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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.
I absolutely love the McCracken books and probably have all of them. I think they have one of the best spelling programs around. Honestly, I couldn’t live without Spelling Through Phonics, the little yellow book.
Marlene and Robert McCracken began teaching in 1950. They worked as a writing, speaking and consulting team for over 30 years. They worked with primary teachers throughout the United States, Canada, Germany, and Australia, where they instituted holistic teaching that integrated thinking, concept development, listening, speaking, reading, writing and spelling.
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 Spelling Checklist
Grade Three Spelling Checklist
Letter to Parents Regarding Temporary Spelling
Practice-Writing Page with Houses
Alphabet to Show Proper Letter Formation