Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction

by Donald R. Bear, Marcia R. Invernizzi, Houghton Mifflin

An ideal compantion to the extraordinarily popular and useful book, Words Their Way, Third Edition, this 67 minute video presents classroom footage capturing the Words Their Way approach in Action. Viewers are given explicit instruction in organizing their classrooms for word study and in conducting word study lessons using this proven approach, which encourages active exploration and examination of word features, all within each child's stage of literacy development. By basing students' learning on their developmental or instructional level, students learn spelling and vocabulary the way they naturally are inclined to learn. The word study is active, including games, sorts, and activities for every developmental level. Included is a video guide to help viewers through segments divided by student developmental level.

461 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2013