The Spelling Teacher's Lesson-A-Day, Grades 3-8 - (Jb-Ed: 5 Minute Fundamentals) by Edward B Fry (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

The effective and fun-filled way to teach spelling to elementary students

The Spelling Teacher's Lesson-a-Day gives teachers 180 engaging and ready-to-use lessons-one for each day of the school year-that boost spelling skills in students grades 3-6. These lessons may be used as "sponge" or "hook" activities (five-minute lessons to start off each school day) or teachers may simply pick and choose activities from within the book for the occasional spelling lesson. Fry teaches spelling patterns by contrasting homophones (like-sounding words) to help students recognize these spelling patterns in more complex words. He also boosts students' spelling skills by demystifying contractions, abbreviations, capitalization, silent letters, suffixes and prefixes, and more.

• Offers an easy-to-use method for teaching spelling that has been proven to be effective
• Includes 180 ready-to-use, reproducible lessons-one for each day of the school year
• A new volume in the new series 5-Minute FUNdamentals

This book is designed to be used by classroom teachers, homeschoolers, tutors, and parents.

From the Back Cover

The Spelling Teacher's Lesson-a-Day: 180 Reproducible Activisties to Teach Spelling, Phonics, and Vocabulary

The Spelling Teacher's Lesson-a-Day gives teachers 180 engaging and ready-to-use lessons--one for each day of the school year. These instructive and fun-filled lessons are designed to boost spelling skills in students in grades 3-8 or be used as remedial for older students.

Teachers can apply the lessons in a variety of ways. For example, they can be used as "sponge" or "hook" activities (five-minute lessons to start off each school day). To add variety to the daily curriculum, teachers can pick and choose activities from within the book for the occasional spelling lesson. Written by educational expert Edward B. Fry, this easy-to-use resource offers helpful suggestions for teaching spelling patterns by contrasting homophones (like-sounding words). This method has proven to help students recognize these spelling patterns in more complex words. The techniques and suggestions presented here can enhance students' spelling skills by demystifying contractions, abbreviations, capitalization, silent letters, suffixes and prefixes, and much more.

The Spelling Teacher's Lesson-a-Day is presented in a lay-flat format for easy photocopying and can be used by classroom teachers, homeschoolers, tutors, and parents.

Praise for Edward B. Fry

"The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists should be on the bookshelf of every reading teacher in the English-speaking world! It is a tremendous resource that I have used over and over again throughout my career."
--Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D., professor of education, Kent State University

"The Reading Teacher's Word-a-Day offers a practical guide for teachers to incorporate vocabulary instruction into their curriculum. Bravo!"
--James Hoffman, former president, National Reading Conference, and professor of language and literacy studies, University of Texas at Austin

About the Author

Edward B. Fry, Ph.D., is professor emeritus of education at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He is the bestselling author of numerous books including The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists from Jossey-Bass. He is the former director of Rutgers's Reading Center and is recognized internationally for his Readability Graph which is used by teachers, publishers, and others to judge the reading difficulty of books and other materials.