Kindergarten Children in Language - Hearing Language - Seeing Language - Using Language - Seeing Print in Use A Brief Checklist of Kindergarten Activities 3. The First Weeks of Grade One Readiness for Writing: Oral Language Time - Word Banks - Writing Structures - Response Writing - Story Frames Readiness for Spelling Ability Groups How We Teach Spelling - Lesson One: Teaching the First Consonant - Lesson Two: Sequencing - Spelling Dictation on Subsequent Days - Teaching the First Vowel - Whole Words 4. Learning and Practicing The Suggested Teaching Sequence Temporary Spelling - How It Works Teaching to Eliminate Errors Teaching At-Risk Children Independent Writing - Teaching What to Write - Teaching How to Write Why Children Must Write Every Day - Three Writing Assignments 5. Reacting to Children's Writing Reacting to Content Reacting to Skill Level How to Correct Children's Spelling - 1. Words That Should Be Corrected - 2. Words That Are Beyond the Child's Ability Doozers Suggested Day Plan to Fit Skill Teaching - Into a Full Day 6. Spelling Dictation Grades 1-3 Teaching Strategies - Introducing - Practicing - Reviewing - Teaching Grades One to Three Contents - Grade One - Grade Two - Grade Three Grade One Spelling Dictation Grade Two Spelling Dictation Grade Three Spelling Dictation Appendix Spelling Checklists Grade One Spelling Checklist Grade Two Spellin

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