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.
Learning Resources
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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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Kind-est Art-ist Suffixing EST & IST Word Study & Game
$2.50Spelling with Suffixes that Sound the Same can be a Challenge. In this resource, we have an agent suffix and a superlative suffix to learn and practice.
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Remembering & Memory
$0.00A word study to make note of the relationship between REMEMBER and MEMORY.
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A Labor with ER and OR Suffixes Word Study & Game
$2.50Why isn’t “labor” spelled with an <er>? Speaking of <er>, why are there some words spelled with an <-er> suffix and some with an <-or> suffix?
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People Why the O Word Study
$1.00Why is there an <o> in people? Haven’t we all wondered that? Use this spelling graphic to remind your students why that <o> is there and to show them other related words to “people”.
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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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Won’t: A Contraction Evolution
$0.00“Won’t” is sometimes labeled “a weirdo” or “irregular” by spelling programs. I don’t disagree that it appears to ignore the standard contraction process.But what if it’s following an accepted pattern one other contraction uses? What if seeing that similarity helps students remember the spelling?
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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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Spelling Practice with C
$4.00Students need spelling practice with C. Choosing between C and K when spelling /k/ takes repetition, noticing that C can spell /s/ as well as /k/ takes time, and the practicing to remember these has to be interesting and fun!
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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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Sign: A Structured Word Inquiry
$3.00Why is there a G in <sign>? Often students misspell sign and other words with that base spelling because they’re trying to spell by sounding out. That doesn’t work well for this.. Give them the tools to see the spelling and meaning connections. After working through the matrix and other activities in this resource, these words will become more familiar, increasing their reading fluency and spelling accuracy.
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Binoculars: A Structured Word Inquiry
$3.00Let’s investigate the spelling of binoculars. What does the spelling tell us about the meaning of this word?It includes pages to work through four questions that frame our study, matrices, and a place for word sums. Students can use the word sums to read the completed words when they’re done with this activity. They could also use them to create verbal or written sentences.
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