Leading educators including Richard Gentry, Robert and Marlene McCracken, and Carol and James Beers discuss alternatives to the weekly spelling list as they explore the role of spelling in today's classroom. Topics include spelling through writing and literature, spelling and cooperative learning, assessing spelling progress, teaching spelling through alphabet, pattern, and meaning, developmental aspects of spelling. Teachers will learn how to develop an effective approach to spelling that both administrators and parents will understand and support.
Leading educators including Richard Gentry, Robert and Marlene McCracken, and Carol and James Beers discuss alternatives to the weekly spelling list as they explore the role of spelling in today's classroom. Topics include spelling through writing and literature, spelling and cooperative learning, assessing spelling progress, teaching spelling through alphabet, pattern, and meaning, developmental aspects of spelling. Teachers will learn how to develop an effective approach to spelling that both administrators and parents will understand and support.