The Wonder of Word Study: Lessons and Activities to Create Independent Readers, Writers, and Spellers - Softcover

Harwayne, Shelley; Lucht, Lauren Berman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0325008116 ISBN 13: 9780325008110

Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books,U.S., 2006

Synopsis

Reading Lauren's The Wonder of Word Study reminded me of . . . visits to her early childhood classroom, only this visit lasted a long time and was filled with a master teacher's articulate explanation of her practice.
Shelley Harwayne, Founding Principal, The Manhattan New School

There's more to reading than merely identifying words on a page. To achieve fluency, emerging readers must analyze, decode, and reconstruct new words in predictable ways. That's where word study comes in, and in The Wonder of Word Study, you'll find out how to make the task fun while you develop independence in your students. Full of reproducibles, example lessons, and hands-on activities, and brimming with great ideas, The Wonder of Word Study is easy to understandand even easier to use. Lauren Berman Lucht has put everything you need at your fingertips, sharing lessons; transcripts of important teaching moments; and ideas for planning, scheduling, and assessment. She also includes numerous classroom-tested tools for teaching and learning about words that have engaged her students and that support a love of diction in early elementary students. The Wonder of Word Study will help you teach phonics and spelling skills without resorting to stodgy, skill-and-drill routines. Best yet, the techniques in The Wonder of Word Study will give your students the sound basis they need to go beyond fluency into comprehension and independent reading.

Whether you already do word-study instruction or you are just getting started, The Wonder of Word Study will make a difference in your reading, writing, and spelling instruction. And with its teacher-friendly ideas and student-friendly applications, this book will not only be your favorite, but your students' as well.

About this title

About the Authors

Shelley Harwayne was affiliated with the New York City public schools for more than thirty years as a teacher, staff developer, codirector of the Teachers College Writing Project, founding principal of the Manhattan New School, and superintendent of District #2 in New York City. She has worked as a consultant and keynote speaker throughout the world and has published numerous books and videos with Heinemann including Learning to Confer (2004), Writing Through Childhood (2001), Lifetime Guarantees (2000), Going Public (1999), Lasting Impressions (1992), Living Between the Lines (1990), and The Writing Workshop: a World of Difference (1987). In addition, Shelley has published two children's books: Jewels and What's Cooking?.

Lauren Berman Lucht received a Masters in elementary education in 1995 from New York University. Since then, she has taught kindergarten in Manhattan, working closely with administrators, staff developers, and fellow teachers as part of a continuing effort to improve curriculum and implement best-practice teaching. In addition, she conducts demonstration lessons and workshops in other classrooms, schools, and districts around the city.

Edition details

• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books,U.S.
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0325008116
• ISBN 13: 9780325008110
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144