Why kids can't spell : a practical guide to the missing component in language proficiency / Roberta Heembrock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heembrock, Roberta, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Orthography and spelling--Study and teaching (Elementary)--Juvenile literature.

English language.

English language--Orthography and spelling--Study and teaching (Middle school)--Juvenile literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why Kids Can''t Spell is a resource reference book for parents and educators who have an interest in and a concern for children''s spelling ability. The purpose of this book is to encourage and foster good spelling practices in the home and at school to reflect modern teaching methods. The design of this book uses a scope and sequence format with each chapter building on the previous one. Every chapter includes a discussion on spelling background knowledge. In this section one finds an analysis of children''s writing samples, in accordance with J. Richard Gentry and Jean Wallace Gillet''s Mode

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction: HOW THIS BOOK WORKS; Chapter 01. Preschool Years; Chapter 02. Primary/Kindergarten-Early Grade 1; Chapter 03. Early Elementary; Chapter 04. Middle Elementary Years; Chapter 05. Upper Elementary Years; Appendix; Glossary; References; Recommended Reading List; About The Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-52239-6

9786612522390

1-57886-898-X

OCLC:

536005692