Phonetics & Phonics

Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction (4th Edition) (Words Their Way Series)

With more than 15 years of extensive observations and experiences in real classrooms, the authors bring keen insight to this activity-based book. They advocate basing student learning on the appropriate developmental level. This philosophy is supported with more than 250 ready-to-use word study, spelling, vocabulary, and phonics activities presented in developmental sequence, from the Emergent through the Derivational Relation stage. For educators and school administrators.

American Accent Training (Book and Audio CD, 2nd Edition)

The second edition of the highly acclaimed American Accent Training, now on 5 audio CDs, is for foreign-born students and business people working, traveling or studying in the United States and Canada. Through extensive intonation and pronunciation exercises, students learn how to speak with a standard American Accent. At the same time, listening comprehension improves dramatically. Supplementary materials included detailed nationality guides for eight languages (Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Spanish, French, German, Russian and Korean), access to a comprehensive website, and referral to a qualified telephone analyst for an individual diagnostic speech analysis. Also included are colored markers for written exercises, and a mirror to practice accurate pronunciation.

Common Errors in English Usage

Mixed-up, mangled expressions; foreign-language faux pas; confused and confusing terms; commonly mispronounced words—they're all explained in this useful and entertaining guide.

Phonemic Awareness in Young Children: A Classroom Curriculum

Phonemic Awareness in Young Children complements any prereading program. From simple listening games to more advanced exercises in rhyming, alliteration, and segmentation, this best-selling curriculum helps boost young learners' preliteracy skills in just 15-20 minutes a day. Specifically targeting phonemic awareness - now known to be an important step to a child's early reading acquisition - this research-based program helps young children learn to distinguish individual sounds that make up words and affect their meanings. With a developmental sequence of activities that follows a school year calendar, teachers can chose from a range of activities for their preschool, kindergarten, and first-grade classrooms. Plus, the curriculum includes an easy-to-use assessment test for screening up to 15 children at a time. This assessment not only helps to objectively estimate the general skill level of the class and identify children who may need additional testing but may also be repeated every 1-2 months to monitor progress. All children benefit because the curriculum accommodates individualized learning and teaching styles.

Phonics Pathways: Clear Steps to Easy Reading and Perfect Spelling

Now in its ninth edition, Phonics Pathways (with help from Dewey the Bookwormâ„¢) teaches students of all ages the rudiments of phonics and spelling with an efficient, practical, and foolproof method. Written in an easy-to-use format, Phonics Pathways is organized by sounds and spelling patterns. The patterns are introduced one at a time and slowly built into syllables, words, phrases, and sentences. Printed in a large 8-1/2" x 11" lay-flat format for easy photocopying, Phonics Pathways is filled with illustrative examples, word lists, and practice readings that are 100 percent decodable. While appropriate for K-2 emergent readers, this award-winning book has also been used successfully with adolescent and adult learners, as well as second language learners and students with learning disabilities such as dyslexia.

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Making Words: Multilevel, Hands-On Phonics and Spelling Activities

An innovative, developmental approach to teaching phonics and spelling. Contains lessons in which students select letters to build short and long words. Effective tools for strengthening spelling and phonics skills. Making Words is a multilevel book that explores words and letter patterns while increasing vocabularies. Gr. 1-3 (192 pp.) Brand: FRANK SCHAFFER PUBLICATIONS Item # GA-1498

How to Get Your Point Across in 30 Seconds or Less

GET YOUR LISTENER'S ATTENTION, KEEP HIS INTEREST, AND MAKE YOUR POINT -- ALL IN THIRTY SECONDS!

Milo Frank, America's foremost business communications consultant, shows you how to:

* Focus your objectives

* Utilize the "hook" technique

* Use the secrets of TV and advertising writers

* Tell terrific anecdotes that make your point

* Shine in meetings, question-and-answer sessions, and more!

Milo Frank's proven techniques give you the edge that successful people share -- the art of communicating quickly, precisely and powerfully!

Teaching Phonics And Word Study In The Intermediate Grades: A Complete SourceBook (Scholastic Teaching Strategies)

Wiley Blevins explains how to teach intermediate level phonics with ease with this concise background in linguistics, ready made lessons for teaching phonics, syllabification and root words, extensive word lists, daily activities and games, and more. Grades: 3-8

Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Syllables and Affixes Spellers

This book, intended for use with the core Words Their Way book, is the ideal supplement to any phonics, spelling and word study curriculum. The Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Spelling, and Vocabulary Instruction core book provides a practical, research-based and classroom-proven way to study words with pupils; this companion volume augments that content with numerous reproducible sorts that specifically address the needs of the syllables and affixes speller. Accompanying the sorts are step-by-step directions for guiding pupils through the sorting lessons, as well as follow-up activities and tips for using the sorts to their best advantage. This book is designed to help all teachers address the needs of all readers and spellers, giving them confidence in the knowledge that their teaching is developmentally appropriate.

Words Their Way: Letter and Picture Sorts for Emergent Spellers

This book provides teachers with concept sorting ideas followed by picture sorts for developing phonemic awareness, alphabet knowledge, letter recognition and concept of words in print. This companion volume augments that content with numerous reproducible sorts that specifically address the needs of the syllables and affixes speller. Accompanying the sorts are step-by-step directions for guiding pupils through the sorting lessons, as well as follow-up activities and tips for using the sorts to their best advantage. Designed for elementary educators' use as part of a reading curriculum where emergent spelling is covered.