Courage: A Structured Word Inquiry
$1.50“…it is the courage to continue that counts.” Winston Churchill
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Chase Matrix
$0.00When a student asked about the spelling of purchase, specifically why the <a> isn’t an <i>, we had to dig a little deeper. It turns out we were chasing an unstressed syllable. Read more about it at How to Find an Unstressed Syllable. This matrix gives your students an opportunity to work with this word…
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Grate Grate Grateful A Structured Word Inquiry
$0.00Usually words with the same spelling and meaning are related. Does a grate on a grill, grate as in grating cheese, and the grate in grateful have anything in common besides their spelling? Are they related?
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Be, Do, Say: 3 Word Families
$1.50Do your students have trouble reading or spelling any of these words?
- been
- does
- done
- says
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Spelling Spooky & the OO Digraph
$2.50A spooky Structured Word Inquiry and practice with the OO vowel digraph.
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Student Question Snapshot: Demonstrate
$0.00Student questions lead to LEARNING. Here’s a snapshot of the learning from a student’s question about the spelling of demonstrate that led us to a monster.
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The Whole Point of Spelling: Relationships & Word Families
$0.00What’s the point of spelling? Well it’s not memorize, memorize, memorize. It’s about recognizing words and their relationships and word families. At least that’s what makes it easier for my students!
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Student Question Snapshot: Elections
$0.00Student questions lead to LEARNING. Here’s a snapshot of the learning from a student’s question about the <t> in elections.
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ToWard
$0.00Lots of students misspell “toward” when they’re spelling without seeing the structure of this direction word.
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Remembering & Memory
$0.00A word study to make note of the relationship between REMEMBER and MEMORY.
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Woman Women Reading & Spelling Activities
$1.50A student’s frequent trouble reading “woman” for “women” and misspelling both words led to this resource. His question about the spelling and how close his idea was to the Old English spelling were surprising to both of us.
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UnCOVER Spelling Treasure
$0.00With this matrix resource, you’ll unCOVER spelling structure and phonology. When students (and adults) study words like this, you peel back the layers to see the spelling and meaning connections, essentially uncovering spelling treasure.
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A Tale of Two Bases: Side by Side
$1.50Side by side, let’s compare “preside” to “side”. If two words have the same base spelling, are they related?
Hmm…Good question. They might be. What about their meanings? Do they have the same sense and meaning? Here’s a critical determiner of word relationship–do they share the same root?
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Spelling With Your Heart Matrix
$0.00Get to the Heart of Spelling with a heart matrix. Whether it’s Valentine’s Day, a science lesson about the cardiovascular system, or learning the <ea> vowel digraph, this matrix will enrich your lesson.
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RESPECT: A Structured Word Inquiry
$2.00R-E-S-P-E-C-T. How could I resist that one?! This word study is a jump into structured word inquiry. Not sure how to do this? The information included will give you confidence to start using this way of connecting spelling and meaning.
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Phoneme and Grapheme Hunt Sheets
$0.00Free Download: Take your students on fun phoneme and grapheme hunts with these blank hunt sheets. Use them for introducing new letters or sounds. Engage them in the search. Then they’ll notice and think about spelling! Another fun way to practice and learn from Tools for Dyslexia!
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A Graduation Word Study
$0.00Would you like a simple word study to get your students familiar with morphology? Let’s look at the word graduation and its word family. What’s the base? What suffixing rule do we use in this spelling?
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