Mindful of Words: Spelling and Vocabulary Explorations 4-8 (Solving Problems in the Teaching of Lite

Providing a wealth of tools to enhance upper-level spelling and vocabulary instruction, this engaging book features more than 120 reproducible sorting activities and games. It offers specific suggestions for helping students build mastery of vowel patterns, syllable structure, syllable stress, consonant and vowel alternations, compound words, prefixes, suffixes, and word roots. Also featured are "Did You Know?" sections with absorbing stories about specific words; tips from teachers at different grade levels; discussions of idioms; literature recommendations; and lists of vocabulary related to social studies, science, and math.

See also Ganske's Word Journeys, Second Edition: Assessment-Guided Phonics, Spelling, and Vocabulary Instruction, which provides a comprehensive framework for assessing and building word knowledge, and Word Sorts and More, Second Edition: Sound, Pattern, and Meaning Explorations K–3, which presents word study activities for the primary grades.

• [Word Journeys, Second Edition: Assessment-Guided Phonics, Spelling, and Vocabulary Instruction] [Author: Ganske, Kathy] [January, 2014]
• Word Sorts and More, Second Edition: Sound, Pattern, and Meaning Explorations K-3
• Word Journeys, Second Edition: Assessment-Guided Phonics, Spelling, and Vocabulary Instruction
• Word Sorts and More: Sound, Pattern, and Meaning Explorations K-3 (Solving Problems in the Teaching of Literacy)
• The Next Step Forward in Word Study and Phonics
• Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Syllables and Affixes Spellers (3rd Edition) (Words Their Way Series)
• Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Within Word Pattern Spellers (3rd Edition) (Words Their Way Series)
• Understanding Texts & Readers: Responsive Comprehension Instruction with Leveled Texts
• Literacy in the Middle Grades: Teaching Reading and Writing to Fourth Through Eighth Graders. (2nd Edition)
• Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction (6th Edition) (Words Their Way Series)