Using the Brain to Spell

Sally E. Burkhardt

doi:10.5771/9781607097006

Summary

This book offers practical advice to teachers unsure of how to teach spelling. Filled with student-centered wisdom, Burkhardt grounds her methods in both theory and practice, providing logical rules and hands-on exercises to keep students actively engaged.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2010
ISBN-Print: 978-1-60709-698-6
ISBN-Online: 978-1-60709-700-6
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 292
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. List of Figures No access
3. List of Tables No access
4. Foreword No access
5. Acknowledgments No access
6. Preface No access
Chapter 01. In the Beginning No access Pages 1 - 28
Chapter 02. Priming the Spelling Pump No access Pages 29 - 52
Chapter 03. Using Logic to Spell No access Pages 53 - 76
Chapter 04. Focusing on Letter Patterns No access Pages 77 - 92
Chapter 05. Eye Openers No access Pages 93 - 110
Chapter 06. Rules Rule No access Pages 111 - 126
Chapter 07. Which One? No access Pages 127 - 136
Chapter 08. Fine Tuning No access Pages 137 - 168
Appendix A: Richard L. Gentry’s List of 500 Words Most Frequently Used in Children’s Writing, Reorganized by Patterns No access Pages 169 - 172
Appendix B: Example Words Illustrating Multiple Spellings of the Schwa Sound No access Pages 173 - 174
Appendix C: A Source List of Multisyllable Words for Further Logical Spelling Practice No access Pages 175 - 176
Appendix D: Student Assignment Sheets to Reinforce Logical Spelling Principles No access Pages 177 - 180
Appendix E: Student Assignment for Answering Questions on Logical Spelling Principles No access Pages 181 - 182
Appendix F: Word Bank of Words Containing Deviant Letter Patterns No access Pages 183 - 190
Appendix G: Word Bank of Words Containing Double Consonants No access Pages 191 - 198
Appendix H: List of Tongue Twisters in Alphabetical Order According to Each Twister’s Beginning Consonant No access Pages 199 - 202
Appendix I: Spelling Rules Science Key No access Pages 203 - 206
Appendix J: Word Bank for Application of Basic Spelling Rules No access Pages 207 - 210
Appendix K: Basic Spelling Rules in an Outline Format No access Pages 211 - 214
Appendix L: Word Bank for Application of Spelling Rules for Doubling a Final Consonant No access Pages 215 - 218
Appendix M: Word Bank of Exceptions to Basic Spelling Rules No access Pages 219 - 220
Appendix N: Source List for Writing Memory Tricks for Spellings of Homonyms No access Pages 221 - 254
Appendix O: Student Worksheet for Correctly Spelling “Their,” “There,” “They’re,” “To,” “Too,” and “Two” No access Pages 255 - 256
Appendix P: Source List for Writing Memory Tricks for Spellings of Words Commonly Confused No access Pages 257 - 260
Appendix Q: List of Words That Have Interesting Etymologies No access Pages 261 - 262
Appendix R: Student Worksheet for Guessing Meanings of Vocabulary Words Used in Context No access Pages 263 - 264
Appendix S: Noun, Verb, Adjective, and Adverb Suffixes No access Pages 265 - 268
Appendix T: Words That Have a Minimum of Four Grammatical Forms No access Pages 269 - 272
Appendix U: A Word Web Generated from the Roots “-Spec-,” “-Spect-,” and “-Spic-” No access Pages 273 - 274
Appendix V: Magniloquence Word List No access Pages 275 - 276
References No access Pages 277 - 282
Index No access Pages 283 - 290
About the Author No access Pages 291 - 292